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This from the Regina Leader-Post:
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Two groups are asking the University of Regina for an immediate public forum on Canada's role in Afghanistan.
The first group is the protesting professors from the U of R who asked that the university withdraw from the Project Hero scholarship program. The second group, the Canada-Afghanistan Solidarity Committee (CASC), has requested that the university's president Vianne Timmons publicly rebuke the professors for their "shameful" stance.
Both groups want their respective forums to be held at the university this April.
Lauryn Oates, a Vancouver-based senior advisor to CASC and education specialist in Afghanistan, said regular Canadians need to be discussing our role in Afghanistan, not just parliamentarians.
"This could be a leadership opportunity for (the U of R)," said Oates. "(The university) could take a stand and say, 'We have to talk about this.' " ....
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