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Carleton reinstates Shinerama, councillor resigns

Petition calling for president’s impeachment tabled at council meeting

The Carleton University Students’ Association has voted to reinstate support for the Shinerama campaign. CUSA sparked a storm of negative reaction from Carleton students and the media after the organization voted to withdraw support for the campaign.

Carson Jerema with More on the CUSA meeting

Also read: Carleton reverses course

The motion that saw support for the Cystic Fibrosis charity removed was premised by a controversial wheareas clause that claimed the disease only affects “white people.”

Donnie Northrup, the science councillor who wrote the motion, has resigned.

A campaign to impeach the executive started last week.

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