Mark Kingwell: What happened to humility, more education, and a great deal of open discourse? It’s not me, you or some other person with an M.D. or a Ph.D. who matters, it’s good arguments that should prevail.
Tag Archives: free speech
Who pays to protect free speech on campus
A decision in January by the Alberta Court of Appeal could put the onus on universities to cover the costs of facilitating free speech
The library is open—to Meghan Murphy and everyone else
Image of the Day: A target of trans-rights activists speaks her piece, and the Toronto Public Library makes good on its commitment to the ‘widest diversity of opinions and perspectives’
Free speech isn’t fair. So what?
Jen Gerson: The so-called Free Speech Grifters all too easily whip up outrage. The response can’t possibly be to abandon the principle of free speech.
What really happened at Wilfrid Laurier University
Inside Lindsay Shepherd’s heroic, insulting, brave, destructive, possibly naïve fight for free speech
In the face of new advertising laws, political free speech needs an advocate
Opinion: British Columbia’s laws restricting political advertising were deemed Charter violations. So why are Ontario and Alberta enacting their own?
Jordan Peterson and the big mistake of university censors
Stephen Maher: Learning to think means learning to entertain opposing ideas, not imposing a safety culture on campus
Is Jordan Peterson the stupid man’s smart person?
Tabatha Southey delves into University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson’s work and finds his secret sauce—and what makes his work unnerving
In the U.S.’s debate over free-speech politics, Black Americans lose
Andray Domise: When Black Americans get political, they’re punished—an oppression reinforced by deputized everyday citizens and silence
How free expression is being gagged by anti-Trump backlash
Opinion: Many have responded against a renaissance of hate, but regrettably, part of that response has been to call for suppression of free speech