Timeline of Lindsey Shepherd Controversy
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UPDATED: Controversy on campus: a comprehensive timeline
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Nov. 1 – Lindsay Shepherd plays a clip from TVO’s The Agenda, which showcases a debate featuring controversial University of Toronto professor, Jordan Peterson, discussing “genders, rights and freedom speech.” Ensuing the clip was a class debate surrounding the use of they as a pronoun. The class she showed it in was a first year…
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Trans and non-binary voices need to be considered in the latest free speech debate
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Over the last few weeks, I’ve watched an endless stream of articles get published alleging that “freedom of speech” is under attack at Wilfrid Laurier University. A number of articles have also been written from the perspective of individuals who have claimed that they are being silenced by the university and the community: a situation…
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Freedom of expression rally draws counter-protest
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Photo by Tanzeel Sayani On Nov. 24, a student-organized demonstration for free speech attracted a large number of participants occurred on the Veteran’s Green memorial at the intersection of University and Hazel. Not too long after the demonstration for free speech commenced, a counter-demonstration in support of trans students began across the street. Both demonstrations…
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