Anti-psychiatry activist Don Weitz begins a series of four public lectures this Friday at the University of Toronto's Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE).

On Friday, Weitz, an insulin shock survivor and co-founder of the Coordinating Committee of the Coalition Against Psychiatric Assault, will critique what he calls psychiatry's human rights violations and the major reasons why he believes psychiatry should be abolished.

The University of Toronto Students' Union (UTSU), Local 98 of the Canadian Federation of Students, has collected signatures from thousands of U of T stakeholders opposing the proposed flat fee tuition model for students in the Faculty of Arts and Science. The university is seeking to permanently switch from a pay-per-course model to a flat program fee. The flat fee model unjustifiably increases tuition fees by up to 66 per cent for an undergraduate education. In response to the outcry of the community, UTSU has delivered over 4,000 individually signed petition cards to the office of U of T President David Naylor.

"There can be no question about the right, in fact responsibility, of students to express their concerns about official actions of their university, and to call on university authorities to refrain from improper actions -- in this case, indirect participation in ongoing crimes."

-- Noam Chomsky, April 2010, Statement in support of Berkeley Divestment Campaign