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...
What are those flags in the quad? November 16, 2017November 16, 2017 Cormac O’Brien Five hours after they were planted into the quad grass, 10 000 flags were removed by students demonstrating against Youth Protecting Youth, UVic's anti-abortion club. Students arriving back on campus today,...
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...
Anti-abortion student club loses court battle, again April 22, 2016 Myles Sauer A UVic pro-life student club has faced yet another legal setback on Monday, April 18, as the B.C. Court of Appeals ruled against the group in a free-speech battle that...
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...
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
UVSS must respect the right to free speech March 20, 2014March 19, 2014 Youth Protecting Youth In his essay “A Plea for Free Speech,” abolitionist Frederick Douglass argued that, “[. . .] to suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as...
