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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

Campuses must uphold free speech

Letter to the National Post. 24 Feb 2006, from Doreen Kimura, concerning Wade MacLauchlan's open letter to the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship National Post

Print Story - canada.com network

Campuses must uphold free speech Letter to the National Post. 24 Feb 2006, from Jack Edwards, concerning Wade MacLauchlan's open letter to the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship

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

22 February 2006

.:Private Revolution: Censorship on the Island

by 1 other
Fear 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

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

18 February 2006

Burton Front: While UPEI Flies, Truth Dies

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The 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

15 February 2006

maclauchlan

Dear President Wade Maclauchlan: We are writing to strongly protest the actions of the UPEI administration in seizing copies of the student newspaper, The Cadre (issue dated February 8), and preventing their distribution. UPEI's public statement of Feb

13 February 2006

The Reclusive Antiquarian: Fahrenheit 451 on PEI

â When we realized that they were in circulation, we acted to round up the copies,â â said UPEI president WADE MACLAUCHLAN. In the institution that most symbolizes civilization, the university, we concede to the barbarians without even a s