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2026 Academic General Meeting of the Society for Academic Freedom

Friday May 29 – Saturday May 30 2026, London, Ontario.

Registration Fee:

Friday $130.00

Saturday $120.00

Friday and Saturday $250.00

[Please note do to a current technical issue we can only receive registrations by cheque or e-transfer as stated below – we hope to resolve this issue in the next few days]  We will register you and send you a receipt once we receive either amount (note that other amounts will be considered donations unless otherwise indicated to us at safs@safs.ca).  We also accept e-transfers at payments@safs.ca.  Registration will close mid-May.

Hotel:  Our recommendation is the Delta Armouries where the Friday event will be held.

Friday, May 29, 2026

Location

Delta Armouries

325 Dundas St, London, ON

N6B 1T9

Friday, May 29

1:30 - 2:00

Registration & Coffee

Gunnery Ballroom

2:00 - 4:00

Sessions (TBA)

4:00 - 5:00

Cocktails (Gunnery Ballroom)

5:00 - 6:30

Dinner (Gunnery Ballroom)

6:30 - 8:00

Non-sectarian and Non-political in Principle
Andrew Irvine, University of British Columbia Okanagan
The Eighth Annual Chris and John Furedy Lecture on the Contemporary University
Gunnery Ballroom

 

Please note that this session is free and open to the public.

Saturday, May 30, 2026

Location

University of Western Ontario

London, ON

(Precise location on campus to be announced)

Saturday, May 30

8:00 - 9:00

Registration and Coffee

9:00-9:30

Welcome and Introductory Remarks (Robert Thomas)

9:30-12:00

Additional Sessions (TBA) 

12:00-1:30pm

Lunch

1:30-3:00

Time, Place and Manner: Distinguishing Regulation and Censorship

Andrew Irvine, University of British Columbia

3:10-3:45

Annual Meeting

4:00-6:00

Informal Gathering (Beertown)

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