Carleton University is investigating an off-campus gathering where students were seen wearing "F**k Safe Space" shirts on Sunday.
Over the weekend, Ottawa-based lawyer Leslie Robertson posted the photo on Twitter of two male students wearing the shirt with the words, "F**k Safe Space" on the front and "Or me" on the back (as well as the username for an Instagram account that has since been deleted).
The school's independent weekly, The Charlatan, states Robertson saw a handful of men and women wearing the shirt, while others were chanting "F U Ottawa."
While a "safe space" is a generalized term for students to feel comfortable in their surrounding, it also happens to be the name of a program at Carleton that is an open and safe environment that supports the school's GLBTQ community.
While it is not clear why the students went with this exact slogan, earlier reports by the Ottawa Citizen notes that the shirts were worn by Frosh Week facilitators to protest the university's policy against student leaders swearing during Frosh Week.
One anonymous source told The Charlatan the shirts were merely a statement against the coddling of first-year students and the "safe space" phrase was used as an umbrella term.
The university also released an official statement on Sunday and deemed the shirts "inappropriate."
"University policy prohibits activities which contravene the guiding ethics of our institution. Carleton University is a community of respect and all efforts are made to ensure that those within our community are respectful of their fellow students, the broader community and the university itself," the university said in a statement.
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