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North Korean Defector Visits Osgoode

By Trevor Fairlie
In Uncategorized
November 8, 2017
5 Min read
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Bio: Trevor J. Fairlie is the Director of Policy on the HanVoice Development Committee, and is the President of HanVoice’s York Chapter. He is a 2L Osgoode student and the Vice Chair of Student Caucus.   On Tuesday, October 17th, Osgoode hosted Ellie Cha, a North Korean defector who now studies in South Korea. Ellie came to York University as part of the HanVoice Pioneers Program, which hosts a...

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A Cautionary Celebration: Nuclear Weapons and ICAN’s Nobel Peace Prize

By Jerico Espinas
In News, Opinion
October 25, 2017
5 Min read
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“We live in a world where the risk of nuclear weapons being used is greater than it has been for a long time.” Berit Reiss-Andersen, the leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, made this statement to justify giving the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) the Nobel Peace Prize in early October. ICAN officially launched in Vienna in 2007 after its start in Australia...

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