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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- That Sad Victimized Religious Majority (Internet – Blog)
- In fear of God (Ottawa)
- U of A convocation may go God-free (Edmonton)
- 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)
- 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
- U of A student prays for ‘god free’ grad (Carleton University)
- Ceremony should have room for everyone – God included (Edmonton)
- University to modify convocation charge (Campus)
- 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!
- 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)
- More letters (Edmonton)
- God has a place in ceremonies (Fort Saksatchewan, AB) – this letter is familiar
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Wow. Excellent coverage the issue is getting. Good luck tomorrow.
Wow, that Calgary Herald editorial (?) is a big, steaming pile of fail. Good luck in your efforts.
Great list!
It’s a shame that this apparently hasn’t appeared in a newspaper in Fredericton. I hope it does appear in at least one soon!
Wait, look at this:
http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/canadaworld/article/461056
That Calgary Herald article is nauseating. It looks like it was published yesterday. Perhaps a couple of us can speak up and write letters to the editor.