Debating speech on campus

Academic freedom, Editorials, Free speech and expression rights, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization

Editorial Matters: Something to talk about

Ben Lewis

Over the past few years, the debate about freedom of speech on university campuses has increased in intensity. Often sparked by high […]

Equity and social justice, Faculty associations, Free speech and expression rights, Governance, Politics, Public policy

Free speech and the battle for the university

Shannon Dea

At the University of Waterloo, a controversial talk had the faculty association looking for creative ways to respond. How did the faculty […]

Academic freedom, Free speech and expression rights

Understanding the right to freedom of expression and its place on campus

Richard Moon

As free speech on campus flares up in the media, it is important to understand the nuances of the debate. How do […]

Academic freedom, Ethics, Truth and Reconciliation and decolonization

Debwewin: to speak the truth – Nishnabek de’bwewin: telling our truths

David Newhouse

Indigenous perspectives on truth, academic freedom, and tenure have only recently started to be meaningfully reflected in academic discourse. If embraced, these […]

Faculty associations, Free speech and expression rights

Freedom with limits? The role faculty associations play protecting the speech rights of their members

Linda Rose-Krasnor and Michelle Webber

Faculty associations represent a diverse and engaged membership. The campus speech debate presents new challenges, but faculty associations already have tools to […]

Academic freedom, Free speech and expression rights, Politics

A manufactured crisis: the Ford government’s troubling free speech mandate

James L. Turk

The Ontario government is requiring the province’s public universities and colleges to develop new free speech policies or lose funding. Are these […]