March 19th, 2015

Last month the Ryerson University Student Union's board of directors unanimously voted to ban students from forming the Ryerson for Life club (a pro-life club). In a statement the Student Union said that it, “opposes...groups, meetings, or events that promote misogynist views towards woman and ideologies that promote gender inequity, challenges women’s right to bodily autonomy, or justifies sexual assault”.

The Ryerson for Life club rejects the accusation of misogyny and has asked for further explanation as to why their club has been banned. Ryerson students were first rejected in the fall semester and have been in an ongoing battle since.

As a campus club Ryerson for Life would seek to:

▪ inform the Ryerson community on issues that pertain to a human being’s right to life, such as abortion and euthanasia;

▪ train and equip members with the knowledge to engage in dialogue on these issues;

▪ direct Ryerson students to resources that support women in crisis pregnancies or those who have had (or have been involved in) abortions and are seeking help and healing.

We believe that Ryseron's actions are a direct breech of students' freedom of conscience rights as laid out in the Canadian Charter of Rights. We encourage you to support the Ryerson for Life club by following the action points below.

ACTION POINTS:

1. GET MORE INFORMATION: To read more about this ongoing battle at the Students for Life website click here.

2. CONTACT: Call or write the Ryerson Student Union and University President expressing your concerns and asking them to protect the right to freedom of conscience for these students.

Ryerson Student Union:
416.979.5255
info@rsuonline.ca

Sheldon Levy, University President:
416-979-5002
pres@ryerson.ca

3. SHARE: Follow and share the Ryerson for Life club and stay up to date with information on how to support them.

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4. PRAY: Pray that God will turn this situation around, freedom of conscience will be upheld on our university campuses across Canada and that Canada will shift to a culture of life.

On February 23rd Premier Kathleen Wynne released the new s-x curriculum for Ontario public schools. Click here to read our recent update about this.

One of the many concerns that parents have raised regarding this curriculum is that one of the chief engineers was Benjamin Levin, a man who has now been convicted of three child porn charges.

In a 2009 interview given to the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education, Benjamin Levin stated, “I was the Deputy Minister of Education. In that role, I was the chief civil servant. I was responsible for the operation of the Ministry of Education and everything that they do; I was brought in to implement the new education policy.” Click here to read more.

On March 3rd, Mr. Levin plead guilty to three child pornography charges including making written child pornography, counseling a person to commit a sexual assault and possession of child pornography. Click here to read more. [Disclaimer: article includes graphic and disturbing details of statements made by Mr. Levin].

Parents in Ontario continue to express concern about the new curriculum. In spite of this, Education Minister Liz Sandals said in a recent report, “Ontario’s new sex education curriculum will not be changed once it’s made public … and students will begin learning it next fall.”

There have been over 100,000 signatures on the petitions circling around against the new curriculum and there will also be another gathering at Queen's Park on April 14th to put pressure on Premier Kathleen Wynne to pull the curriculum.

Go to this Facebook page to find out more: https://www.facebook.com/events/1378267929157724

ACTION POINTS:

2 - SEE MORE ACTION POINTS: Click here to read more action points outlined in our recent e-mails.