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If that’s not a pattern emerging, it will do until a real pattern comes along

December 17, 2009 by Brigitte Pellerin 2 Comments

A story about pro-life clubs on campuses being shut down or otherwise curtailed.

In May last year, the Canadian Federation of Students—representing 500,000 students from 80 campuses—passed a motion encouraging members (including the UVic society) to deny resources and club status to “anti-choice organizations” and promising financial support should that result in legal action. But conflict over whether student unions have the right to shut down anti-abortion clubs has long simmered on campuses across the country. The student association at Capilano University was ordered to grant status to a pro-life club after the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal found pro-life students had been victims of discrimination. Student unions at McGill, Guelph, Lakehead, York, Carleton and other universities have also attempted to shut clubs down. And in 2008, the University of Calgary charged student members of a pro-life club with trespassing after they refused to remove graphic images from campus.

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  1. Mariette Ulrich says

    December 17, 2009 at 6:37 pm

    There is a bit of good news on that score. A very little bit.
    See my story at the Interim.
    http://www.theinterim.com/resources/pro-life-groups/u-sask-ratifies-campus-pro-life-club-after-delay/

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  2. David says

    December 17, 2009 at 7:40 pm

    Must be embarassing to belong to the Canadian Federation of Students and pass a motion against ‘anti choice organizations’. ‘Anti choice’ really means ‘you don’t agree with me’. It goes like this: ‘if you choose to agree with us then your choice is accepted – if you choose to disagree with us then you will be banned’. This ‘Federation’ which somehow is part of education is a self idolizing, prejudicial, intolerant and narrow minded group. Here is a group that is tolerant of everyone who agrees with what they believe. That it has some power over University functions is a sad statement about our time.

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