{ OCTOBER - MEDIA DEMOCRACY WEEK }

On Thursday October 25th, the Ubyssey will be publishing a MEDIA DEMOCRACY supplement. Here are your top stories (more stories coming soon!)



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1 - { MACLEAN'S & FREE SPEECH - DONE }
Photographer: Trevor Wolf
Publication Date: Oct. 24
Writer: Sarah-Nelle Jackson (nj.english@gmail.com)

Maclean's wins 'hate speech' human rights challenge in B.C. Determine what the consequences for this ruling are for free speech in Canada. What precedent does this ruling mean for the future of 'hate speech' on the internet.

Friday, Oct 10 the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal ruled today that a controversial article about Islam in Maclean's magazine did not violate the province's hate speech law. http://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/article.jsp?content=20061023_134898_134898 http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=873681

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2 - { STRATEGIC VOTING - DONE }
Photographer: Trevor Wolf
Publication Date: Oct. 24
Writer: Cynthia K. (cynk87@hotmail.com)

Strategic Voting Websites - Determine what impact these websites had in the Canadian election. Does the encouragement of strategic voting change the democratic process? Would a system of proportional representation remove the demand for strategic voting websites?

Non-partisan, single issue (e.g. the environment) websites help voters to determine which party could best defeat the Conservative candidate in swing ridings across the country.

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