Terahertz

Secular convocation news across Canada

From Victoria to Halifax, from national newspapers to local radio. Perhaps now the Gateway should consider this a story worth covering?

Note: many stories have similar titles since they're syndicated stories, but I reposted them since individual papers decided to reprint in each locale. Also, I only used one contact to get through to the Edmonton Journal, everyone else picked it up from there. Finally, Global National (TV) wants the story tomorrow for the headlines. I will also update this list with any new links you add here.

• Atheists should learn basic arithmetic (Calgary)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (National feed)
• University of Alberta may excise God from grad speech (National)
• Students want God-free event (Victoria)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation (Edmonton)
• Discours aux diplômés: l'Université d'Alberta songe à rayer ... Dieu (National feed)
• Just say no to the 'glory of God' (National)
• University of Alberta conisders excising God from convocation (Halifax)
• Society seeks God-free event (Regina)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Edmonton)
• University of Alberta conisders excising God from convocation speech (Vancouver)
• Group wants God-free convocation (Edmonton)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Internet)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Internet)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Guelph)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Toronto)
• God-free convocation (Hamilton)
• Group wants God-free convocation (Hamilton)
• AM 930 The Light interview (Edmonton)
• God-free convocation at the U of A (CBC Alberta)
• Society wants God out of U of A graduation event (Vancouver)
• Simple compromise (Vancouver)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Internet)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Amherst, NS)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from grad speech (Calgary)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Edmonton)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Montreal)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Terrace, BC)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Ottawa)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Vancouver)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Trail, BC)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Moncton, New Brunswick)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Kelowna, BC)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Toronto)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Terrace, BC)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Calgary)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Calgary)
• University society wants God-free convocation (Saskatoon)
• Group wants reference to God removed from graduation speech (Fredricton, NB)
• Canada: 'il discorso ai laureati sia privo di riferimenti a Dio' (Italy)
• Discriminatory (Calgary)

27 October 2008

• God on hot seat at U of A (Edmonton) - this story takes comments, add yours now!
• Hearing for removing God from U of A begins (Edmonton)
• Atheists want to reference to God in convocation speech (Red Deer)
• U of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Free Dominion aka red-necked Albertan separatist forum)
• University of Alberta Looks at Erasing God from Graduation Ceremony (International)
• Student plans to fight God (Calgary) - also, my favourite over-the-top headline so far (it's like I'm Rocky)
• Most of the letters in Monday's Journal (Edmonton) - There's 8 letters there and I didn't feel like linking each individual one.
• God-free? (Edmonton TV)

28 October

• Role of God at convocation debated in Alberta (University of Western Ontario - pdf)
• U of A fields arguments on God's place in convocation (Edmonton)
• Unafraid (Calgary) - I got a letter in the Herald!
• More Letters (Edmonton)
• No god allowed (Edmonton)

29 October

• Silent majority is awfully tired of being told to shut up (Calgary)
• More letters on God and convocation (Edmonton)
• U of A convocation urged to shed religious references (Edmonton) - Open to comments as well
• Silence the majority (Calgary)
• Percentages (Calgary)
• Reciprocal tyranny (Calgary)
• U of A Atheists and Agnostics society taking issue with line in graduation service (National)
• U of A asked to excise God from speech (Orillia, ON)
• U of A fields arguments on God's place in convocation (Edmonton)
• University of Alberta considers removing God from convocation speech (Waterloo, ON)
• University considers excising God from convocation speech (North Bay, ON)
• University considers excising God from convocation speech (Owen Sound, ON)
• University of Alberta wants God taken out of convocation (St. Catharine's, ON)

30 October 2008

• Atheists and agnostics bring God to GFC exec (Campus - cover story)
• Spirituality defies student apathy (Campus)
• Admin outsources convocation fight (Campus)
• More Letters (Edmonton) - note, this is the third day in a row that the Journal has put positive letters online for the issue, but none have yet been in print
• Grow up (Calgary)
• Inhuman approach (Calgary)
• Big Trouble (Calgary)
• Let's get along (Calgary)
• University of Alberta looks at erasing God from graduation ceremony (International)
• University ceremonies should be secular, but I'm not hung up over one small line (Blog/Internet)
• Quick Takes (Internet)
• Freedom to talk about God (Red Deer)

31 October 2008

• More letters on God and convocation (Edmonton)
• Whiners (Calgary)
• God Speed (Edmonton)
• The Rutherford Show (Calgary) - no audio link yet
• Yukon's Yap about God in school (Edmonton) - mp3

1 November 2008

• Bash away, silly boobs (Edmonton)
• Bash away, silly boobs (Toronto)
• It's called progress (Calgary) - from Dr. Jim
• It's semantics (Calgary)
• University of Alberta Looks at Erasing God from Graduation Ceremony (Internet)
• Group wants God-free convocation (Hamilton)
• U of A convocation urged to shed religious references (Internet)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Penticton, BC)
• UofA makes a move ot block god from graduation (Calgary)
• God could be erased from convocation speech (Brockville, ON)
• University of Alberta may excise God from grad speech (Latin America?)
• Getting God off program (London, ON)
• God on hot seat at U of A (Edmonton)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Toronto)
• University of Alberta considers excising God from convocation speech (Internet)
• Annoying atheists (Internet)

2 November 2008

• More Letters (Edmonton) - there's only two online today
• How dumb can people be? (Edmonton) - just a brief mention in this column, the title is more related to the city than our campaign

3 November 2008

• That Sad Victimized Religious Majority (Internet - Blog)
• In fear of God (Ottawa)
• U of A convocation may go God-free (Edmonton)

4 November 2008

• GFC delegates to sub-committee study rewording U of A convocation charge (Campus)
• Atheism is a belief system too -- should it be protected? (Calgary)
• 
  Herald Column - A Secular Speech for a Secular University (Calgary)
• Alberta university convocation God-free (Windsor, ON)
• Convocation may go God-free (Montreal)
• Sorting things out (Ottawa)
• Convocation needs inclusive, but reverent, new words (Edmonton)
• Alberta grads to go God-free (Victoria)

5 November 2008

• New words for convocation (Edmonton)
• Don't delete God, U of A told (Edmonton)
• More Letter (Edmonton) - lots more again, they really don't like publishing them in print it seems though

6 November 2008

• U of A student prays for 'god free' grad (Carleton University)

7 November 2008

• Ceremony should have room for everyone - God included (Edmonton)
• University to modify convocation charge (Campus)

9 November 2008

• News Reviews (University of Victoria) - they give our story a YAY!
• More Letter (Edmonton) - there's a positive letter from Dr. Amrhein buried in there!

11 November 2008

• McKeen's arguments irrelevant (Edmonton)
• Ignoring dark side (Edmonton)
• Campus News Briefs (University of Winnipeg)
• Controversy at the University of Alberta (Internet - Skepchick)
• God on hot seat at U of A (Internet)
• Discours aux diplômés: l'Université d'Alberta songe à rayer ... Dieu (Montreal)
• Discours aux diplômés:l'Université d'Alberta songe à rayer ... Dieu (Internet)

12 November 2008

• More letters (Edmonton)
• God has a place in ceremonies (Fort Saksatchewan, AB) - this letter is familiar