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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
      Leeuwen wrote:<br>
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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>
                    <li class=""><i class="">To represent and promote
                        the Canadian community networking movement at
                        the national and international level.</i></li>
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                        <div class="">On Jan 22, 2022, at 12:49 PM,
                          Marita Moll <<a
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                                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
                                address the issue.<br class="">
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                                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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                                    <th class="" valign="BASELINE"
                                      nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">Date:
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                                    <td class="">Fri, 21 Jan 2022
                                      18:45:23 -0800</td>
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                                    <th class="" valign="BASELINE"
                                      nowrap="nowrap" align="RIGHT">From:
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                                    <td class="">SPFA Campaign <a
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                                        href="mailto:spfacampaign@gmail.com"
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                                    <th class="" valign="BASELINE"
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                                        href="mailto:mmoll@ca.inter.net"
                                        moz-do-not-send="true">mmoll@ca.inter.net</a></td>
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                                    <td class="">Darrell Evans <a
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                                        moz-do-not-send="true"><darrellevans.ciips@gmail.com></a></td>
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                                normal;">Thank you for your time with
                                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;
                                font-stretch: normal; line-height:
                                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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                                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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                                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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                                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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                                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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                                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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                                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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                                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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                                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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                                to hearing from you!</div>
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