A University of Calgary anti-abortion group has had its status and funding revoked by the student union. Campus Pro-Life displayed graphic photos of abortions juxtaposed with images of genocide in Rwanda and the Holocaust. The University of Calgary administration wrote a letter to the group asking it to turn the images inwards, so that passers [...]
Posts Tagged ‘academic freedom’
University of Calgary anti-abortion group loses status
Posted in academic freedom, freedom of speech, tagged academic freedom, freedom of speech on February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A+ Univeristy of Ottawa Physics prof suspended
Posted in academic freedom, tagged academic freedom, anarchist, ottawa, pedagogy, teching, university on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In today’s Globe and Mail (G&M) there is an article “Professor makes his mark, but it costs him his job” about Dr. Denis Rancourt, an anarchist professor, who doesn’t believe in grades (more accurately he gives everyone an A+) . On the University of Ottawa website his bio reads “Denis G. Rancourt is a physics [...]
Academic freedom and assisted suicide
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged academic freedom, IF in universities, kwantlen on July 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I just heard a story on CBC radio about Russell Odgen, a sociology instructor at Kwantlen University College who researches assisted suicide. An article in the Vancouver Sun states “Despite receiving earlier ethics board approval, Ogden has since been told by Kwantlen’s administration he cannot “engage in any illegal activity, including attending at an assisted [...]
More Toni Samek
Posted in people, tagged academic freedom, people on November 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Adding to the Toni Samek theme that we have going here at “We Read Banned Books”… Dr. Samek has an article in the current issue of Academic Matters: the Journal of Higher Education titled “Librarians and ‘information justice’ “. It’s interesting to read about academic freedom as it applies to librarians in universities. Dr. Samek [...]
