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Former AMS VP External to run BCCLA workshops

We need to be able to acknowledge current political structures, like the government, and the law, and work within them for reform. Equally important however, is that we engage in an active critique of those structures, which should entail some forms of confrontation.

– Stefanie Ratjen speaks on civil liberties and the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

It has been confirmed that Stefanie Ratjen, former VP External of the AMS, has been hired by the BC Civil Liberties Association to run the Legal Observer training and Know Your Rights workshops at UBC, which are partially funded by the Student Legal Fund Society, which is in turn funded by student fees.

Is Stefanie a motivated, committed individual legitimately concerned about the impact of the Olympics? Yes.

Does Stefanie’s hiring destroy any pretense that existed about the BCCLA’s program being neutral and non-partisan? Yes.

By Neal Yonson

Neal Yonson is a native of Ottawa. He graduated from the University of Toronto with an Hon.B.Sc. in 2006 and will be happy to tell you about how things seemed to work more smoothly there. After traveling across the country for free (protip: strategically arrange grad school visits where they reimburse travel) he came to UBC to start a Ph.D. in chemistry. He was quite happy to avoid student issues until he found out how much it cost to go to the BirdCoop. Since then, he has been involved with a variety of advocacy projects.

3 replies on “Former AMS VP External to run BCCLA workshops”

It boggles my mind how a self-proclaimed Knollie is not only running a Legal Observer training session, but is also funded by OUR STUDENT FEES.

THIS IS ATROCIOUS! All part of the Knollie and radical left’s conspiracy to take over UBC.

Does Stefanie’s hiring destroy any pretense that existed about the BCCLA’s program being neutral and non-partisan? Yes.

way to just write that and not provide context… uhhh i hate hippies more than any of you (believe me) but even i wouldnt write a post and just be like LOL KNOLLTARD about shit. if you were really a civil libertarian, you would know that the far left and the socially liberal right often collaborate politically.

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