Lucas Oleniuk via Getty Images George Elliot Clarke photographed in his Toronto home near Greenwood and Danforth. REGINA — A celebrated Canadian poet has cancelled a lecture about Indigenous justice issues at the University of Regina following outrage over his working relationship and friendship with the killer of a local First Nations woman. George Elliott Clarke was to deliver the Woodrow Lloyd Lecture on Jan 23. Brown and his friend Alex Ternowetsky were convicted of manslaughter in the 1995 beating death of Pamela George near the Regina airport. “As a post-secondary institution, the University of Regina is also committed to the principles of free speech, thought and expression....

Source: Huffington Post January 03, 2020 20:48 UTC