March 2006
Muslim Woman Praises UPEI's Handling of Cartoon Controversy
by 1 otherA scan of the newspaper story and accompanying picture, which shows a pious Muslim woman reading to Wade MacLauchlan her letters of thanks and praise.
Muslim Society of PEI Organizes Information Series at UPEI
In the spirit of reaching out to fellow Islanders, the Muslim Society of Prince Edward Island, in cooperation with the University of Prince Edward Island, invites the general public to the following three events to take place in the Duffy Lecture Theatre
WSJ.com - Barbarians Inside the Gate
In life, Ilan Halimi sold cellular phones on a boulevard named after Voltaire, off a square dedicated to la République. He was an ordinary young Frenchman, except for one thing; he was Jewish, which got him killed. So in death, after 25 days of torture
The Guardian: Not a peep from the professors
by 2 othersI have a question that should be of interest to those concerned about the principle of academic freedom. How is one to account for the fact that when the administration at UPEI sent in the police to confiscate the copies of a recent edition of the stud
February 2006
The Guardian: We should all learn to think critically
Re: the Dave Weale incident. I have been thinking that Dave Weale would have deserved a weekend in the stocks instead of being made to drink the hemlock.
The Liberty Letter: Those Darn Muslims
Comments on the response from Wade MacLauchlan, President of the University of Prince Edward Island, to the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship.
Letter from S. Qudsia (Koli) Hoogeveen to Wade McLauchlan, President UPEI
A "letter of thanks" from a pious Muslim woman to the President of the University of Prince Edward Island, originally posted on the official UPEI website, but removed on February 27, 2006. This URL leads to the page cached by Google.
The Guardian: Educational experience at UPEI a source of pride
In this letter to the Charlottetown Guardian, the Dean of Arts of the University of Prince Edward Island provides an unsubstantiated defense of the quality of education at UPEI.
Robert Paterson's Weblog
Is this quality? Is this worth the money? Is any learning going on? Is this where UPEI is going?
ruk.ca comments: Free David Weale
UPEI missed the boat. Profs cancel classes all the time or they have students teach their classes and nobody says nothing. Like the student said in the Guardian, theres only a handful of UPEI profs who can really teach but no one talks about that. Its jus
University of Toronto -- News@UofT -- News Digest -- (February 23, 2006)
Letter from the Society for Academic Freedom and Censorship to Wade MacLauchlan, President of UPEI, and MacLauchlan's response to SAFS, republished in the news digest of the University of Toronto.
Free Speech at Risk, Canadian Proessors Warn
As an academic -- and one, who as a child, was fortunate enough to have his parents take him from a "fear" to a "free" society -- I suggest that the principle of freedom of speech must be treasured over all other principles, especially in universities, wh
Free Speech at Risk, Canadian Proessors Warn
So Wade MacLauchlan, the president of the University of Prince Edward Island, believes that censoring student newspapers is the best way to prevent potential violence and help his university strive towards "an engaged and positive learning environment."
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I found it difficult to believe that the president of a Canadian university would come out so strongly against freedom of the press -- or as Wade MacLauchlan refers to it, "reckless free speech." What I found most offensive, however, was the way he tried
Campuses must uphold free speech
Letter to the National Post. 24 Feb 2006, from Walter Bruno, concerning Wade MacLauchlan's open letter to the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship
Campuses must uphold free speech
Letter to the National Post. 24 Feb 2006, from Doreen Kimura, concerning Wade MacLauchlan's open letter to the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship National Post
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Campuses must uphold free speech Letter to the National Post. 24 Feb 2006, from Jack Edwards, concerning Wade MacLauchlan's open letter to the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship
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Letter to the National Post, 24 Feb 2006, from Awrey, concerning Wade MacLauchlan's open letter to the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship
snip’s snippets » Blog Archive » The Mohammed Cartoons: an ‘insiders perspective’
A response to a letter, posted on the website of the University of Prince Edward Island, from a Muslim woman to Wade MacLauchlan, President of the University of Prince Edward Island.
.:Private Revolution: Censorship on the Island
by 1 otherFear of possible "mob action" must not be allowed to dictate to UPEI or any other Canadian university what ideas its students and faculty may express, disseminate and debate. By censoring this debate at your campus rather than taking the necessary steps t
Mark Steyn Online: Letter of the Week
Yesterday, my local university's student newspaper became the first paper in Canada to print the twelve "Muhammed" cartoons. Two hundred copies were picked up by students before the President and the student union/government agreed that the newsp
