Academic Freedom Conference, November 10 2007
By Roger Langen
Mar 17, 2008, 12:44
Are you afraid to be “out” as a student or teacher?
Can you talk openly about your experiences with racism?
Are you afraid to teach or write about Israel-Palestine?
Is your voice being silenced? Are you silencing yourself?
FREEDOM of SPEECH,
FREEDOM to TEACH:
A CONFERENCE ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM
Saturday, November 10
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
252 Bloor Street West
(Wheelchair accessible)
Featuring Sunera Thobani and
James Turk (CAUT)
Other Speakers Include:
Sedef Arat-Koc Afua Cooper Dan Freeman-Maloy Richard Fung
Grace-Edward Galabuzi Maurice Green Paul Hamel Jason Kunin
Ausma Malik David Noble Margaret Pappano
Ramneek Pooni Jason Price
For a detailed programme and to pre-register, contact us at freedomtoteach.registration@yahoo.ca
$20 Registration fee at door, $5 -$10 sliding scale for students / unwaged
(Includes vegetarian lunch with vegan options)
Sponsored by: Educators for Peace and Justice and
OISE Centre for Leadership and Diversity
Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Teach
A Conference on Academic Freedom
Saturday, November 10
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
252 Bloor Street West
(Wheelchair accessible)
Programme
8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcome
9:15 Keynote Address – Sunera Thobani
“No Academic Exercise: The Assault on Anti-Racist Feminism in the Age of Terror”
Sunera Thobani is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Research in the Women's Studies and Gender Relations Department at the University of British Columbia. A long-time activist on women’s issues and with anti-racist movements, Sunera Thobani is the former head of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women.
9:45 Q and A
10:15 Break
10:30 Roundtable Discussion: Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Teach: Mapping the Issues
Sedef Arat-Koc - Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University
Afua Cooper - Professor in the departments of History and Women's Studies at the University of Toronto
Grace-Edward Galabuzi - Assistant Professor at Ryerson University in the Department of Politics and Public Administration
Paul Hamel - Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; President of Science for Peace
Margaret Pappano – English professor at Queen’s University
12:00 Catered Vegetarian Lunch with Vegan Options Provided
1:00 Panel: Confronting “Controversial” Issues in a post-9/11 Context
Dan Freeman-Maloy - York University graduate student
Richard Fung – Associate professor in the Faculty of Art at the Ontario College of Art and Design
Jason Kunin – Social Studies and English teacher, Vaughan Rd. Academy
Ausma Malik – Former Vice-president (Equity) of the University of Toronto Students' Union
David Noble - Professor of History at York University
Jason Price - Assistant Professor of Education, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Victoria
2:30 How to Speak Out and Keep Your Job: The Legal Context
Maurice Green - Legal counsel for Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF),
partner in Green & Chercover, a legal firm specializing in labour and employment law
Ramneek Pooni - Membership Services Officer of Queen’s University Faculty Association (QUFA)
James Turk – Executive Director of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT)
4:00 Wrap-Up – Where Do We Go From Here?
Social Event to Follow
For a detailed programme and to pre-register, contact us at freedomtoteach.registration@yahoo.ca
$20 Registration fee at door, $5 -$10 sliding scale for students / unwaged
Sponsored by: Educators for Peace and Justice and OISE Centre for Leadership and Diversity
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