What’s worse, the cop who pushes Sandy to the ground once or Canadian society keeps her on the ground for her whole life? In June a woman with a disability was pushed to the street in Vancouver by a police officer. He walked away without helping her up. While the Vancouver police department claims the [...]

Despite $11 million in funding and a Federal agreement, the Ghiz government is refusing to support a cultural centre in the new school “The community is disappointed on various levels!” The Federal Minister of Fisheries Gail Shea was on PEI announcing $11 million in support for French and Acadian cultural projects when she was surprised [...]

PEI Human Rights Commission orders UPEI to reinstate workers and stop mandatory retirements The PEI Human Rights Commission has issued a Decision on Remedies that forces UPEI to obey the law and the Commission’s February 2010 decision. UPEI must give retired UPEI employees Thomy Nilsson, Richard Wills and Yogi Fell their jobs back. It must [...]

People with disabilities are at risk even in the new buildings at UPEI

In June 2008, the University of PEI, PEI, Canda pushed disabled parking to the perimeter of the campus. Most of the parking for people with disabilities is now beyond the legal limit of 50 meters. Despite numerous protests, UPEI refuses to allow people with disabilities to park closer to classes. The President Wade MacLauchlan and [...]

President MacLauchlan holds belief in profits over people in his last year of autocratic rule President Wade MacLauchlan signaled that he will not accept the HR commission ruling that declared mandatory retirement illegal. UPEI is asking the PEI Supreme Court for a judicial review which is the first level of appeal. UPEI could appeal the [...]

Richard Wegemann recounts his near death at the hand of Nazi doctors Transcript – “My mom and I were summoned to a, a part of the university clinic in Heidelberg, in Schlierheim, and there I was examined. And during the examination my mom was sitting on the outside of the room, and she overheard a [...]

Blind Boys of Alabama – Free At Last Performers get subdued when they play for the President of the United States. Bob Dylan becomes Unplugged. Yolanda Adams smiles during A Change Is Gonna Come. It was left to two older groups to show the spirit to the well dressed White House crew: The Freedom Singers [...]

CBC News broadcast April 3, 2009. While Canadian troops are defending the human rights of Afghanistan’s citizens, the government tried to introduce Sharia law which took away women’s rights