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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Thanks James -- no
other comments but perhaps you said it all. So we will not be
supporting as TC but we can still personally support these
pretty activist student journalists in their attempt to secure
something official re: freedom of expression rights.</font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Marita</font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2022-01-24 3:11 a.m., James Van
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I wish these students well Marita, and I’ll support their
initiative personally, but I don’t think it aligns well with TC’s
mission.
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<li class=""><i class="">To ensure that all
Canadians are able to participate in
community-based communications and electronic
information services by promoting and supporting
local community network initiatives.</i></li>
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the Canadian community networking movement at
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<div class="">On Jan 22, 2022, at 12:49 PM,
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Roman, Times, serif">Hello advisors. I
have received a note from one our
members, Darrell Evans (Canadian
Institute for Information and Privacy
Studies), regarding a need for
endorsements from individuals and
organizations to support an initiative
by two student journalists in B.C.
petitioning the province for legal
protection for student journalists
following various incidents of
censorship of student newspapers. (see
details below). The students have been
working closely with various public
interest legal organizations and have
drafted some legislation that would
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<p class=""><font class="" face="Times New
Roman, Times, serif">I am seeking your
input on whether it would be appropriate
for TC, as an organization, to support
this. I have no problem supporting it
personally and would urge others to
consider such action. This kind of grass
roots activity is important and should
be encouraged.</font></p>
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<td class="">Re: The Student Press
Freedom Act...an amazing
initiative from a new generation
of activists</td>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px;
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this matter, we truly appreciate it. </div>
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normal;">As Darrell mentioned, we are a
pair of high school student journalists
from Vancouver, BC. We are respectively
the Managing Editor and Editor-in-Chief
of The Griffins’ Nest, a student
newspaper operating out of Eric Hamber
Secondary School. </div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px;
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normal;">Last spring, for our final
issue, The Nest wrote an editorial on
the way in which our school district
makes decisions. As a result of writing
this article, we faced censorship and
challenges from our school’s
administration and the District. After
reaching out to several different
organizations, and the assistance of the
British Columbia Civil Liberties
Association, the newspaper was published
in its uncensored entirety. This dispute
was one of many challenges school
officials posed in effort to prevent the
publication of The Nest's articles
throughout the year. </div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px;
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normal;">Following a year of attempted
censorship, we decided to write the
Student Press Freedom, (“SPFA”), to
uphold our Charter rights and protect
student journalism in BC. </div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px;
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normal;">The SPFA's necessity has been
proven by the ongoing press freedom
obstructions from our school district
since returning to school in September.
Other student publications have also
affirmed the need for protection of
specifically student journalists.</div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px;
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normal;">We’ve worked with several
lawyers who volunteered their time to
review, revise, and comment on the SPFA
concept until a solid draft was
complete. </div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px;
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normal;">The SPFA takes some legislative
inspiration from the Student Press Law
Center’s New Voices Act, passed in 15 US
states as of this year. </div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px;
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normal;">To date, the Student Press
Freedom Act has been endorsed by some of
the biggest names in law and journalism,
including the X-University (formerly
Ryerson) Centre for Free Expression, BC
Freedom of Information and Privacy
Association, Canadian Institute for
Information and Privacy Studies,
Canadian University Press, Student Press
Law Center (United States), BC Youth
Council, Youth Political Assembly, as
well as several student newspapers,
including the Tupper Times, Britannia
Bruin, NWSS Student Press, Daily Wale,
and our own Griffins’ Nest. </div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px;
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normal;">An endorsement from you would
greatly strengthen our campaign’s
ability to be taken seriously, and
ability to fulfill our goal: to
implement the SPFA into law. </div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px;
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normal;">Please find two PDFs attached
to this email, one plain text and one
annotated version of the SPFA for your
reading. More information can be found
on our website at <a
href="http://www.spfacampaign.org/"
class="" moz-do-not-send="true">www.spfacampaign.org</a>.</div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px;
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normal;">We would be more than happy to
answer any questions you may have for
us, or even have a general conversation
regarding the SPFA and our experiences,
either over email or we can set up a
time for a call. </div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px;
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to hearing from you!</div>
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<div class="" style="margin: 0px;
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