The efforts of freedom-loving students to build free speech walls at Canadian university campuses have prompted some universities, student unions and even students to take it upon themselves to silence speech that they find uncomfortable. Such actions only serve to undermine the mission statements that universities are supposed to abide by–to create a haven for academic inquiry, engaging debate and the pursuit of truth (no matter how uncomfortable or politically incorrect the truth might be).
Click on the photos below to read about the Queen’s (left) and York (right) free speech walls:
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