Our Shared Humanity Already Makes Us Equal, No Need for Odious Perplexities

Our Shared Humanity Already Makes Us Equal, No Need for Odious Perplexities
Students walk through the campus at Western University in London, Ont., on Sept. 19, 2020. The Canadian Press/Geoff Robins
Sen. David Richards
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I have just read an article by an illustrious academic fellow stating that, when it comes to guest speakers at our colonial-sodden universities, the university should ask permission if that man or woman may speak. In his view, a university should be required to seek permission from the local indigenous communities.

Sen. David Richards
Sen. David Richards
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David Adams Richards is an award-winning novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and poet based in New Brunswick. He has won the Governor General’s Literary Award in both the fiction and non-fiction categories and he is a winner of the Giller Prize. He is a member of the Order of New Brunswick and the Order of Canada, and was appointed to the Senate in 2017.
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