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Minister Theresa: Idea Pitch and Education Issues

minister theresa: Have an idea Pitch it here, according to Rabble. Now over a month into the new school year, proponents of campus safe spaces have taken a beating. Generously funded by the CFS, Campus Notes will be running articles on Canada critical post-secondary education issues. Harsh critiques of such spaces -- that is, environments intentionally opened for those traditionally left on the margins, such as LGBTQ* or racialized students -- seemed to be made before anyone tapped the first orientation week keg. The school made headlines earlier this month with a letter explaining to incoming students that safe spaces were "not condoned." This was followed by newly minted British Prime Minister Theresa May denouncing the on-campus trend as harmful to the country economic and social development. Take the University of Chicago. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.