Copyright 2023 St. Joseph Communications. Theres an idea that theres a gender spectrum by I dont think thats a valid idea. Shepherd agreed, and was greeted at the meeting by Rambukkana, Pimlott and Adria Joel, the acting manager for gendered violence prevention and support at Laurier. Neither knew one student from the class would soon contact the Rainbow Centre, the campus LGBTQ support community, to complain about the discussion. But the reality is that its created a toxic climate for some of the students., How many? Shepherd asks. She has a half hour until the start of a free speech rally organized by local university young Conservatives, where shes the feature speaker and only a single paragraph written down for her speech so far. The young men now must head out and finalize details of the rally. Adria Joel is a Manager, Gendered Violence Prevention & Support at Wilfrid Laurier University based in Waterloo, Ontario. But we cant dispense between the distinction between singular and plural Its not a tenable solution and thats the best of the solutions.. They carry signs that read I stand with Lindsay or Everyone you meet knows something you dont. One sign says I (heart) free speech and trans people. Another, with a picture of Jordan Peterson, reads: This man is your friend. Its just that conservatives are arguing for free speech because its often them getting censored.. Shepherd replies that she doesnt see how it could be threatening. In the recordings, Shepherd is told that her choice to air the Peterson clip, which was taken from a mild-mannered talk show on Ontarios public television station, could be seen as threatening., If youre presenting something like this, you have to think about the teaching climate that youre creating, Rambukkana tells her. Joel Camathias is looking forward to compete at the night race of Adria. Finlay and Hewson were chosen to be spokespeople for those who want to talk to them about what their counter-protest is all about. LAURIER Universityhasapologised after audio was leaked of staff members interrogating a teaching assistant for presenting both sides of an argument about gender pronouns. This is unacceptable behaviour for employees of any institution of higher-learning, which are supposed to foster critical thinking from a position of neutrality, not filter the reality that their students are exposed to in order to further their personal political agendas. Adria Joel, MSW, RSW Group and Workshop Coordinator at Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region Kitchener, Ontario, Canada 113 followers 110 connections Join to connect Sexual Assault. She is adamant that she had not taken Petersons side in the debate, but merely presented both arguments. Debates over free speech can have the ironic effect on silencing a lot of people. Moral of the story: A university must be repeatedly publicly shamed, internationally, in order to apologize (oh, but keep the task force & investigation). This is a case where firing someone might seem to be an easy answer, but what has happened at Laurier in this controversy has exposed more fundamental [issues] at the institution which need to be addressed.. People gather for a counter protest to the free speech rally at Wilfrid Laurier University on November 24, 2017. According to LifeSite News, Adria Joel, the university's acting manager of its "Gendered Violence Prevention and Support" office, told Shepherd that she caused "harm and violence" to the transgender community by not denouncing the inappropriateness of Peterson's discriminatory views. He remembers four students as most vocal. And Im sorry Im crying. He told her that hed be interested to sit in that class. When reached by phone byMacleans, Rambukkana immediately hung up. They are young Conservatives from Laurier and the University of Waterloo. Shepherd pulled out her laptopthe one with the stickers all over it saying I voted, I (heart) wild places, and I speak up for animals. Rambukkana asked if she knew why she was asked to come in. Free speech is a great idea and equality is a great idea, but we cant have those conversations when people are not able to be present.. Using their authority to coerce a student into presenting only one side (theirs) of a political debate is an horrendous abuse of power. ", As such, his criticsnotably those in the trans community have argued that by virtue of him refusing to address them by their pronouns, he not only refusing to acknowledge their existence as trans people, but is also claiming their identity is up for debate. She tells Shepherd she doesnt want to be recorded. I want to get a masters degree. A university has to encourage free expression. 4 Family Life Lane Rambukkana issued an apology letter. 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Herbert Pimlott, WLU Laurier president Deborah MacLatchey announced Monday that a report by independent investigator and lawyer Robert Centa found no student filed a complaint against Shepherd for showing a video clip about gender neutral pronouns, the Toronto, Shepherd, 23, was reduced to tears in a private meeting with her supervising professor Nathan Rambukkana and two others when they berated her for airing without commentary a clip of a debate on TVOs, Centas findings come as a relief to Shepherd, she told the, Meanwhile, 20 Laurier faculty members released a open letter Monday supporting their colleagues caught on tape, according to the Toronto, Ms. Rambukkana also suggested that by not taking sides, Shepherd was targeting someone due to their gender identity or gender expression and so could be breaking Bill C-16 and violating the Ontario Human Rights Code. Here, youll find over 45 million like-minded people working towards progress, kindness, and lasting impact. Joel maintained that by not explicitly condemning Peterson, Shepherd offended trans people. Theyll think Ill release it to the media, she says. Production of the Digital Greenhouse has several components, including the actual plant development, creation of the Arduino and Raspberry Pi code, decor of the structure, and manufacturing of all the accessories including the custom wooden "planter boxes" the flowers live in. That also in a huge way makes me feel fairly unsafe on campus because I dont know who might recognize me and approach me out of nowhere and have something violent to say or do, Hewson says. Nathan Rambukkana and Herbert Pimlott of Canada's Wilfrid Laurier University was trying to place the blame on teaching assistant Lindsay Shepherd. Before she showed anything, she stated: Im just going to show this for the purposes of discussion. Her class was talking about pronouns, gendered language and using they as a singular. Other days its sexual assault. Shepherd says she isnt. By telling them that? He declined to say what was written, citing an investigation, but said theres video of one person methodically ripping up the papers and the messages made no mention of Shepherd but instead appeared possibly related to an article in the previous weeks paper. Your white tears arent sacred, this land is. The university at one point said a Senate Discipline Committee would consider the matter due to unwelcome or persistent conduct that the student knows, or ought to reasonably know, would cause another person to feel demeaned, intimidated or harassed. Days later, the school withdrew the complaint against Khan. No one deserves that., Finn worries about Shepherd advocating for secretly recording meetings with professors, as she did on Twitter, and how she handed it to the media at the first sign of transgression. There were protests and Robitaille cancelled out of safety concerns. He was making it so that we could not actually talk about what was going on., "When asked via email if he would like to comment on the record about his appearance in class that day, Urquhart declined. For starters, hes sad. How many? When the speeches are over, some from the free speech rally wander across the street to talk to the counter-protesters. In November 2017, Shepherd played her communications class two clips of a debate, formerly aired on Canadian public broadcaster TVOntario, with . I introduced it critically, Like I said, it was in the spirit of debate., But that wasnt good enough for Rambukkana, who said Shepherd should have presented Petersons view as a problematic idea that we want to unpack.. At the same time, shes become a bit of a celebrity. But I do not represent the leftism of Rambukkana/Pimlott, who believe in shutting down opposition. WATERLOO, Ontario, November 20, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) Communications student Lindsay Shepherd has committed a thought crime: she presented students with opposed points of view in an evenhanded fashion. Our Promise: Welcome to Care2, the worlds largest community for good. The problem I had with it was he was shutting down the conversation right away, Shepherd says. Without it, our site might not function properly. Its a Friday afternoon in late November and Shepherd is sitting at Wilfs, a campus restaurant at Wilfrid Laurier University. But shes no longer fully in control of her own narrative. He has amassed over 500,000 subscribers on YouTube. I dont agree with Petersons views, but because I felt the majority of the classwithout Lindsay telling themwere going to automatically disregard what Peterson said, I tried to say well, he has good rationale but his premises are flawed. I was trying to present his argument in the best light while being rational about it., At one point, one student very much in support of Peterson was implying that trans people wouldnt necessarily be the people to look to for intelligence on the matter, Leibold remembers. The Last of Us fans recently got to see the seventh episode of the HBO series. (All three either declined to . WATERLOO The president of Wilfrid Laurier University has apologized for its treatment of a teaching assistant who was reprimanded for showing both sides of the debate about gender-neutral. Shepherd speaks with supporters following the rally at Wilfrid Laurier on November 24, 2017. A sign hangs in their window of the Rainbow Centre at Laurier: Trans people deserve an apology. It remains there because members feel trans voices have been silenced throughout this entire conversation. 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