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Defending the Academy
Current challenges offer opportunity to reassert our public purpose.
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Faculty challenge of Quebec labour bill a rare constitutional move
McGill professors say academic freedom is at stake.
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When democracy teeters, where do universities stand?
University of Regina Professor Marc Spooner analyzes the threats to academia’s public mission.
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Who’s afraid of academic freedom?
Defenders of democratic debate are rising to meet the challenges of ideological polarization, governmental interference, and underfunding of academic institutions.
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University community reacts to Quebec’s new academic freedom bill
While some applaud the government’s approach, others find it lacking.
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Academics facing potential censorship
How do we manage academic freedom, which should be unhindered, unrestricted and inviolable?
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‘Beware of oysters’ and other remedies for donor threats to academic freedom
Ultimately, the three best defences are good policies, good communication and good habits.
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The high price of donations
Even when it doesn’t improperly interfere in academic searches and tenure files, some kinds of donor funding routinely threaten academic freedom in a range of ways.
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The possible excesses of academic freedom, put into perspective
Academic freedom means academics can reflect on any topic, but can they fuel racist thinking?
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Two misconceptions about ‘collegial governance’
Academic staff are not only employees; they are also the ‘collegium’ charged with the academic governance of universities.
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On the uses and abuses of ‘academic freedom’
When we invoke academic freedom as a way of defending our own peccadillos, we render universities into petty fiefdoms and academic freedom into a bludgeon.
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How to fight antisemitism without threatening
academic freedomAn examination of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism.
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Students and the freedom to learn
What ever happened to students’ academic freedom?
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Rediscovering the truth-seeking mission of universities
The notion that universities exist, first and foremost, to discover and impart knowledge is no longer in vogue. That’s a tragedy.
