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Free speech has become one of the hottest topics on university campuses these days. Today in The Conversation Canada, David Edward Tabachnick of Nipissing University looks at a new initiative recently announced by Ontario Premier Doug Ford that will require post-secondary institutions must develop new free speech policies. Is this really needed or is it a ploy intended to appeal to populist politics?
To Canadians of a certain vintage, the name Steven Truscott is synonymous with wrongful convictions. It’s been almost 60 years since the teenaged Truscott was sentenced to death. Canadian historian Carolyn Strange explains how Truscott’s death sentence was converted initially to a life sentence and then an outright acquittal.
And finally…the recent Emmy Awards tried to give the impression that the TV industry had made great strides in terms of diversity. But Emily LeDuc of Queen’s University points out women and people of colour are still woefully underrepresented.
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Students at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont., participate in protests against the appearance at the school of Faith Goldy, a white nationalist, in March 2018.
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David Edward Tabachnick, Nipissing University
The Ford government in Ontario is taking aim at free speech on the province's campuses. But is it addressing a problem that doesn't exist?
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Steven Truscott speaks with the media during a news conference in Toronto in August 2007. Truscott’s 48-year fight to clear his name ended when Ontario’s highest court acquitted him of the 1959 rape and murder of 12-year-old Lynne Harper.
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Carolyn Strange, Australian National University
Fifty-nine years ago, Steven Truscott, wrongfully convicted for the murder of a schoolmate, was sentenced to hang. He was only 14 years old. Why did it take so long for justice to catch up with him?
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Although the big winner at the Emmys this year was Amy Sherman-Palladino’s feminist comedy series ‘The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel,’ we have a long way to go before we reach the gender and race equity we need to in TV and film.
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Emily LeDuc, Queen's University, Ontario
Although the nominees were the most inclusive at the Emmys in 70 years, the entertainment industry is nowhere near gender parity. Women and people of colour are still woefully underrepresented.
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Culture + Society
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Poco Kernsmith, Wayne State University; Joanne Smith-Darden, Wayne State University; Megan Hicks, Wayne State University
Incorporating lessons on healthy sexual behavior into sex ed classes and special prevention programs for youth could be key to reducing sexual violence, experts say.
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Science + Technology
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Francis Wenban-Smith, University of Southampton
Nimble-fingered Neanderthals went about their daily business in a similar way to modern humans.
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James Miller-Jones, Curtin University
Astronomers found something not predicted by current theory when they took a closer look at the emissions from a neutron star with a very strong magnetic field.
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