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Conference on Academic Freedom and the Public Interest

ATTENTION: All those concerned about the future of the university and its
relationship to the public interest ... or about the ability of our
researchers to publish free of corporate influences or coersion ... or of
the ability of

faculty and students to publicly criticize U.S. foreign policy, or to
voice

opinions on international affairs free of political coercion ...

There is a very important event taking place at SFU on April 24th and 25th
that may have escaped your notice.

The list of speakers at this event is quite remarkable:

David Suzuki, Nancy Olivieri, Sunera Thobani, David Healy, Jim Turk and
 Andrew Feenberg

and many more researchers and public intellectuals with national and
international reputations.

The aim of the conference will be to establish the vision and policy
groundwork for a new accord between research and teaching centres and the
public interest, bringing 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.

Conference on Academic Freedom and the Public Interest presented by the
Simon Fraser Student Society and the Canadian Association of University
Teachers April 24-25

Images Theatre

Simon Fraser University Burnaby BC

Please plan to register now, as the time is drawing very close, by
visiting


the

SFSS General Office at MBC 2250

or calling 604-291-3870 (SFSS General Office)

604-715-0350 (University Relations Officer)

604-291-3840 (Graduate Issues and University Relations Coordinator)

Registration fees, including two lunches:

$20 for Students from any institution (Limited Subsidies available)

$80 for the General Public

Childcare available

For more information about speakers, registration or scheduling, visit:  
www.sfss.ca email: academicfreedom at sfss.ca

These presenters 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: David Suzuki Nancy Olivieri
Sunera Thobani David Healy Jim Turk Andrew Feenberg

They will will be talking with participants in panel discussions and small
groups about the future of the university and its relationship to the
public

interest, and leading discussions about the ability of our researchers to
publish free of corporate coercion, and of the ability of faculty and
students to publicly criticize governments' foreign policy, or to voice
opinions on international affairs free of political coercion, and many
other issues.

Program ____________________ April 24, 2003 

9:00am CHECK IN 

9:30 PLENARY I Introduction: James Turk Andrew Feenberg Ian Angus 
Sunera Thobani 

12:00 LUNCH 

1:00 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 _________________________________ April 25, 2003 

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

12:00 LUNCH 

1:00 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.

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