Friday, December 5, 2008

Ottawa university boots cystic fibrosis from charity drive

Joanne Laucius, Canwest News Service Published: Tuesday, November 25, 2008

'I think they see this, in their own twisted way, as a win for diversity'

OTTAWA -- The Carleton University Students' Association has voted to drop a cystic fibrosis charity as the beneficiary of its annual Shinearama fundraiser, supporting a motion that argued the disease is not "inclusive" enough.

Cystic fibrosis "has been recently revealed to only affect white people, and primarily men" said the motion read Monday night to student councillors, who voted almost unanimously in favour of it.

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