Why Youth Protecting Youth should no longer be a club on campus May 24, 2018May 22, 2018 Kyra Kristmanson On Feb. 22, UVic students woke up to a snow-covered quad—but it was hardly noticeable under the sea of pink and blue flags planted by Youth Protecting Youth as part...
Abortion: everyone’s right and nobody’s business February 27, 2018February 26, 2018 Natasha Simpson A response to the YPY demonstration For the second time in only a few months, University of Victoria students are protesting anti-abortion demonstrations on the university campus. Youth Protecting Youth...
Campus reacts to YPY demonstration November 21, 2017November 21, 2017 Cormac O’Brien YPY president disappointed with removal of flags As students trickled back onto campus from their holidays, Thursday Nov. 16 might have been just another sleepy autumn morning had it not been for...
Supreme Court dismissal concludes student club legal battle December 14, 2016 Myles Sauer On Dec. 1, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) dealt a final blow to a UVic pro-life student cub in its extensive legal battle with the university. The UVic club Youth...
Judge rules in favour of UVic in recent YPY lawsuit January 29, 2015January 28, 2015 Adrian Paradis UVic’s pro-life group, Youth Protecting Youth (YPY), faces a legal setback after a B.C. Supreme Court ruling last week. In 2013, the group was denied the booking of an outdoor...
A better way to handle uncomfortable topics November 27, 2014November 26, 2014 stephen fielding The controversial on-campus debate that took place on Nov. 14, “Abortion: Human Right, or Human Rights Violation?”, reminded me of the day I joined the Occupy Boston Movement. I was
Abortion debate interrupted by protesters November 14, 2014November 24, 2014 Adam Hayman Updated: Nov. 15, 2014 at 00:35 During a Youth Protecting Youth (YPY) organized debate on abortion at UVic on Nov. 14, a group of women, including some students, protested the event with chants...
Pro-life club table vandalized with cat feces September 25, 2014September 24, 2014 Michel Ghanem At 2 p.m. on Sept. 10, three pro-life advocacy group members from Youth Protecting Youth were speaking to UVic students at Clubs and Course Unions Day when their table was