A better Canadian Way?

We need a judicious approach to values that matter: equity & academic freedom.

Binaries, either/or, unhelpful

Don’t @ me: I said *judicious*.
I read/weigh everything, friends & critics alike, incl. on whether academic-administrators have academic freedom
On academic freedom I am an avid reader of @ShannonDea1, the philosopher, now Dean of Arts at URegina, who has consistently contributed thoughtful pieces to @UA_magazine https://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/dispatches-academic-freedom/">https://www.universityaffairs.ca/opinion/d...
I read the careful research of @uabpols Dax D& #39;Orazio
“Expressive Freedom on Campus and the Conceptual Elasticity of Harm” @CJPS_RCSP (2020)

“theories of harm are key to understanding the contemporary discourse and politics of expressive freedom on campus” https://cup.org/3esPaQr ">https://cup.org/3esPaQr&q...
Anver Saloojee “Balancing academic freedom and freedom from discrimination,” in Contested Spaces, Academic Freedom in Conflict (2014): 205-17

“takes the position that scholarly work felt to be racist should not be defended in the name of academic freedom” https://canadiancoursereadings.ca/product/balancing-academic-freedom-and-freedom-from-discrimination-in-contested-spaces/">https://canadiancoursereadings.ca/product/b...
Eve Haque, “The Singular Freedom of Academic Freedom,” Journal of Historical Sociology, 29, 1 (2016): 112-25:

@hawkeve: “discuss how particular conceptions of academic freedom can overshadow issues of justice for racialized members of the academy” #cdnpse https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/johs.12120">https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/1...
Racism Vs Academic Freedom

“In depriving subordinated groups of equal freedom and opportunity to influence..inquiry, the academy..undermines..goal for which academic freedom is supposedly instituted..pursuit of..understanding..reasoned argument..evidence” https://againstthecurrent.org/atc032/racism-vs-academic-freedom/">https://againstthecurrent.org/atc032/ra...
(De)valuing human rights?

Academic freedom and diversity in #highereducation:

“Discrimination against a race is...vastly different from discrimination against an ideological viewpoint, which can happen only once one expresses that perspective to others” https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/12/16/academic-freedom-and-diversity-higher-education-opinion">https://www.insidehighered.com/views/202...
Praxis of a great university

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Denkendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Denkendes Gesicht">Are students/academics/staff/administrators accountable/req to adhere to human rights & codes of fair conduct?

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Denkendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Denkendes Gesicht">Can a physician who is an administrator suspend the Hippocratic Oath?

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Denkendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Denkendes Gesicht">Can a scholar who is an administrator ignore research ethics?
Praxis of a great universityhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=Are students/academics/staff/administrators accountable/req to adhere to human rights & codes of fair conduct?https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Denkendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Denkendes Gesicht">Can a physician who is an administrator suspend the Hippocratic Oath?https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Denkendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Denkendes Gesicht">Can a scholar who is an administrator ignore research ethics?" title="Praxis of a great universityhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Denkendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Denkendes Gesicht">Are students/academics/staff/administrators accountable/req to adhere to human rights & codes of fair conduct?https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Denkendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Denkendes Gesicht">Can a physician who is an administrator suspend the Hippocratic Oath?https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Denkendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Denkendes Gesicht">Can a scholar who is an administrator ignore research ethics?" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Macfarlane: Beyond the Right to Offend: Academic Freedom, Rights & Responsibilities..Canadian University Classroom:

“principles and sources of law which are imported into the professorial employment contract.. non-discriminatory behaviour.. human rights” https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/dlj/vol20/iss1/3/">https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/dlj/vol20...
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