Religious leaders like Artur Pawlowski who question COVID-19 health restrictions are a “threat to public safety.” Or so the criticism goes. After giving a sermon in February 2022 in Coutts, Alberta, in which he urged trucker convoy protestors to...
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Canada’s Inferno of Incivility
We stand at a precipice where we face the danger of losing our humanity forever. Years from now, what I will remember most about the pandemic is not a virus but our response to it. We have become an intolerant, contemptful, rude and savage society,...
Dark Days for Our Ivory Towers
Commentary Dear class of 2026, Welcome to the beginning of the rest of your life! Ahead of you is four years of a lacklustre education which will saddle you with debt from which you may never emerge. Your professors will teach you not how to think...
In Defense of Uncertainty
I don’t know. On a scale of 1 to 10, how squeamish does this sentence make you feel? If the verbiage floating around social media is any indication, 21st century Canadians score pretty high in terms of our intolerance of uncertainty. In fact, we...
Hope Springs Eternal…with Some Effort
In the fall of 2021, after 20 years spent teaching philosophy at universities in Canada and the U.S, I was terminated “with cause” for challenging my university’s COVID policy. Since then, I have been interviewed a number of times about my...
Five Freedoms: Julie Ponesse’s Speech to the Trucker Convoy
Dr. Julie Ponesse was a professor of ethics who has taught at Ontario’s Huron University College for 20 years. She was placed on leave and banned from accessing her campus due to the vaccine mandate. This is her speech during the weekend when the...
Why Are So Many Choosing a Life in a Cage? ~ Dr. Julie Ponesse
Dr. Julie Ponesse is a professor of ethics who has taught at Ontario’s Huron University College for 20 years. She was placed on leave and banned from accessing her campus due to the vaccine mandate. She presented at the The Faith and Democracy...
Do Not Give Up Your Rights ~ Dr. Julie Ponesse’s Speech
Dr. Julie Ponesse is a professor of ethics who has taught at Ontario’s Huron University College for 20 years. She was placed on leave and banned from accessing her campus due to the vaccine mandate. She presented at the The Faith and Democracy...
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