Censorship at Ryerson: “Safe(r) Space” policies used to silence students

In March of 2013, the Ryerson Students’ Union denied certification to a student men’s issues group called the Ryerson Association for Equality (RAE). The group’s constitution said its goal was to “create a progressive and constructive voice and lend representation to any and all Ryerson students concerned with the issues of men and boys.”  RAE was allegedly affiliated with two external organizations (A Voice for Men; and the Canadian Association for Equality), which the RSU deemed “hate groups”

The RSU’s Board of Directors also amended its policy on women’s issues in March of 2013, to commit the RSU to oppose “the concept of misandry” as well as “Groups, meetings events or initiatives [that] negate the need to centre women’s voices in the struggle for gender equity”.

These events caused the RSU to receive a ‘D’ for its policies and an ‘F’ for its practices in JCCF’s 2013 Campus Freedom Index—making Ryerson’s one of the worst student unions in the country!  (more...)

Censorship at Ryerson: “Safe(r) Space” policies used to silence students

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