OP-ED: The tyranny of land acknowledgements & compelled speech

George Ramsay writes, "Compelled speech, or compelled support for any position quells discourse and creates a type of moral injury."

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By: George Ramsay

George Ramsay is a recent kinesiology graduate from Victoria, British Columbia. This is an edited version of his grand-prize-winning entry in the 3rd Annual Patricia Trottier and Gwyn Morgan Student Essay Contest first published by C2C Journal.

While censorship is often the main focus of discussions about free speech, th…