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NDP MLAs Protest Frances Widdowson Talk at the University of Alberta

Brooks Arcand-Paul, Critic for indigenous Relations and Reconciliation, and Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse, Critic for Environment, Parks and Climate Resilience to Bill Flanagan, President of University of Alberta, January 16, 2024 SAFS Letter to Brooks Arcand-Paul, MLA, and Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse, MLA, February 7, 2024

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SAFS Brock writes to President protesting her office’s connection to pro-Palestine Panel

On November 21, 2023, the Brock chapter of SAFS wrote to Brock President Lesley Rigg to protest her office’s connection to a pro-Palestine academic panel held at Brock on November 27th.  The event was hosted by the President’s Advisory Committee on Human Rights, Equity and Decolonization.  SAFS Brock noted that any connection by the President

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Administrator Email to University of Lethbridge Philosophy students violates professor’s academic freedom. Letter to Kathleen Massey, Vice-Provost (Students), University of Lethbridge

Letter to Kathleen Massey, Vice-Provost (Students), University of  Lethbridge

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Cancellation of CASCA/AAA conference presentation “Let’s Talk about Sex Baby:” Why biological sex remains a necessary analytic category in anthropology unreasonably limits scholarly debate.

Letter to Dr. Monica Heller, President of the Canadian Anthropology Society / Société canadienne d’anthropologie

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McGill University to engage in preferential hiring for a lecturer position and requires applicants to show commitment to EDI

McGill University to engage in preferential hiring for a lecturer position and requires applicants to show commitment to EDI SAFS letter to Mathieu Blanchette, Director, School of Computer Science – 16 May 2023 Job ad for Faculty Lecturer appointment in Computer Science at McGill University – 1 May 2023

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The University of Saskatchewan is to engage in preferential hiring and to have applicants swear fealty to EDI

The University of Saskatchewan is to engage in preferential hiring and to have applicants swear fealty to EDI SAFS letter to Computer Science head Kevin Schneider – 16 May 2023 U Saskatchewan Computer Science ad for two Lecturer Faculty positions (full-time, without-term) – 1 May 2023

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The University of British Columbia Okanagan restricts a Canada Research Chair on non-academic grounds

The University of British Columbia Okanagan restricts a Canada Research Chair on non-academic grounds SAFS letter to the dean of the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UBC Okanagan – 28 April 2023 Advertisement for a SSHRC Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence, Well-being and Ethics – 24 April 2023

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The Department of Gender & Women’s Studies at Lakehead University engages in preferential hiring and seeks scholars who will promote specific conclusions

The Department of Gender & Women’s Studies at Lakehead University engages in preferential hiring and seeks scholars who will promote specific conclusions SAFS letter to Dean Birmingham at Lakehead University – 26 April 2023 Job ad from Gender & Women’s Studies – 1 April 2023

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