stephanie
12-02-2008, 11:06 AM
I read about this last week...I couldn't believe it was true, but it was.
Brendan Kennedy, Canwest News Service
Published: Monday, December 01, 2008
Canwest News ServiceCarleton University
OTTAWA -- Carleton University students will continue to raise money for cystic fibrosis research after student councillors held an emergency meeting Monday night and reversed a controversial motion that passed last week.
The Carleton University Students' Association voted almost unanimously last week to drop a cystic fibrosis charity as the beneficiary of its annual Shinerama fundraiser, supporting a motion that argued the disease was not "inclusive" enough.
The motion wrongly alleged that cystic fibrosis was "recently revealed to only affect white people, and primarily men."
Public outcry against the decision, both on campus and around the country, pressured the student association to reconsider its previous decision and convene an emergency meeting.
read the rest.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1018724
Brendan Kennedy, Canwest News Service
Published: Monday, December 01, 2008
Canwest News ServiceCarleton University
OTTAWA -- Carleton University students will continue to raise money for cystic fibrosis research after student councillors held an emergency meeting Monday night and reversed a controversial motion that passed last week.
The Carleton University Students' Association voted almost unanimously last week to drop a cystic fibrosis charity as the beneficiary of its annual Shinerama fundraiser, supporting a motion that argued the disease was not "inclusive" enough.
The motion wrongly alleged that cystic fibrosis was "recently revealed to only affect white people, and primarily men."
Public outcry against the decision, both on campus and around the country, pressured the student association to reconsider its previous decision and convene an emergency meeting.
read the rest.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1018724