Academic Freedom
Academic freedom is a moral and legal concept expressing the conviction that the freedom of inquiry by faculty members is essential to the mission of the academy as well as the principles of academia, and that scholars should have freedom to teach or communicate ideas or facts (including those that are inconvenient to external political groups or to authorities) without being targeted for repression, job loss, or imprisonment. While the core of academic freedom covers scholars acting in an academic capacity - as teachers or researchers expressing strictly scholarly viewpoints -, an expansive interpretation extends these occupational safeguards to scholars' …
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RSC: Royal Society of Canada · 6 November 2023
of the Humanities, a two-term Chair of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee, an ongoing Member of th. [...] A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada …
Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee, an ongoing Member of … Directors of the Harry Crowe Foundation for Academic Freedom, and an ongoing Senior Fellow at Toronto Metropolitan … and with connections and tensions between academic freedom and the decolonizing of Canadian universities …
Wilson Center Canada · 27 October 2023 English
In a moment where bilateral regulatory mistrust threatens to dismantle many of the financial ties built-up over the last three decades, understanding the mindset of the Chinese regulator becomes all …
which PRC offi- cials have threatened the academic freedom and safety of individuals on US college campuses …
BCCAT: BC Council on Admissions and Transfer · 10 October 2023 English
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Assessing Course Equivalence The right of academic freedom includes the right and responsibility of faculty …
CCF: Canadian Constitution Foundation · 5 October 2023 English
invocation of the Emergencies Act; the role of international law in Canadian courts; the state of academic freedom at Canadian universities; and the interpretation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. [.. …
international law in Canadian courts; the state of academic freedom at Canadian universities; and the interpretation …
FRQSC: Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture · 29 September 2023 English
A-2.1) hereinafter the Act respecting Access; • reaffirm the importance of ethics in research; • present the terms under which the public funds are to be awarded and managed with …
.................... 28 5.7 Protection of Academic Freedom ......................................... … their strategic plan. As such, they: • respect academic freedom; • promote the protection of intellectual … Protection of Academic Freedom The Fonds emphasize the importance of protecting academic freedom in the conduct … all research funded through their programs. Academic freedom is part of the rights and freedoms of researchers … and opinions —as suggested by the phrase ‘academic freedom’— lies at the very heart of the scientific …
ICES: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences · 18 September 2023 English
The aims of this Guidance Document and Framework are to outline organizational strategies improvement has to help implement anti-racist and anti-oppressive practices, support appropriate use of race and related data …
strategy to broaden our expertise in health Yet academic freedom must always be paired with the responsible …
Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit · 29 August 2023 English
Sterzuk (PhD, McGill University) University of Saskatchewan's interim and a Professor in the Department of FCAHS was appointed as Vice-Dean joined the Faculty of Education at the Associate Provost Health, …
physical activity. He is a recipient the better academic freedom protections for is interested in platelet …
Alberta Teachers' Association · 16 August 2023 English
Undertake a pilot project to evaluate the draft program of funds senior high school programing to ensure that the funding studies, the teaching and learning resources, and the impact of …
and, for that reason, should 1. restrict the academic freedom of the school, or confer on 1. ensure that … compromise the school’s educational policy; academic freedom or the right of teachers and students to act …
FRQSC: Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture · 15 August 2023 English
The committee’s mandate is to advise the Chief Scientist of Québec and the boards of directors of the FRQ by identifying strategies to promote the accessibility of research funding, optimize …
change, as long as the crucial balance with academic freedom is maintained. The experts consulted noted …
Alberta Teachers' Association · 27 July 2023 English
Provincial Executive Council recommends in the proposed that does not exceed 50 per cent of its annual fee revenue in budget each year an allocation to the Special Emergency Fund …
schools should be free from 1. restrict the academic freedom of the school, or confer on commercialism … the school’s 2. promote specific products; academic freedom or the right of teachers and students to act …
