POSTED BY HANK REICHMAN The following is the text of a statement issued today, September 17, by the Council of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). For background on this case see this previous post and CAUT’s statement imposing censure. On April 22, the Council of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) took…
POSTED BY HANK REICHMAN The following is the text of a press release issued yesterday by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). For background on this case see this previous post on Academeblog. Delegates to the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Council voted today to censure the University of Toronto because of the…
BY DAVID ROBINSON David Robinson is executive director of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). One of Canada’s preeminent universities could be facing a rare censure by the Canadian Association of University Teachers over accusations the administration caved to outside pressure when it cancelled the appointment of an academic administrator. According to a report…
POSTED BY HANK REICHMAN The following statement was issued on June 3 by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) stands in solidarity with communities around the world protesting racism, injustice, and inequality. While the ongoing demonstrations have been triggered by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis…
BY SHANNON DEA Shannon Dea is associate professor of philosophy and vice-president of the faculty association at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The following is re-posted with permission from University Affairs/Affaires Universitaires (universityaffairs.ca). Last month I had the privilege and honor of participating in and speaking at the triennial Harry Crowe Conference, sponsored by…
BY HANK REICHMAN The question in my title is central to a report released this week by the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). Report on the Implications for Academic Freedom in the Case of Andrew Potter at McGill University, prepared by professor Mark Gabbert of the University of Manitoba, has important implications for U.S.…
BY HANK REICHMAN Ontario Conservative Premier Doug Ford has warned the province’s public universities and colleges they will face funding cuts if they fail to adopt free-speech policies that defend controversial speakers on campus. The government announced yesterday that it will give schools four months to design, implement and enforce wide-ranging free-speech policies. Ford had promised…
POSTED BY HANK REICHMAN The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) has written to Iran’s leader protesting the death in prison of an Iranian-Canadian university professor who was accused of spying by Iranian authorities. Kavous Seyed Emami, a dual-Canadian national, was arrested in January, and died in February in a Tehran prison, ostensibly by his…