Are we human enough to discuss human rights?
While working on some research for an International Relations (my discipline) course on access to essential medicines, I came across the infamous Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978…
Read articleMy Neighbor, My Killer
My Neighbor, My Killer is an award winning documentary by Anne Aghion on the Gacaca (local courts) Justice in Rwanda. Literally meaning, “justice on the grass”,…
Read articleKilling Bill C-393 equals killing period. A visual aid for Canadian politicians.
Originally published on BoingBoing, re-posted on behalf of David Ng. For the interest of discussion, I’ve made the above visual aid for members of Canada’s Senate,…
Read articleDoes the pharmaceutical industry exaggerate their R&D costs?
Reprinted from BoingBoing on behalf of David Ng One of the principle claims for allowing pharmaceutical companies to continue their hold on current patent practices, is…
Read articleBill C-393 Online Sit-In, March 21st!
Dave Ng posted just a few days ago on Bill c-393. Now we’re gearing up for the Bill to head into Senate…The Conservative dominated Senate. Needless…
Read articleShort notice, but definitely of interest to Terry students!
Tomorrow, March 15th, an info-session will be held on an awesome program being run this summer at UBC, Peace it Together. Peace it Together works to…
Read articleMessage from the AUS, Brian Platt
Arts students: have you voted in the AMS Referendum yet? This is a very important vote that will determine the future of the UPass program, the…
Read articleK’Naan speaks in House of Commons today on Bill C393, vote at 6pm et
So I’m not going to claim ‘expert’ on this one, as it’s an issue that I don’t have a terrible amount of background in. However, you…
Read article“I didn’t know lawyers had ethics!”: How I’m trying to avoid ending up like Marshall Eriksen
I would attempt to explain why I was trying to locate my ethical beliefs by reading article, after report, after court indictment last term, and the…
Read article“Just like when the sun goes behind a cloud, it will come out again.”
Phillip Jeffrey is one of the most active members of both the Terry and greater UBC community. Even before working formally for the Terry Project, I…
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