10-21-2015, 12:56 PM
(06-30-2015, 10:29 AM)panamaniac Wrote: Victoria Park's loss is WLU's gain - the 22 statues of Canadian Prime Ministers will be installed at Laurier.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-...-1.3132952
Whelp, looks like the Prime Minister Statue project is on the rocks again.
WLU senate wants university to cancel controversial statue project
Quote: A controversial, privately-funded statue project was opposed at a Laurier senate meeting on Tuesday where an overwhelming majority voted to recommend cancelling it.
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His "Stop the Statue Project" online petition has gathered 810 signatures since it was created in July, a few weeks after the first bronze statue of Sir John A. Macdonald was installed on campus.
The decision to host the statues was made by the board in June.
The statues have been heavily criticized for their lack of diversity.
Finn said a "pointed reading" of the statues could imply that the university celebrates white, male leaders and not inclusivity.
Too partisan for Victoria Park, too white and male for Laurier...