Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Vic Toews Is a Douchenozzle

So, as I'm sure most of you have heard, there was a bit of a kerfuffle around the recent Autumn Convocation Ceremony at the U of W due to the fact that the U of W Senate decided to grant Vic "Mr. Family Values" Toews an honorary doctorate of laws. You won't be surprised to find out that Jacquie and I were at the centre of that kerfuffle. For those of you who haven't been paying attention to the news, see below for a handful of resources to get you caught up.




Jacquie's brilliant editorial: http://uniter.ca/view/4970/

http://www.mordentimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2810473

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/universities-and-politicians-a-prickly-mix-105418173.html

http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/10/20/hey-valedictorian-watch-the-soapbox/

http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/letters/2010/10/19/15747846.html

http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Winnipeg_valedictorian_criticizes_Toews_in_speech-9307.aspx

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/valedictorian-was-true-to-her-beliefs-105238873.html

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/editorials/free-preach-105238768.html

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/hijacking-event-was-rude-selfish-105238753.html

http://www.globalnews.ca/health/Students+protest+honorary+degree+public+safety+minister/3688061/story.html

http://www.globalwinnipeg.com/Valedictorian+slams+Toews+during+convocation+speech/3690359/story.html

http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2010/10/18/students-protests-toews-honourary-degree/

http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/winnipeg/2010/10/17/15726966.html

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/valedictorian-divides-audience-105159774.html

http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/winnipeg/2010/10/17/15720891.html

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2010/10/17/man-toews-degree-university-of-winnipeg.html

http://www.chrisd.ca/blog/29863/vic-toews-university-of-winnipeg-autumn-convocation-honorary-degree-protest/

http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/University_of_Winnipeg_to_give_honorary_degree_to_Vic_Toews-9281.aspx