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Stand Against Project Hero: Please Sign the Petition
<http://anthrojustpeace.blogspot.com/2010/04/stand-against-project-hero-plea
se-sign.html> Posted: 18 Apr 2010 07:22 AM PDT From the petition site:
<http://www.thepetitionsite.com/7/stand-against-project-hero-and-the-glorifi
cation-of-war>
We the undersigned urge Canadian universities and colleges not to
participate in "Project Hero," a program in which post-secondary
institutions waive tuition and course fees for "children of fallen
soldiers." Children of deceased members of the Canadian military already
have access to benefits through the Children of Deceased Veterans Education
Assistance passed in 1953. These benefits cover course fees and tuition as
well as a monthly living allowance.
Project Hero is not about aid to the children of deceased soldiers, as their
needs are already being met. Rather it is a political effort to justify
Canadian participation in the war in Afghanistan and glorify militarism on
our campuses. We do not believe our colleges and universities should be
participating in this kind of political campaign masked as a student aid
program.
We support the effort by University of Regina faculty members to raise the
issue of Project Hero on their campus. We are deeply concerned about the
response they have met in the form of hate mail, threats and calls for their
dismissal. They have every right to raise these issues, and it is essential
that free discussion and debate about foreign policy and the role of the
military be allowed without vilification and threats of retribution. The
University of Regina Administration and the broader community must strongly
defend the academic freedom of these faculty members.
The very name of "Project Hero" demonstrates its fundamentally political
nature. We believe participation in this project threatens to align our
universities and colleges with a particular political message about
militarism and the war in Afghanistan. We therefore urge university and
college administrators to reject participation in this project.
PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION
<http://www.thepetitionsite.com/7/stand-against-project-hero-and-the-glorifi
cation-of-war>
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