The International Policy Network has awarded Shikha Dalmia, a senior policy analyst at the Reason Foundation, the Bastiat Prize for online journalism. ISP officials say Dalmia won the award for articles which were “brilliant exercises in quiet persuasion, challenging preconceptions regarding the supposed benefits of government intervention. Read some of Dalmia’s award winning online writings here.
Get your cameras ready! The Fraser Institute is holding a video contest for students. All you need do is make a video on the topic: What is the Appropriate Role of Government in the Economy? First prize is $1,500 for high school students and $2,000 for post-secondary students. The deadline for submitting an entry is November 30 so you better get filming. For more information see here.
The Society for Quality Education offers a program called Stairway to Reading, a free online remedial resource that parents and teachers can download to tutor their children and students. And now the SQE has submitted this idea to the Aviva Community Fund. If the group’s idea receives enough votes, it will have a chance at sharing in $500,000. The money would ensure the Stairway to Reading program can continue to help students struggling to learn. You can vote for the idea here.
The Canadian Constitution Foundation applauded a victory for free speech when Alberta’s Crown Prosecutors stayed trespassing charges against some University of Calgary students. The students, who were staging a pro-life protest on university grounds, refused an order from school officials to turn their signs inward so that passers-by would not see them. They claimed being forced to hide their signs (which featured pictures of aborted fetuses) violated their right to free speech. As a result, the University charged them with trespassing. The CCF had come to the students’ aid to help them battle for their rights in court and to publicize their case.
The Canadian Centre for Policy Studies is holding a free speech and liberty symposium on December 7, 2009 in Ottawa. The symposium will examine Canada’s commitment individual liberty and how government is undermining that liberty. Scheduled speakers include the National Post’s Barbara Kay, columnist John Robson and Libertas Post president Gerry Nicholls. Go here for more information.
Let’s tip a glass to this Frontier Centre for Public Policy publication which argues government has no business selling booze.
