<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"
xmlns:rawvoice="http://www.rawvoice.com/rawvoiceRssModule/"
>

<channel>
	<title>Education Law Blog &#187; defamation</title>
	<atom:link href="http://educationlawblog.ca/tag/defamation/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://educationlawblog.ca</link>
	<description>Noah Sarna on the issues, cases and events of interest to British Columbia&#039;s educational community</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 19:33:33 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
<!-- podcast_generator="Blubrry PowerPress/3.0.1" -->
	<itunes:summary>Noah Sarna on the issues, cases and events of interest to British Columbia&#039;s educational community</itunes:summary>
	<itunes:author>Education Law Blog</itunes:author>
	<itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:image href="http://educationlawblog.ca/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/itunes_default.jpg" />
	<itunes:subtitle>Noah Sarna on the issues, cases and events of interest to British Columbia&#039;s educational community</itunes:subtitle>
	<image>
		<title>Education Law Blog &#187; defamation</title>
		<url>http://educationlawblog.ca/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg</url>
		<link>http://educationlawblog.ca</link>
	</image>
		<item>
		<title>SCC hyperlink decision has implications for educators</title>
		<link>http://educationlawblog.ca/scc-hyperlink-decision-has-implications-for-educators/</link>
		<comments>http://educationlawblog.ca/scc-hyperlink-decision-has-implications-for-educators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 22:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahsarna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crookes v. newton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defamation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hyperlinks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Supreme Court of Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[torts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://educationlawblog.ca/?p=668</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The blogosphere has had two weeks now to digest the recent ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada in Crookes v. Newton (CanLII), where the high court ruled that simply the act of hyperlinking to defamatory material elsewhere on the internet does not alone constitute defamation.  The decision upholds the rulings of two lower courts, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://educationlawblog.ca/scc-hyperlink-decision-has-implications-for-educators/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Employers must tread carefully when trying to protect educators from online attacks</title>
		<link>http://educationlawblog.ca/employers-must-tread-carefully-when-trying-to-protect-educators-from-online-attacks/</link>
		<comments>http://educationlawblog.ca/employers-must-tread-carefully-when-trying-to-protect-educators-from-online-attacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 05:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahsarna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defamation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reputation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://educationlawblog.ca/?p=584</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An educator&#8217;s workplace involves constant exposure to reputational hazards.  Teachers and professors spend their days in front a generation of students committed to broadcasting their opinions, thoughts and whims about anything and, more importantly, anyone across the indelible medium of the internet.  For professors, in particular, their students are often using their laptops in class, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://educationlawblog.ca/employers-must-tread-carefully-when-trying-to-protect-educators-from-online-attacks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>University of Calgary appeals facebook charter decision</title>
		<link>http://educationlawblog.ca/university-of-calgary-appeals-facebook-charter-decision/</link>
		<comments>http://educationlawblog.ca/university-of-calgary-appeals-facebook-charter-decision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahsarna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appeal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charter of rights and freedoms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defamation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pridgens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://educationlawblog.ca/?p=456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Globe and Mail reported over the weekend that the University of Calgary has filed an appeal regarding a recent decision (CanLII) of the Alberta Court of Queen&#8217;s Bench that found that the university had violated the rights of two students under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by punishing them for criticizing a professor on facebook.  For [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://educationlawblog.ca/university-of-calgary-appeals-facebook-charter-decision/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>BCTF sues chair of BC College of Teachers for defamation</title>
		<link>http://educationlawblog.ca/bctf-sues-chair-of-bc-college-of-teachers-for-defamation/</link>
		<comments>http://educationlawblog.ca/bctf-sues-chair-of-bc-college-of-teachers-for-defamation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahsarna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BC College of Teachers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BCTF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defamation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[discipline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[libel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[slander]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Ellison]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://educationlawblog.ca/?p=332</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CBC reported earlier today that the BC Federation of Teachers (BCTF) has commenced a defamation lawsuit against Richard Walker, the current chair of the BC College of Teachers, for comments he made in an opinion piece published in a May edition of the Vancouver Sun.  (A link to the court document filed by the BCTF. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://educationlawblog.ca/bctf-sues-chair-of-bc-college-of-teachers-for-defamation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>University of Calgary facebook reprimand reaches judicial review</title>
		<link>http://educationlawblog.ca/university-of-calgary-facebook-reprimand-reaches-judicial-review/</link>
		<comments>http://educationlawblog.ca/university-of-calgary-facebook-reprimand-reaches-judicial-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahsarna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defamation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[judicial review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[student code of conduct]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[university of calgary]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://educationlawblog.ca/?p=243</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest facebook-got-your-tongue litigation making  national headlines (Vancouver Sun) popped up this week from the University of Calgary, where twins &#8211; both students &#8211; were placed on probation two years ago for stinging comments they made in November 2007 about a professor on a facebook page entitled &#8220;I no longer fear Hell, I took a course [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://educationlawblog.ca/university-of-calgary-facebook-reprimand-reaches-judicial-review/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Choosing the right forum is half the battle</title>
		<link>http://educationlawblog.ca/choosing-the-right-forum-is-half-the-battle/</link>
		<comments>http://educationlawblog.ca/choosing-the-right-forum-is-half-the-battle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>noahsarna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defamation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jurisdiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[litigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school boards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[universities]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://educationlawblog.ca/?p=69</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gone are the days when getting justice in your dispute meant you had to face the regular court system.  Now, it seems like everybody is a judge of something and quasi-judicial entities abound.  Organizations have internal panels to handle complaints.  Administrative agencies have specialized tribunals to deal with industry-specific issues.  Courts appreciate the wisdom of a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://educationlawblog.ca/choosing-the-right-forum-is-half-the-battle/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

