Tag: Ontario

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News
Date
August 25, 2023

Categorized
Censorship

Tagged
Canada, censorship, Free speech, Jordan Peterson, mind matters, Ontario, Psychology}

World Famous Psychologist Loses Appeal to Avoid “Social Media Training”

_{Does this decision legitimately restrict free speech?} _{News
August 25, 2023

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Clinical psychologist, world-renowned speaker, and author Jordan B. Peterson, who rose to international fame in 2017 after speaking out against an impending Canadian speech law involving mandatory gender pronoun use, may be compelled to take in “social media training.” (RELATED: Three More Key Takeaways From the Twitter Files and Their Fallout | Mind Matters) Several complaints regarding Peterson’s online rhetoric were sent to the College of Psychologists of Ontario in 2022, and the organization decided to have him undergo a professionalism training in order to address his online tone. Peterson appealed the decision, but lost, according to CBC: Three Ontario Divisional Court judges unanimously dismissed Peterson’s application, ruling that the college’s decision falls within its mandate to regulate the profession in Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
July 12, 2023

Categorized
Ethics, Medicine and Health

Tagged
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Assisted Suicide, Canada, Euthanasia, Medicine, Ontario, Wesley J. Smith}

Patients Opting for Euthanasia in the Face of Painful Circumstances

_{Receiving assistance takes a long time. But to be made dead? Not so much.} _{Wesley J. Smith
July 12, 2023

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Ethics, Medicine and Health}

So much compassion! A disabled woman with quadriplegia named Rose Finlay in Canada has asked to be euthanized because she is destitute, and the disability benefits she applied for would not arrive in time for her to be properly housed and cared for. From the CBC story: A quadriplegic woman in Bowmanville, Ont., has applied for medical assistance in dying (MAID), saying it’s easier to access than the support services she needs to live her life comfortably. Receiving assistance takes a long time. But to be made dead? Not so much: The single mother of three boys previously supported her family with earnings from disability advocacy work through her company, Inclusive Solutions. That’s also how she could afford to hire her own support Read More ›

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News
Date
September 16, 2019

Categorized
Education, Social Media

Tagged
Cell phone, Classrooms, Ontario}

Canadian Province to Ban Cell Phones from Classrooms

_{Education experts are cautiously hopeful about reducing distraction and cyberbullying} _{News
September 16, 2019

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France and a number of jurisdictions in Britain, as well as some American ones, have already instituted such bans and several studies have identified subsequent improvements in schoolwork. Read More ›