01 March 2006
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
27 February 2006
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.
25 February 2006
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."
24 February 2006
Print Story - canada.com network
Letter to the National Post, 24 Feb 2006, from Awrey, concerning Wade MacLauchlan's open letter to the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship
23 February 2006
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.
22 February 2006
.: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
21 February 2006
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
The Guardian: With every right comes responsibility
Published as a letter to the editor in the [Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island] Guardian, 21 Feb 2006. Contents of the initial, two-page letter of thanks to Mr. Wade MacLauchlan can be accessed at www.upei.ca/letter
20 February 2006
Telegraph | News | 'The day is coming when British Muslims form a state within a state'
For the past two weeks, Patrick Sookhdeo has been canvassing the opinions of Muslim clerics in Britain on the row over the cartoons featuring images of Mohammed that were first published in Denmark and then reprinted in several other European countries.
19 February 2006
Rants from the Right Coast: The SAFS expresses concern to UPEI
Fear of possible â mob actionâ 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 nec
Awareness: The Strand takes a Stand?
The Cadre, UPEI's campus newspaper, found its issues yanked from stands when protests ensued after reprinting said comics. Ray Keating, the Cadre's editor-in-chief, argued that it was a stand for freedom of the press.
18 February 2006
Burton Front: While UPEI Flies, Truth Dies
by 1 otherThe decision by the President of the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) to ban from campus all copies of a student newspaper that printed cartoons that depicted Mohammed is, in my opinion, a sign that some leaders can't lead.
17 February 2006
The Guardian: It’s all part of free speech
I have to say Iâ m disappointed at the rather gutless and repressive actions of UPEI and the UPEI student union regarding the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that were re-printed in the Cadre.
