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Towards Institutional Neutrality – “Message from the President: The role of universities in polarized times”
September 9th brought a welcome message from SFU’s President, addressing institutional neutrality and taking a clear stance for neutrality. We very much appreciate her statement and are thrilled that SFU is heading down this path. We hope that SFU will eventually adopt an institutional neutrality policy and that this principle will reverberate through the entire…
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[Discussion] The Purpose of Today’s Canadian University: A Heterodox Conversation
Date and time Thu, Sep 19, 2024 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM PDT Location Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive West Halpern Centre 126 Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6 — Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on the role of modern Canadian universities. This event will feature a conversation between two academics with differing views on…
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Changes to SFU’s Faculty of Graduate Studies as a result of our suggestions
The SFU Academic Freedom Group has prepared feedback on the proposal for a Faculty of Graduate Studies. Our letter has been signed by 44 faculty members. Graduate Studies responded to our feedback on the FGS proposal and made some significant changes to the proposal. The response is here, and the original letter is here.