Archive for November 29th, 2008

SHOULD QUEEN’S APPOINT THOUGHT POLICE?

November 29, 2008

Queen’s University in Kingston has announced that it will hire six “facilitators” who will listen in on student conversation, ever vigilant against incorrect speech.  These “facilitators will “respond to, stimulate and invite engagement across differences and tensions among and between groups in university residences.”  They will pay special attention to “incidents of bias, prejudice .. [...]