EDUCATION
EDUCATION
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The power post-secondary students have in resisting COVID-19 mandates
Dr. Julie Ponesse speaks to the members of three different student advocacy groups who have been fighting against the COVID-19 mandates.
Written by Julie Ponesse
August 31, 2022 -
Dr. Julie Ponesse speaks at Western U rally opposing booster mandates
Dr. Julie Ponesse joined students opposing COVID-19 booster mandates.
Written by Julie Ponesse
August 29, 2022 -
Dr. Julie Ponesse reacts to Western U's booster mandate
Dr. Julie Ponesse gives her thoughts on Western University's newly-imposed booster mandate.
Written by Julie Ponesse
August 25, 2022 -
When practicing religion is like living behind the Iron Curtain
Dr. Julie Ponesse speaks with Pastor Artur Pawlowski about his experience dealing with the police, getting fined repeatedly, and ultimately being arrested and held in solitary confinement for 40 days.
Written by Julie Ponesse
August 17, 2022 -
Canada’s excellent history of civil and human rights
TDF's Historian in Residence Conrad Black discusses the history of civil liberties in Canada.
Written by Conrad Black
August 17, 2022 -
From free exchange of ideas to conformity
Dr. Julie Ponesse speaks with Ryerson students, Curtis Heinen and Vina Quiambao, about what the university environment is like today and their experience of not complying with the vaccine mandate.
Written by Julie Ponesse
August 11, 2022 -
How do we become civil again?
TDF's Ethics Scholar, Dr. Julie Ponesse, looks at what incivility is costing us, its close relationship to fear and how we can become civil again.
Written by Julie Ponesse
August 09, 2022 -
Canada’s inferno of incivility
We stand at a precipice where we face the danger of losing our humanity forever.
Written by Julie Ponesse
August 09, 2022 -
Canadian civil liberties established following the Seven Years’ War in 1763
Conrad Black discusses how civil liberties were established very early in Canadian history going back to the treaty that ended the Seven Years’ War in 1763.
Written by Conrad Black
August 04, 2022 -
Freedom of speech and uncertainty
TDF's Ethics Scholar, Dr. Julie Ponesse, details our obsession with certainty, where it comes from and what it is costing us.
Written by Julie Ponesse
August 02, 2022