Tag: academic freedom

The Widdowson Case: Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Institutional Censorship in Canadian Universities

Does the dismissal of Dr. Frances Widdowson from Mount Royal University signal a threat to academic freedom in Canada’s post-secondary institutions? Academic freedom includes… Freedom to express one’s opinion about the institution, its administration, and the system in which one works… Freedom from institutional censorship… Post-secondary educational institutions serve the common good of society through […]

Widdowson on Wokism and the failure of university tenure to protect

Dr. Frances Widdowson was finally fired from her job as a tenured professor despite challenging prevailing narratives with a series of books including Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry: The deception behind indigenous cultural preservation; Native studies and Canadian political science: The implications of ‘decolonizing the discipline’; and Running the gauntlet: Challenging the taboo obstructing aboriginal education […]

Jean Delisle

Memoire to the Committee on Academic Freedom – University of Ottawa

By Jean Delisle, Translation Professor Emeritus of the University Ottawa. The Honourable Justice Michel Bastarache, President Committee on Academic Freedom University of Ottawa Monsieur le Juge,             Thank you for the opportunity to share my views on academic freedom and freedom of expression. I am a professor emeritus at the University of Ottawa, where I […]

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