Are Academic Freedom and Diversity on a Collision Course?

Are Academic Freedom and Diversity on a Collision Course?
The University of Ottawa campus on June 25, 2021. Franklin McKay/Shutterstock
Stuart Chambers
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A report issued by the Committee on Academic Freedom at the University of Ottawa has been framed in the media as a win for professors and a loss for students. Indeed, the committee states that “there is no right not to feel offended since academic freedom protects controversial and hurtful statements.” Its members also oppose “the exclusion of words, works or ideas” in the dissemination of knowledge.

Stuart Chambers
Stuart Chambers
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Stuart Chambers, Ph.D., teaches in the faculties of arts and social sciences at the University of Ottawa. Contact: [email protected]
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