Articles Tagged ‘youth’
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Written on 31 Mar, 2009 at 12:15 in
Activism, Issues, Youth Activism | Author:
Jenna Murphy Anti-life mob rule seems the rule of the day at St. Mary’s University in Halifax. (Continue reading)
Written on 31 Mar, 2009 at 11:21 in
Pro-Life, Youth Activism | Author:
Tony Gosgnach, Assistant Editor University of Calgary pro-lifers hope for the best, but are preparing for the worst regarding upcoming court cases. (Continue reading)
Written on 17 Jan, 2009 at 19:55 in
Abortion, Youth Activism | Author:
Paul Tuns Despite threats, University of Calgary pro-life students still held their Genocide Awareness Project display. (Continue reading)
Written on 13 Dec, 2008 at 7:04 in
Pro-life Groups, Youth Activism | Author:
Theresa Gilbert Youth Issues Correspondent
The campus pro-life club at the University of Guelph, Ont. was banned without prior notice in October. After being informed of the reasons the Central Student Association (CSA) banned them, the club appealed the decision at a meeting on Oct. 29. There were over four hours of heated discussion and no conclusion was reached. Instead, a motion was made to postpone any decision until the hired ... (Continue reading)
Written on 12 Nov, 2008 at 19:55 in
Pro-life Groups | Author:
The Central Student Association of the University of Guelph unanimously decided to pull accreditation from Life Choice, the pro-life student group, deeming it "unsafe to women" due to its promotion of the pro-life message. Accreditation was pulled after the club's "Life Fair," in which pro-life speakers addressed the audience and pro-life signs and images were displayed.
The CSA said the pro-life activism of Life Choice violated the ... (Continue reading)
Written on 4 Sep, 2008 at 10:20 in
Pro-Life | Author:
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Written on 4 Sep, 2008 at 10:18 in
Pro-Life | Author:
Pete Vere Senior Writer
Nineteen-year-old Cassie Farrell has spent the summer interning at The Interim. “It’s been Pro-Life 101,” she says. “I have learned how the pro-life movement functions overall and it’s given me new ideas for when I go back to school.”
Yet, Cassie was no stranger to the pro-life movement prior to her internship. She ... (Continue reading)
Written on 4 Sep, 2008 at 9:58 in
Activism, Events | Author:
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Written on 28 Apr, 2008 at 8:49 in
Pro-life Groups, Youth Activism | Author:
Tony Gosgnach Assistant Editor
A debate on abortion at Toronto’s York University that was initially cancelled at the last minute at the behest of the university’s student federation finally went ahead March 18 with more than double the number of spectators than attended the first time.
About 130 people, under the watchful of eyes of heightened security, packed ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Mar, 2008 at 12:58 in
Pro-life Groups, Youth Activism | Author:
Theresas Matters Reporter While some pro-life students are in battles with their student unions for recognition as official clubs on campus, students at Sir Wilfred Laurier and Ottawa Universities are planning events for their first terms as a club. Both campuses had clubs in earlier years, but for various reasons, were unable to continue them until now.
Their applications for club status were submitted ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Mar, 2008 at 12:56 in
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Theresa Matters Reporter The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) Ontario has decided to weigh in on the controversy at Lakehead University. The Lakehead Student Union officially became “pro-choice” at an emergency meeting on Jan. 21. The motion stated: “the Lakehead University student union (will) withhold any and all funds, space, resources and services within its control from any group … if that group holds any aim, principle, belief, goal, etc. that is ‘anti-choice’ in nature, explicit ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Mar, 2008 at 11:50 in
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Theresa Matters Reporter On Jan. 25, professionals and students gathered at the University of Toronto for a day to mark the 20th anniversary of the R. v. Morgentaler decision in 1988. The symposium, entitled, “Of What Difference: Reflections on the Judgement and Abortion in Canada Today,” was a collaborative effort by the International Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Program at the Faculty of Law, the University of Toronto, and the National Abortion Federation. As well, there was ... (Continue reading)
Written on 23 Feb, 2008 at 9:57 in
Pro-life Groups, Youth Activism | Author:
The Lakehead University Student Union (LUSU) voted 20-3 on Jan. 10 to deny the pro-life club, Lakehead University Life Support, club status. This is another example of discrimination against pro-life students on Canadian campuses.
The club was given four conditions on Dec. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Jan, 2008 at 16:03 in
Physicians for Life | Author:
Megan Middleton
Medical students attend Physicans for Life event in Toronto
Canadian Physicians for Life recently sponsored 56 medical students and interns to attend the organization’s fourth pro-life forum in five years. The students, representing 11 Canadian universities, came to Toronto for the three-day event, held in conjunction with the International Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide that was hosted by ... (Continue reading)
Written on 16 Jan, 2008 at 15:15 in
Euthanasia, Youth Activism | Author:
Megan Middleton
Twenty-year-old Amanda Phillips is an example of what a young woman can accomplish when she sets her heart on serving Canada’s unborn. She is an office assistant with Alberta Pro-Life, which describes itself as “a province-wide group which works to educate and motivate Albertans on life issues, most notably abortion and euthanasia.” She is also the ministry co-ordinator for The Back Porch, an 11th ... (Continue reading)
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