Free Speech in Brave Spaces

Jack Corfield | Associate Media Editor
Join Jack Corfield for their last podcast at The Navigator. This episode we'll discuss the phrase "safe space" and how it can create problems in discussion. We'll hear detailed interviews with feminist scholars Dr. Melissa Stephens and Dr. Magnolia Pauker from the VIU Faculty of Arts and Humanities , including a thorough discussion of Jordan Peterson's politics.
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03.17.25
| Vol. 56, No. 6 | Audio

Free Speech in Brave Spaces

by The Navigator | Controversial Discussions in the Classroom

Free Speech in Brave Spaces

by The Navigator | Controversial Discussions in the Classroom

Peterson is a symptom. And he’s a symptom of a larger problem.

Dr. Magnolia Pauker

This wave of fascist conservatism ... has swept all over the globe.
Sheila Malcolmson, MLA

Prepare yourself for broad, academic discussion of genocide, transphobia, and fascism.

References

Joseph, S. (2016). ‘Is Fox News a breach of human rights?’ The news media’s immunity from the guiding principles on business and human Rights. Business and Human Rights Journal, 1(2), 229-253. doi:10.1017/bhj.2016.10

Nash, C. J., Gorman-Murray, A., and Browne, K. (2021). Geographies of intransigence: Freedom of speech and heteroactivist resistances in Canada, Great Britain and Australia. Social & Cultural Geography, 22(7), 979-999. doi: 10.1080/14649365.2019.1652929

Jordan B Peterson. (2016, September 27). 2016/09/27: Part 1: Fear and the law [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvPgjg201w0 (35:13-36:21)

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Jack Corfield

Jack is a fifth-year Creative Writing and Media Studies student who spends their island time writing novels and creating digital art. In 2023, they were the President of VIU’s Creative Writing Club and co-Managing Editor of Portal Magazine. Their art, script, and poetry appears in Portal and is most prominent in the 2024 issue featuring their digitized “Circuit Girl” on the cover. Jack also has notable Nav lore as The Navigator’s very first Podcaster.

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