Lawyer Glenn Blackett talks about cases he's working on that involve free speech on campuses across Canada. This is part of the Justice Centre's Spotlight Campaign this month. He describes the case of the University of British Columbia's Free Speech Club where the administration shut down an event in which journalist Andy Ngo was to talk about Antifa. The other big case involves Professor Frances Widdowson. She was denied the opportunity to give a speech at the University of Lethbridge about the damage that woke culture does to academic freedom. Also, Glenn describes recent changes to health and safety laws used as cudgels to beat down free expression in post-secondary education and elsewhere.

Justice Centre Spotlight Campaign: Help us stop censorship on Canadian campuses

Justice Centre, Jun 4, 2024: University of British Columbia censors Free Speech Club

Justice Centre, Aug 1, 2023: University of Lethbridge cancels event, undermining academic freedom

Frances Widdowson on Amazon.ca: Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry: The Deception Behind Indigenous Cultural Preservation

BBC, Feb 23, 2021: Canada's parliament declares China's treatment of Uighurs 'genocide'

Frances Widdowson in C2C Journal, Feb 23, 2023: Into Wokism’s Raging Maw: Frances Widdowson at the University of Lethbridge

Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship

Christopher Rufo Podcast via the Manhattan Institute, Aug 5, 2022: The Long March Through the Institutions

Supreme Court of Canada, Dec 6, 1990: Mckinney v. University of Guelph

Supreme Court of Canada, Oct 9, 1997: Eldridge v. British Columbia (Attorney General)

The Canadian Bar Association, Jun 11, 2020: Alberta Court of Appeal finds that Charter applies to students’ exercise of freedom of expression on university campus

McMillan LLP, Jan 2018: Alberta Bill 30: Changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Act on the Horizon

Open Alberta Bulletin BP024 (PDF): Assessment and Control of Psychological Hazards in the Workplace--OHS information for employers and workers

Jonathan Kay in Quillette, Jun 4, 2022: The Case Against Hate-Speech Laws: a Canadian Perspective

Theme Music “Carpay Diem” by Dave Stevens

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