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News ReleasesAcademics, Students, Community Members Slam Carleton U Attempt to Stifle Class Discussions and Academic Freedom2012-11-13 Independent Jewish Voices Coalition of academics, students and community members rejects Carleton University administration attempt to stifle discussion of issues related to Israel, Palestine and the Middle East. Author warns coalition of MPs (CPCCA) intent on criminalizing free speech on Israel/Palestine2010-09-11 Seriously Free Speech Committee The author of a new book on antisemitism kicks off a Western Canada tour Sept. 17 to sound an alarm that a coalition of MPs (CPCCA) is intent on outlawing criticism of Israel as being antisemitic, pos... EducationSources.caSources Web portal with sources of information about education and academia, including articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and imp... Jenny Peto speaks at UBC, downtown Vancouver on Palestinian rights, threats to academic freedom2011-02-11 Seriously Free Speech Committee Jenny Peto, whose Master's thesis was attacked in the Ontario legislature for being anti-semitic, is speaking in Vancouver on Fri. at UBC and Sat. at SFU Harbour Centre on the growing threats to acade... Jenny Peto speaks in Vancouver on Ontario furore over her Master’s thesis, defends academic freedom, right to criticize Israel2011-02-07 Seriously Free Speech Committee Jenny Peto, whose Master's thesis was attacked in the Ontario legislature for being anti-semitic, is speaking in Vancouver on Sat., Feb. 12 as part of a panel discussing growing threats to academic fr... Jewish Group Commends UofT Provost for Supporting Freedom of Inquiry2010-12-09 Independent Jewish Voices Jewish group defends University of Toronto's support for academic freedom in the face of attacks on thesis questionning the misuse of the Holocaust for political purposes. Sources welcomes the Seriously Free Speech Committee2010-10-17 Seriously Free Speech Committee Sources welcomes a new member: the Seriously Free Speech Committee. The SFSC is committed to free expression of views on Israel/Palestine. Sources Select ResourcesAaron Swartz and the Assault on Open InformationMalicious Government Prosecution Geovanis, Chris Article 2013 CounterPunch The great corporate-supported push to hide essential, publicly funded information behind private firewalls and government secrecy, represents a breathtaking breach of the basic tenets of democracy. Connexions Library: Education, Children FocusWebsite Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on education and children. A Different Kind of Safe SpaceGup,, Ted Article 2016 The Chronicle of Higher Education Words are dangerous, but not as dangerous as efforts to suppress them, be it by government or dean -- and certainly not as insidious as self-censorship. EducationSources.caWebsite 2017 Sources Web portal with sources of information about education and academia, including articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and imp... The End of Academic Freedom in America: the Case of Steven SalaitaProyect, Louis Article 2015 CounterPunch In the years I spent at Columbia University, there was always some professor or another coming under attack from the Israel lobby. But no matter the intensity of the witch-hunt, I was always proud to ... Excerpts from secretly recorded meeting between Wilfrid Laurier University grad student and facultyAudio 2017 Lindsay Shepherd, a Wilfrid Laurier University graduate student and teaching assistant, landed in hot water with the university over a video clip, featuring controversial University of Toronto profess... For Free Expression on PalestinePodur, Justin Article 2009 The Bulletin Free Speech and Acceptable TruthsStatement of the Alumni for Responsible Speech Alumni for Responsible Speech (Ulli Diemer) Article 2008 While we support freedom of speech and academic freedom, we believe that university administrations have a duty to provide a safe learning environment in which students and faculty are protected by in... 'Free speech' - as long as it doesn't offend anyoneDiemer, Ulli Article 2009 Canadian Dimension - Volume 43, Number 1 - January/February 2009 On the issue of free speech most of the right and much of the left are in agreement, and so too are many liberals, activists, and human rights apparatchiks. They hold essentially the same position on ... Free Speech in an Age of Identity PoliticsMalik, Kenan Article 2015 Pandaemonium Transcript of Malik's TB Davie Memorial lecture on academic freedom at the University of Cape Town. The High Cost of SkepticismWhat happened to two scientists who believed that tenure and First Amendment would protect their rights to free inquiry Tavris, Carol Article 2002 Skeptical Inquirer Here’s what happened to two scientists who believed that tenure and the First Amendment would protect their rights to free inquiry. Oil CEO Wanted University Quake Scientists Dismissed: Dean's E-MailElgin,Benjamin Article 2015 Bloomberg The billionaire CEO of Continental Resources told a dean at the University of Oklahoma that he wanted earthquake researchers dismissed. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 1, 2017April 1 issue Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2017 Connexions Other Voices always strives to present you with alternative views on important topics. This issue offers some really alternative perspectives and even some "alternative facts." As always, read critica... Outspoken professor stokes free-speech debate at East Coast universityArticle 2018 National Post An associate professor at Acadia University is facing a growing backlash over incendiary social media comments, stoking a national debate about free speech on campus amid calls for his ouster from the... Rebels Without a Cause: The Assault on Academic FreedomVigo, Julian Article 2017 Counterpunch Examining current academic culture which falsely labels "words as violence" and how it is affecting acedemic freedom, notably by some who think of themselves as being on the left, who are employing t... The Salaita AffairLessons Heard and Lessons Learned Ramahi, Omar M. Article 2014 Counterpunch Professor Steven Salaita was to begin his new faculty appointment in Fall 2014 as a tenured Associate Professor in the American Indian Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign... Science and its enemiesIntroduction to the April 23, 2016 issue of Other Voices Diemer, Ulli Article 2016 Connexions Our society and its institutions, public and private, regularly tell us that science, and education in the sciences, are crucial to our future. These public declarations are strangely reminiscent of t... Science and liberationScience as human curiosity, as authority, and as business Podur, Justin Article 2014 Briarpatch The conservative movement’s attack on science has several prongs. Where they can attain government office, as in Canada, they use the highly effective tools of funding and de-funding, and regulation a... Sources Select Universities, Colleges, and InstitutesWebsite 2009 Academic experts available to take media calls about their area of expertise. Suppressing TVO video, stifling free speech, is making Wilfrid Laurier unsafeHaskell, David Millard Article 2017 Toronto Star The university is wrong to castigate a grad student and teaching assistant for showing to her students a debate on TVO’s The Agenda that featured controversial professor Jordan Peterson. Thought police strike again as Wilfrid Laurier grad student is chastised for showing Jordan Peterson videoBlatchfor, Christie Article 2017 National Post A Wilfrid Laurier University teaching assistant has been identified as “transphobic” and sanctioned for last week showing her class an excerpt of a video debate involving the controversial University ... When Free Speech Becomes Dead Silence - The Israel Lobby And A Cowed AcademiaEditor Article 2015 Media Lens The sudden cancellation of an academic conference on Israel, as well as the lack of outcry from 'mainstream' media, demonstrates once again the skewed limits to 'free speech' in 'advanced' Western dem... Why Banning Laura Kipnis Would Betray Wellesley's Academic MissionFriedersdorf, Conor Article 2017 The Atlantic Six professors at an elite American college insist that students will suffer "damage" or "injury" if speakers they may disagree with are allowed to speak on campus. |
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