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Why should academic freedom protect ineffective teaching?
The status quo is in desperate need of change.
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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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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.
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Learning to say goodbye to academic freedom
It is an adjustment when an academic becomes a senior administrator, as they don’t have the same academic freedoms they did as professors.
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Academic freedom and the N-word
Just because professors may say the N-word doesn’t mean they should.
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Should sports coaches have academic freedom?
A recent case that has rocked the Canadian varsity running world raises questions about which university personnel should have academic freedom.
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Avoiding communications snafus in the era of COVID-19
Is this thing on?
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Academic freedom in the time of coronavirus
As universities respond to COVID-19, they must be guided by their core values of social responsibility, accountability and equitable access – all of which support suspending on-campus teaching and learning.
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Middle Eastern studies, Greta Thunberg and institutional autonomy
Two recent cases from the U.S. throw into sharp relief just how critical institutional autonomy is for academic freedom.
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Canada’s new definition of anti-Semitism – a rejoinder
This definition was drawn up with great care by 33 countries, and with the usual negotiation and compromise common to all international agreements.
