The Conference of the Coalition for Academic Freedom in the Americas (CAFA) is currently been celebrated at the @uottawa. The Conference brings together scholars, researchers and university administrators to discuss the challenges and opportunities to defend the principles of academic freedom in the Western Hemisphere in these “precarious times,” as Robert Quinn, from Scholars at Risk said in his keynote address.
Today, Radio-Canada published (in French) a detailed article on the “open wound” left by the case of our colleague Verushka Lieutenant-Duval after six years of a very debated attack on academic freedom on our own campus at @uottawa. It is worthy of reading the article to remind us that these precarious times are very close to us. Certain subjects cannot be freely discussed and taught at universities. Boycotting academic institutions is considered a legitimate action, with a particular focus on some countries and ignoring others.
I invite you to read the article about the consequences of the infamous case. It is becoming “normal” in universities that some questions cannot be named, cannot be discussed, and that must be approached very carefully (you should go through my blog because of Meta limitations in Canada). Read it here: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2294410/universite-ottawa-controverse-2020-professeur-duval-verushka
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