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...
Two students almost arrested at latest YPY protest February 22, 2018March 8, 2018 Cormac O’Brien CSEC, Saanich PD called once students started taking down flags Youth Protecting Youth's latest demonstration was even more visually striking and ended even more dramatically than the first, with two students...
Fighting with flags November 30, 2017November 29, 2017 Sarah Suleman Why dismantling a demonstration isn’t the same as dismantling an argument The space that exists between the sides of the abortion debate is one that has never been easy to navigate....
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...
UVSS criticizes UVic’s handling of YPY demonstration November 17, 2017November 17, 2017 Cormac O’Brien UVic apologizes for failing to provide timely notification In a Facebook post published the day after campus club Youth Protecting Youth (YPY) held a public anti-abortion demonstration in the quad outside...
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...
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
