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2019

september

Number 83

September 2019 Newsletter - Issue #83

Jibber Jabber About Silence - Christina Behme

Conformists Inside the Gates: The Threat to Academic Freedom from Fellow Faculty - Bruce Pardy

Matching Rights with Growing Responsibilities: Academic Freedom in Canadian Colleges - Carmen Gindi

Faculty Opposition to the Chicago Principles in Alberta: The Hidden Agenda of Repressive Tolerance - Frances Widdowson

Ricardo Duchesne - Philip Backman

Update: Ryerson Department Chair Demands Professor Surrender a Letter of Reference - Paul Bali

The Human Cost of Contingency: Review of Herb Childress, The Adjunct Underclass - Carmel Forde

Review of Jennifer Lackey, Ed., Academic Freedom - Jim Robinson

Review of Normand Baillargeon (ed.), Liberté surveilée - Sophie Beaulé

Review of The Coddling of the American Mind: A Book that is Well-Intentioned but Does Not Get at the Heart of the Problems that Plague Academia - Rick Mehta

Review of Nicholas Wolterstorff, Religion in the University - James Gerrie

Ditching Secularism in University Advertising - Peter Zizler

Journalists against Freedom of Expression - Kris Larsen

Men's Mental Health on Campus - Rob Whitley

A Letter to Portland State University - Grant A. Brown

The Aboriginal Grievance Industry and the Demise of the University - David Solway

Word by Word, SJW's Are Changing America - Philip Carl Salzman

In Defence of the Ivory Tower - Mark Mercer

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april

Number 82

April 2019 Newsletter - Issue #82

Outraged Responses to Ontario Free Speech Directive Reveal the Problem the Directive is Trying to Solve - Bruce Pardy

In Memoriam: James Albert DeLater (November 2018)

In Memoriam: Michael Persinger (26 June 1945 -- 14 August 2018)

Feminists Assault Science - Philip Carl Salzman

Academic Freedom Case of Physics Professor Denis Rancourt at the University of Ottawa has been Amicably Resolved on All Matters in Dispute - Denis G. Rancourt

Review of Campbell and Manning, The Rise of Victimhood Culture - Stephen B. Perrott

Review of Heather Mac Donald, The Diversity Delusion - Kris Larsen

Review of Joan Wallach Scott, Knowledge, Power, and Academic Freedom - Tom Flanagan

Free Speech on Campus and (the Dangers of) Being a Woman at Queen's University - Adèle Mercier

Ontario's Mathematics Teaching Policies Discriminate Against Poorer Families - Philip A. Sullivan

Indigenizing Mount Royal's Curricula: The Threat to Academic Freedom, Freedom of Inquiry and Academic Standards - Frances Widdowson

The Dalhousie Student President Election was no Laughing Matter - Adam J. Lucas, James Lees

Suffering Student Media - Robert Grant Price

The Lasting Legacy of the Trojan Horse - Albert Howard

Hate-Speech and Universities - Mark Mercer

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january

Number 81

January 2019 Newsletter - Issue #81

Reflections On My Career At The University Of Toronto - Philip A. Sullivan

Twists And Turns - Grant A. Brown

Why Did The University Of Ottawa Secretly Destroy My Large Collection Of Unique Scientific Samples? - Denis G. Rancourt

Intellectual Leprosy – Or What Is University For? - Nirmal Dass

The Colourful Doors Of Privilege - Christina Behme

Sympathizing With Minorities - Philip Carl Salzman

Let’s Call The SJWs What They Actually Are: Politically Correct Totalitarians - Frances Widdowson

Nuclear Fusion And Safe Spaces - Philip Backman

Should I Tell Writers What To Say? - Robert Grant Price

Review of Jordan Peterson, 12 Rules For Life - Kris Larsen

Catastrophic Anthropogenic Censorship: Part III - Jack Edwards

The Academic Irrelevance Of Lived Experience - Mark Mercer

Phryné – The Betrayal Of The Judges - Heinz-Joachim Klatt

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2018

september

Number 80

September 2018 Newsletter - Issue #80

Honest Rudeness Or Insincere Civility? - Mark Mercer

In Memoriam: Judy Wubnig (1934 – 2017) - Jan Narveson

The Stevenson Affair At Brock University - Murray Miles

What's Wrong With Official Indigenous Territorial Acknowledgements? - Frances Widdowson

Of Tokens And Tantrums - John E. MacKinnon

Catastrophic Anthropogenic Censorship: Part II - Jack Edwards

A Call For Moderation In SAFS - Jim Clark

Academia - Kirby Olson

Review Of Sigal R. Ben-Porath, Free Speech On Campus - Nirmal Dass

Better Audiences - Robert Grant Price

On Not Letting Sleeping Dogmatists Lie - Sinclair A. MacRae

Reply To Walter Bruno (1) - Grant A. Brown

Reply To Walter Bruno (2) - Peter Zizler

Understanding Hostility To Cultural Appropriation - John David MacNeil

Expertise And Complaints Of Cultural Appropriation - Kris Larsen

Stuart Chambers's Critique Of Me Is Bad Scholarship: Making It Up is a Third Way to Approach Truth Claims - Denis G. Rancourt

Review Of Keith E. Whittington, Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech - Lindsay Shepherd

Majoring In Demagogeury: University Illiberalism And The Student Experience - Shane Miller

Official Racism In Our Universities (excerpts) - Philip Carl Salzman

Review Of Peter MacKinnon, University Commons Divided - Stephen B. Perrott

Postmodernism Where It Doesn’t Belong - Albert Howard

Doug Ford And The Future Of Free Speech In Ontario - I. J. Makan

New Ontario Campus Free Speech Policy: A Step In The Right Direction - John Carpay

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april

Number 79

April 2018 Newsletter - Issue #79

Is There a Free Speech Problem? - Christina Behme

Response to Widdowson - Walter Bruno

When it Comes to Free Expression, Any Limitation is a Crisis - Robert Grant Price

When Victimhood Culture Impedes Academic Freedom for Students - Lindsay Shepherd

On Minimal Constraints for Academic Freedom - Marc Heller

Signals, not Learning: A review of Bryan Caplan’s The Case Against Education - John Palmer

Revisiting Rancourt V. St. Lewis: Two Ways to Approach Truth Claims - Stuart Chambers

Freedom of Expression and Making the Campus a Safe Space: Raising Questions about “Violent Speech”, “Privilege” and “Transforming” the University - Frances Widdowson

Is There Room for Academic Freedom in the 21st Century Classroom? - James Turk

Teacher Education Must Rise Above Political Correctness - Rodney A. Clifton, Alexandra Bennett

Why Queen's Must Protect Free Speech on Campus - Nick Pateras

Censure of Professor Peter Ridd over Comments of Scientific Integrity a Troubling Development - Matthew Lesh

Does Asking Critical Questions About Accusations of Racism Make One a Racist? - Philip Backman

The Politically Correct Want to Fire Rick Mehta - Kris Larsen

Academic Freedom? How Nasty can a University Be? - Denis G. Rancourt

Confronting the Borg - David Solway

Catastrophic Anthropogenic Censorship (Part I) - Jack Edwards

Panel Discussion Canceled at McMaster University - Mark Mercer

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january

Number 78

January 2018 Newsletter - Issue #78

Reflections On The Events At Wilfrid Laurier University - Heinz-Joachim Klatt

Freedom to Speak, Obligation to Listen - Robert Grant Price

Academic Freedom Unbound (With Apologies to P.B. Shelley) - Jack Urowitz, Kathleen Cummins

How The Left Became Right - Albert Howard

Review Of Alice Dreger, Galileo’s Middle Finger - Stephen B. Perrott

Review of Erwin Chemerinsky & Howard Gillman, Free Speech On Campus - Stuart Chambers

Review Of Laura Kipnis, Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes To Campus - Christina Behme

“Islamophobia” And Mount Royal University: Disrespectful Criticism Of Islam Will Not Be Tolerated - Frances Widdowson

Why I Quit Teaching - David Solway

Who Can Save Free Speech? - Philip Carl Salzman

Free Speech: A Crucial Part Of A University’s Purpose - Joanne Boucher

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2017

september

Number 77

September 2017 Newsletter - Issue #77

Internet Swarming Is The New Scholarship In Identity Politics Studies - Dale Beyerstein

Intellectual Eugenics - Christina Behme

Diversity Replaces Merit At Canadian Universities - Philip Carl Salzman

A New Force On Campus: Students For Free Expression - Matthew Foldi

My Experience With Pseudo-Archaeology: Why Universities Must Support Those Of Us Willing To Dirty Our Hands - Myles McCallum

Why The Idea Of Cultural Appropriation Should Be Challenged - Frances Widdowson

“Substantive” Apparently Means “Incoherent”: A Response To Stuart Chambers - Bill Smyth, Marianne Walters

Dismissive Rant Hardly Constitutes Substantive Speech: A Response To Smyth & Walters - Stuart Chambers

Disciplining Employees For Expressing Their Views: The Case Of The Halifax Proud Boys - Stephen B. Perrott

Canadian Universities Are Far Too Tolerant Of Obstructionist Behaviour That Shuts Down Free Speech - John Carpay

When Firebrands And Charlatans Come To Campus - John David MacNeil

Reasons For Pessimism - Mark Mercer

Should Canadian “Indigenous Knowledge” Be Open To Challenge? - Gabor Csepregi, Rodney A. Clifton

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Number 76

April 2017 Newsletter - Issue #76

The Irony Of—And The Need For—The Heterodox Academy - Stephen B. Perrott

Criticize Religion, Not People - Frances Widdowson

Free Expression: A Means To Substantive Speech - Stuart Chambers

Academic Freedom To Teach Indigenous Sciences: A Response To Root Gorelick - Albert Howard

Teaching Pseudoscience Subverts The Public Good - Robert Thacker, Richard Zurawski

“Author Fights Ban On Mavis Gallant Memoir” - Walter Bruno

It’s Time To Re-Evaluate Copyright - Darren Abramson

The Death Of Debate In Academia - Henry Srebrnik

Uncommon Nonsense On Campus - Jack Edwards

Freedom Of Expression, But…: A Response To Adèle Mercier - Grant A. Brown

Jordan Peterson & The Vexed Question Of Free Speech On Campus - Bill Smyth

Predictably Specious Reasoning From McMaster’s Advisory Committee - John Carpay

Flashback To Education By Indoctrination - Christina Behme

Knowledge And The University - Mark Mercer

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january

Number 75

January 2017 Newsletter - Issue #75

Jordan Peterson And Lack Of Support For Academic Freedom - Stephen B. Perrott

Then They Came For The Teachers - Hymie Rubenstein, Rodney A. Clifton

Symposium On Pseudo-Science And Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom To Teach Indigenous Sciences - Root Gorelick

False Ideas Should Be Discussed, Challenged, And Refuted - Frances Widdowson

Beware Anti-“Pseudo-Science” Agitation - Denis G. Rancourt

Reflections On The Scope And Reality Of Academic Freedom - Adèle Mercier

Pseudo-Science And Academic Freedom - Mark Mercer

Review Of Frank Furedi, What’s Happened To The University? - Stuart Chambers

Free Speech Is At Grave Risk On University Campuses - Frank Furedi

University Of Cape Town: A Blow To Academic Freedom - David Benatar

Stories From Canadian Campuses Over The Last Few Months

Report: Restrictive Campus Speech Policies See Record Decline

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2016

september

Number 74

September 2016 Newsletter - Issue #74

In Memoriam: John J. Furedy (30 June 1940 To 24 August 2016) - Janice Fiamengo

Some Recent Books On “Research Ethics” - John Mueller

Academic And Intellectual Freedom: Old Challenges, New Threats, Remedies - Donald A. Downs

Will The University Of Chicago Letter Have An Effect? - Stephen B. Perrott

Indigenizing The University: When Reason Is Afraid To Speak - Albert Howard

Indigenization Advocacy And The Academic University: Legitimizing Wishful Thinking, Superstition And Demagoguery - Frances Widdowson

“Free The Campuses”—Not So Far Fetched - Walter Bruno

When Does Avoiding Offending Others In The University Classroom Become Censorship? An Opening Statement For A Discussion, Laurentian University Senate, 17 May 2016 - Michael A. Persinger

“Islamophobia” At McMaster? - Bill Smyth, Marianne Walters

Mischaracterizing Faith As Hate Gets Us Nowhere - John Carpay

John Montalbano: Former UBC Chair’s Dilemma Intensified By Confidentiality Clause - Douglas Todd

Preferential Hiring As A Response To Narrow Academic Tastes - Mark Mercer

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Number 73

April 2016 Newsletter - Issue #73

Ethically, Yes, It’s Time To Shout Down The Shouter-Downers - Donald A. Downs

After Theory? Stanley Fish And The Virtue Ethics School Of Academic Freedom - Lorraine Clark

The Long, Dark Shadow Of The Organisation Of Islamic Cooperation Over The University Of Ottawa - Heinz-Joachim Klatt

On Contingency - Carmel Forde

The Politicization Of Native Studies Students: Footsoldiers In Someone Else’s War - Jeff Muehlbauer

The Violence Of The Safe Space - Brendan O'Neill

2016 Annual General Meeting Of The Society For Academic Freedom And Scholarship

Faculty Statement Regarding Freedom Of Expression And Open Debate At York University

Taking Offence: A New Pandemic? - Felipe Fernández-Armesto

Parliament, Not Student Unions, Should Vote On Boycotting Israel - Michael Kennedy, John Carpay

Quotas On Campus - Peter Shawn Taylor

Against Correctness And The Taming Of People - Joseph Hickey

Paranoid Parenting Means University Students Are Treated As Kids - Frank Furedi

How I Would Have Handled John Derbyshire’s Appearance On Campus - Peter Wood

Academic Freedom And The Civil Liberties - Mark Mercer

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january

Number 72

January 2016 Newsletter - Issue #72

Let’s Not Think The Battle Has Been Won - Stephen B. Perrott

A Faculty Unites To Champion Free Speech On Campus - Conor Friedersdorf

SAFS Member Wins Inaugural Parmenides Award

“Indigenizing The University”: Improving Education Or Inveigling Condescension? - Frances Widdowson

The Assault On Aborignal Memory In The Native Studies Curriculum - Jeff Muehlbauer

Review Of Flemming Rose, The Tyranny Of Silence - Peter Suedfeld

Free Speech Matters, In Quebec And On Campus

New Ottawa U Head’s Track Record Cause For Concern - Heinz-Joachim Klatt

Microaggression Theory: An Assault On Everyday Life - Frank Furedi

We Can’t Ignore The Warning Signs On U.S. Campuses - Tom Flanagan

UBC’s Dangerous Intention To Create An Academic Freedom Officer - Mark Mercer

SAFS Letter To Laurentian University Re: Michael Persinger

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2015

september

Number 71

September 2015 Newsletter - Issue #71

Can The University Be Saved From Social Justice - Janice Fiamengo

SAFS Member Wins Canadian Psychological Association Award

The Scandal In Dalhousie Dentistry Seen Through Five Different Lenses - Kenneth Westhues

Capilano University Administration Violated Academic Freedom Report

Will Academia Waste The Michael LaCour Scandal - Drew Foster

Review Of Peter MacKinnon, University Leadership And Public Policy In The Twenty-First Century - Tom Flanagan

Walker Wins New Budget Will Repeal University Tenure - Blake Neff

How The Pressures Of Title IX Compliance Have Chilled My College Campus - Rachael Russell

The Professor And The Kinder Egg - Emily Bajorek-DeLater

Tread Carefully In The Lives Of Professors And Their Former Students - James Albert DeLater

LSU Prof Fired For Telling Jokes Is Latest Victim Of College Anti-Sex Hysteria - Robbie Soave

Lecturing Style: The Teresa Buchanan-LSU Frustration - Michael A. Persinger

University Of Alberta Adopting Canny Tactics To Quiet Pro-Life Groups On Campus - John Carpay

On What Grounds Should Academic Decisions Be Made? - Mark Mercer

SAFS Letter To UBC Faculty Association

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Number 70

April 2015 Newsletter - Issue #70

What are universities for?

Montreal university takes hard line against class disruptions as student strikes return" - Graeme Hamilton

Mark Mercer is new SAFS president

SAFS Annual General Meeting, May 9, 2015

Free speech under siege - John Carpay

The decline of Harvard by coddling sheeple - Barry Cooper

No, professor, you shouldn't treat the oversized toddlers in your classroom like 'children' - Noah Rothman

University's 'words can hurt' effort nixes ‘lame’, ‘fat,’ ‘homo’, ‘man hater’, ‘exotic’ - Jennifer Kabbany

Students told they cannot lampoon U.S. Presidents because campus forbids 'mocking' - Andrew Desiderio

Congratulations, university of Oklahoma, in your outrage you just violated the law - David French

Men in Dalhousie dentistry Facebook page apologize for sexual postings - Michael Tuttons

The modern university risks becoming a cocoon of self-indulgence and anti-intellectualism - Rex Murphy

Universities are teaching students what to think, not how to think - Barbara Kay

The progressive ideas behind the lack of free speech on campus - Wendy Kaminer

Jan Narveson responds to Mark Mercer - Jan Narveson

Scholars ask supreme court to revisit Fisher and rationales for racial preferences

The new panic: Campus sex assaults - Harvey Silverglade

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january

Number 69

January 2015 Newsletter - Issue #69

Two ways of thinking about academic freedom - Mark Mercer

Response to Mercer's "Two ways" - David White

SAFS Annual General Meeting, May 9, 2015

Comments on Mark Mercer's "Two ways of thinking about academic freedom" - Mark Ramsay

Justifying academic freedom - Andrew David Irvine

Freedom creep - Colleen Flaherty

Three reasons to affirm free speech - Steven Pinker

Nominations for SAFS Board of Directors

How to fight the campus speech police: get a good lawyer - Sohrab Ahmari

Invoking incivility - Elizabeth Redden

Scientific American's 'PC police' - Ross Pomeroy

After Ferguson, come the apologies for nothing - Jonathan Turley

H. Wade MacLauchlan: sage or censor? - Jackson Doughart

Academic science isn't sexist - Wendy Williams, Stephen Ceci

Fears of 'self harm' among dental students suspended at Dalhousie over 'gender violent' Facebook Postings - Adrian Humphreys

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2014

september

Number 68

September 2014 Newsletter - Issue #68

Freedom of expression and academic freedom: A response to Indira Samarasekera - Mark Mercer

University of Saskatchewan dean fired, banned for life from campus after speaking out about cuts

University of Saskatchewan board fires President Ilene Busch-Vishniac

University of Calgary reverses its verdict in free expression case: Pro-life students not guilty of non-academic misconduct

A faculty revolution against free speech - Mike S. Adams

Ayaan Hirsi Ali - William A. Jacobson

At Capilano U., adminstrators seize a sculpture caricaturing the president - Elizabeth Redden

Edmonton teacher fired for giving zeroes for not doing homework, tests wins appeal

A new entry in the annals of academic cravenness - Joseph Epstein

A slow slide into censorship - Meghan Murphy

University's response to sex assault allegations is sentence first, verdict afterwards - Christie Blatchford

Harvard joins the Ivy leagues's race to the bottom - KC Johnson

An amazing diversity plan at Madison - John Leo

University calls the amount of white people on campus a 'failure' asks for ideas on how to have fewer - Kaitlyn Schallhorn

Woman fired from black educators association because she was 'not really black enough' - Ben Velderman

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Number 67

April 2014 Newsletter - Issue #67

University campuses are bastions of censorship - Barbara Kay

SAFS Annual General Meeting, May 10, 2014

L'affaire Flanagan, revisited - Chris Selley

One more reason to ditch the human rights commission - Barry Cooper

Alberta judge who handed down controversial ruling on engineer professional standards on longer at human rights commission - Jen Gerson

Victory for academic freedom: Jury rules UNC-Wilmington retaliated against conservative professor - Leah Barkoukis

Racial preferences under siege - John Fund

College group bans white people from diversity 'happy hour' - Paul Joseph Watson

Seven things to know about microagressions and why 'unconsicious racial biases' are causing great offence - Graeme Hamilton

On college campuses, a presumption of guilt - Peter Berkowitz

University of Windsor suspends its dean of education until at least June 2014 over plagiarism - Dalson Chen

How computer-generated fake papers are flooding academia - Ian Sample

There is a crisis in universities: It's in teaching undergrads - Jessica Riddell

Senior female psychology professors are less likely than their male counterparts to cooperate with their junior, same-gender colleagues on research - Ryan Jacobs

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january

Number 66

January 2014 Newsletter - Issue #66

York University professors who refused student's request to be separated from female classmates brock "obligation to accommodate": officials - Tristin Hopper

York University case is not about rights - Mark Mercer

Signs of revolt mount as French universities reject secular charter - Ingrid Peritz

SAFS Annual General Meeting, May 10, 2014

Nomination for SAFS Board of Directors 2014-2015

The slow death of free speech at Harvard - Harvey Silverglade

Whisle-blower blocked - Colleen Flaherty

Fireable tweets - Scott Jaschik

Too risky for Boulder? - Scott Jaschik

'Blueprint' no more? Feds back away from new campus speech restrictions

The non-boycott of Israeli science - Elizabeth Redden

More rejections for ASA's boycott of Israel

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2013

september

Number 65

September 2013 Newsletter - Issue #65

What would Socrates do? - Mark Mercer

Justice centre for constitutional freedoms - John Carpay, Michael Kennedy

Book Review: Unlearning liberty: campus censorship and the end of American debate - Kenneth H.W. Hilborn

Feds to students: You can't say that - Greg Lukianoff

Sexual harassment and academic freedom - David Moshman

The NSA's next move: Silencing university professors? - Jay Rosen

Requiring civility - Colleen Flaherty

Benno Schmidt: Mitch Daniels's gift to academic freedom

Cheating at colleges-by admissions officers - Michael Barone

Rigid campus feminism: Is it forever? - Warren Farrell

Barbarians at the campus gates - Thomas Sowell

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Number 64

April 2013 Newsletter - Issue #64

Doreen Kimura: Simon Fraser University convocation address

Obituary - Doreen Kimura 1933-2013 - Elizabeth Hampson, Clive Seligman

SAFS letter to U of Calgary President Cannon

U of C owes Tom Flanagan an apology - Rainer Knopff, Curtis Eaton

Anti-Abortion MP Gets Shouted Down By Protesters At University Of Waterloo - Joseph Brean

SAFS Annual General Meeting-May 11, 2013

SAFS letter to U of Waterloo President Hamdullahpur

President Hamdullahpur's response to SAFS

SAFS response to President Hamdullahpur

SAFS letter to Queen's University Principal Woolf, and others

SAFS letter to Manitoba Student Union President Arte

Call in the lawyers

The clock ticks on racial preferences - James Taranto

The Golf Shot Heard Round The Academic World - David Feith

Social science ethics - Paul Jump

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january

Number 63

January 2013 Newsletter - Issue #63

Liberal education requires freedom of expression - Mark Mercer

Report vindicates Queen's prof, calls for apology

Professors sign letter criticizing Queen's University - James Bradshaw

How free speech died on campus - Sohrab Ahmari

Colleges and the tyranny of good intentions - Michael Barone

Pro-choice student union's banning of anti-abortion club called more university 'censorship' - Sarah Boesveld

B.C. student union agrees to fund anti-abortion group - Sarah Boesveld

Nomination for SAFS board of directors 2012-2013

SAFS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - May 11, 2013

At the Ivies, Asians are the new Jews - Charles Murray

Editorial (Affirmative action and the law)

In Memoriam - Dr. Philippe Rushton (1943-2012) - Albert Katz, John Allemang, John Furedy

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2012

september

Number 62

September 2012 Newsletter - Issue #62

University of Calgary must free its students - Peter Bowal

A victory for free speech at the University of Calgary - John Carpay

University faces heat for Khomeini event - Karen Chen

There's nothing liberal about compelling liberalism - George Jonas

Good riddance to Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights act - Jonathan Kay

Something worse than hate speech - Andrew Coyne

Boycott kills an anthology - Scott Jaschik

The sacrifice of Capt. Zero for nothing: Teacher may lose job because he refused to let kids skip assignments - Joe O'Connor

SAFS and other responses to the sacrifice of Capt. Zero for nothing - Joe O'Connor

Edmonton teacher faces termination hearing for "obvious neglect of duty" after giving zeros to students - Jake Edmiston

Harvard cheating probe under way for about 125 - John Lauerman

'Unemployed Professors' Website Helps Students Cheat

Subprime College educations - George F. Will

The face of identity studies on campus - Barbara Kay

Research war on affirmative action - Scott Jaschik

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Number 61

April 2012 Newsletter - Issue #61

Education Or Re-Education - Mark Mercer

Ontario Universities Face Censure Over Ties To Think-Tank Run By Rim Co-Founder Jim Balsillil - Theresa Tedesco

Gender Equity On Science Faculties Might Have To Wait A Century, Study Finds - Robin Wilson

What Do AP Subject Exams Tell Us About Differences In Academic Interest By Gender? - Mark Perry

Affirmative Action On The Docket - Scott Jaschik

SAFS Annual General Meeting

NAS Commends Supreme Court For Taking Fisher Case On Racial Preferences

A Duke Study Documents The Harm Racial Preferences In College Admissions Can Do To The Intended Beneficiaries - Heather Mac Donald

Leading Journal Demands Harper Set Canada's Scientists Free - Helen Branswell

Free Speech Under Fire - Jonathan Turley

Growing Criticism Of Copyright Deal Signed By 2 Canadian Universities

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Number 60

January 2012 Newsletter - Issue #60

AUCC Media Release

Open Letter To The Association Of Universities And Colleges Of Canada

SAFS Board Of Directors

SAFS Annual General Meeting: May 12, 2012

Lessons From Lukács - Todd Pettigrew

Over The Line - Scott Jaschik

Universities Fail To Stand Up For Free - John Carpay

U Of C Defends Right To Discipline Students Who Criticized Prof On Facebook - Daryl Slade

Invoking 'Academic Freedom' To Silence Debate - Kenneth L. Marcus

The Sorry State Of Free Speech In Our Institutes Of Higher Learning - George Jonas

Minding Our Language Breeds Cynicism And Cultural Dishonesty - Frank Furedi

College Diversity At Risk - Lee C. Bollinger

The Affirmative Action Myth - Jeff Jacoby

Pro-Male Affirmative Action? - Carrie Lukas

Orwellian Justice In New Haven -- This Time Against A Professor - KC Johnson

Press Release: Victory For Freedom Of Conscience In Ward V. Polite

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2011

september

Number 59

September 2011 Newsletter - Issue #59

Professor Loses Bid To Rescind Student's PhD - Tamsin McMahon

Statement By David T. Barnard, President, University Of Manitoba

SAFS Letter To President Runte - Clive Seligman

Carleton Univerersity Response To SAFS

The University Of Regina Bucks The Trend And Stands Up For Freedom Of Expression - Mark Mercer

Students Take University To Court Over Free Speech

Education Or Indoctrination? - Kenneth H.W. Hilborn

Debate: Anti-Semitism Remains A Problem On Canadian Campuses

Split On Israel And Academic Freedom - Scott Jaschik

What Yale's President Should Have Said About The Frat Boys - Harvey Silverglade, Kyle Smealliek

Yes Means Yes - Except On Campus - Harvey Silverglade

Patriotism On The Quad - Lawrence Summers

Suppressing Speech At UC Santa Barbara - Nichole Hungerford

Racial Preferences In Wisconsin - Linda Chavez

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Number 58

April 2011 Newsletter - Issue #58

Making Saint Mary's Safe For Expression And Discussion - Mark Mercer

SAFS Letter To President Anderson - Clive Seligman

SAFS Letter To President Dodds - Clive Seligman

Opinion: Anti-Abortion Exhibit To Test UBC’s Commitment To Free Speech On Campus - John Carpay

Student Investigated For Hateful Tweets - Theo Meyer

Cautious Optimism On Canada's TCPS2

IRB Overreach? - Dan Berret

Annual General Meeting - May 7, 2011

Social Scientist Sees Bias Within - John Tierney

Liberal Academic Self-Selection - Scott Jaschik

The Real Barriers To Women In Science - Margaret Wente

MIT Again Reviews Status Of Women - Scott Jaschik

Impervious To Evidence - Mona Charen

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Number 57

January 2011 Newsletter - Issue #57

Manitoba - PhD 'Diploma Mill' - Carson Jerema

SAFS Letter To President Barnard - Clive Seligman

Speech By Columnist Christie Blatchford Sparks Protest - Alanna Wallace

Progressive Intolerance In Action - Rex Murphy

Carleton Student Association Bans Anti-Abortion Club - Charles Lewis

A Golden Opportunity To Kill Human-Rights Censorship - Karen Selick

To The Editor Of The SAFS Newsletter - Kenneth H.W. Hilborn

Rein In The Human Rights Tribunals - Nick Brancaccio

Annual General Meeting - May 7, 2011

Senator Linda Frum In Maclean's, November 22, 2010 With A Commentary - Grant A. Brown

Campus Lefties Never Tire Of Crying Racism - Ricardo Duchesne

The Crisis Of The Humanities Officially Arrives - Stanley Fish

Should Profs Leave Unruly Classes? - Scott Jaschik

Don't Follow Your Dream - Harrison Solow

Nomination For SAFS Board Of Directors 2011-2012

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2010

september

Number 56

September 2010 Newsletter - Issue #56

Playing God Is Underrated - George Jonas

CAUT Policy Statement On Academic Freedom

SAFS Letter To President Cannon - Clive Seligman

U Of C Violates Due Process

University Of Calgary Appeal Board Refuses To Hear Appeal Of Students Found Guilty Of "Non-Academic Misconduct"

SAFS Letter To President Franklin - Clive Seligman

President Franklin Response To SAFS - Steven Franklin

Allan Rock Pressed For Gag On 'Foul-Mouthed Poltroon' Ann Coulter - Tasha Kheiriddin

Diversity And The Myth Of White Privilege - James Webb

The Real Discrimination At Universities Is Against Men - Andrew David Irvine

Daring To Discuss Women In Science - John Tierney

Legislation Won't Close Gender Gap In Sciences - John Tierney

Excellence, Not 'Equity'

Top French Schools Asked To Diversify, Fear For Standards - Steven Erlanger

Faith And Freedom - Scott Jaschik

UC Irvine Suspends Muslim Group Over Disruption - Jacob Adelman

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Number 55

April 2010 Newsletter - Issue #55

University Of Calgary Continues War On Free Speech

Choose Which Kind Of University You Want - Mark Mercer

The Politically Correct University: Problems, Scope, And Reforms - Robert Maranto, Richard E. Redding, Frederick M. Hess, Kenneth H.W. Hilborn

The Anti-Racism Boom - Robert Fulford

Sameness And 'Diversity' On Campus - William Mcgurn

Bias Incidents Roll University Of California - Christina Hoag

The Dangerous Evolution Of Human Rights Legislation - Ian Hunter

Please Don't Call It 'Human Rights' - Rex Murphy

Laws Should Protect Against Hate, Not Against Being Offended - John Ivision

Alberta Should Follow Saskatchewan And Abolish Rights Tribunals

SAFS Letter To President Shoukri - Clive Seligman

Response From York University To SAFS Letter Of March 3, 2010 - Harriet Lewis

University Of Ottawa's Letter To Ann Coulter

Would-Be Prior Restraint

University Of Ottawa's 'Bush League': Ann Coulter - Justin Sadler, Doug Hempstead

Gender Bias Bunk - Christina Hoff Sommers

MBA Gender Wage-Gap

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january

Number 54

January 2010 Newsletter - Issue #54

A Victory For Free Speech On Campus

Saving The Canadian Human Rights Commission Through Amputation - George Jonas

Alberta Is More Free Thanks To Court Ruling - John Carpay

Pajamas Media: America’s Worst Colleges for Free Speech on Campus - Robert L. Shibley

Blasphemy Laws - Jonathan Turley

For The Common Good Principles Of American Academic Freedom - Mathew W. Finkin, Robert Post

Student Senators Voice Opposition To New Draft Of Research Policy: Two clauses regarding military research omitted - Matt Chesser

Norway University Won't Boycott Israel - Melanie Lidman

Nomination For SAFS Board Of Directors 2010 - 2011

University Of Minnesota Under Fire For Task Forces' Discrimination-Based Teacher Education Plan - Diane Macedo

A 'Diversity' Sham: On a U.S. campus, intellect gives way to ritualized emotion - James Taranto

Racial Preferences By The Numbers: Two researchers lay out the data on affirmative action in college admissions - Robert VerBruggen

Education If You're A New Canadian, 'You Go To University' - Elizabeth Church

Catching Up To Canada - Doug Lederman

Harvard Says It Lost $1.8 Billion In Cash Investments, On Top Of Endowment Loss

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