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Headlines for Nov. 1, 2018

BY ANQI SHEN | NOV 01 2018

The Star Vancouver
Crowdfunding for defendants in fired UBC prof’s lawsuit hits almost $50,000 in 24 hours

A Canadian author has launched a campaign to help people named in a defamation lawsuit filed this week by the former chair of the creative writing program at UBC.

Prince George Citizen
UNBC grad student identified as defendant in Galloway lawsuit alleging defamation

A University of Northern British Columbia graduate student has been identified as one of more than 20 people against whom author Steven Galloway has filed a lawsuit alleging defamation.

Globe and Mail
Up close and personal with University of Toronto’s Jordan Peterson (but not his ideas)

Q&A with Toronto filmmaker Patricia Marcoccia, whose documentary on Peterson, Shut Him Down: The Rise of Jordan Peterson, will air this week.

National Post
Professor demands better apology from Western University, speaker for Playboy comment at convocation ceremony

Philanthropist Aubrey Dan joked that he chose Western in the early ’80s partly because of Playboy Magazine’s positive assessment of women at the university.

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