[mobglob-discuss] "Academic Freedom and the Public Interest" conference on April 24-25

[steven kammerer]

Academic Freedom and the Public Interest

April 24-25
Images Theatre
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby BC

Presented by the Simon Fraser Student Society, Canadian
Federation of Students Local 23, and the Canadian
Association of University Teachers
visit www.sfss.ca
phone: 604-291-3870
email: academicfreedom at sfss.ca


	Nancy Olivieri, David Healy, David Noble - these academic 
researchers have become international symbols for the struggle to 
preserve the integrity of the university and to protect its prime 
mandate to freely conduct research for the public good.

	Now that the recent Romanow Report has strengthened the 
resolve of Canadians to maintain Health Care as a public system, it 
is time to sound the alarm about the widespread erosion of another 
essential Canadian institution - the public university.

	This two day conference has been designed with the intention 
of providing the academic community and the public with a watershed 
event in the history of academic freedom in Canada.

	It will bring together some of North America's most prominent 
researchers and public intellectuals to present the case for the 
defence of the university and the promotion of greater links between 
academia and society.

	Through panel discussions and working groups the conference 
will establish the vision and policy groundwork for a new accord 
between research and teaching centres and the public interest.

Program
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April 24, 2003

9:00am CHECK IN

9:30 PLENARY I
Introduction: James Turk
Andrew Feenberg
David Noble
Ian Angus

12:00 LUNCH

1:00 ADDRESS IN FREEDOM SQUARE
Sunera Thobani, Jerry Zaslove

2:30 WORKING GROUPS
Working groups will discuss the following themes: role of the public 
intellectual and the media in Canadian academia and society; 
technology, democracy and the university; equity and human Rights; 
diversity and academic freedom.

4:00 PLENARY II
Reports from working groups and general discussion.

RECEPTION

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April 25, 2003

9:30 PLENARY III
Introduction: James Turk
David Suzuki
David Healy
Nancy Olivieri

12:00 LUNCH

1:00 ADDRESS IN FREEDOM SQUARE

2:30 WORKING GROUPS
Working groups will discuss the following themes: public good and 
private interests; federal, provincial and administrative policies 
that affect academic freedom; hidden powers, contested positions; the 
societal impact of violations of academic freedom.

4:00 PLENARY IV
Reports from working groups and general discussion.
Closing Speakers





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Steven Kammerer
Graduate Issues and University Relations Coordinator
Simon Fraser Student Society
MBC 2236
604-291-3840
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