Topic: Free speech and expression rights


Supporting research communications in challenging times

By Amanda Clarke, Howard Ramos, and Julia M. Wright

Academics are encouraged to share their research with the public, but amid reports of harassment of experts online, the rules of engagement […]

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A protester holding a sign that says "Axe the Vax" outside with a crowd behind.

Pandemic finger-pointing: New research sheds light on who Canadians blame in times of crisis

A little over a year ago, thousands of people descended on Ottawa protesting COVID-19 pandemic countermeasures as part of a “freedom convoy.” […]

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Criticisms of academic freedom miss the mark and risk the integrity of scholarship

While academic freedom itself might sound like a unique notion, granting special tools or rights to specific professions is rather commonplace. (Shutterstock) […]

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Universities: The often overlooked player in determining healthy democracies

In Georgia, the Board of Regents has given its universities the power to fire tenured professors without faculty input. Now some fear […]

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Universities should no longer ask students for anonymous feedback on their teachers

Shutterstock Editor’s note: This article contains language which some may find disturbing. Student evaluations, in the form of anonymous online surveys, are […]

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Campus free speech: Does it extend to what students say online?

Weighing unrestricted expression against fostering a tolerant public sphere will test the fundamental freedoms we cherish in our democratic society. (Shutterstock) Professors […]

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Jewish scholars defend the right to academic freedom on Israel/Palestine

People carry a sign protesting Israeli actions in Palestine during a protest march in Toronto in May 2018. (Raghd Hamzeh), Author provided […]

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Academic freedom entails both individual and social responsibility

By Stuart Chambers, University of Ottawa

Periodically, professors drop their commitment to objective truth to pursue political agendas. When this occurs, they become prisoners of their own ideologies. […]

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Why universities and colleges should think twice before punishing student protesters

Student activists are calling attention to a wide range of issues on campus. Drew Angerer/Getty Images For much of the 2019-2020 academic […]

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