1 / 6

Student Unions and Freedom of Expression on Campus

Student Unions and Freedom of Expression on Campus. “ University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small .”- Henry Kissinger. Representation Regulation. Lesson #1. Where there is consent, back off. A.K.A.: The University of Ottawa rule. Lesson #2.

rhonda
Télécharger la présentation

Student Unions and Freedom of Expression on Campus

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Student Unions and Freedom of Expression on Campus “Universitypolitics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.”- Henry Kissinger

  2. Representation • Regulation

  3. Lesson #1 • Where there is consent, back off. • A.K.A.: The University of Ottawa rule

  4. Lesson #2 • Policy should be actionable and limited • A.K.A. the Memorial University of Newfoundland, York University, Canadian Federation of Students Lesson

  5. Lesson#3 Sometimes it is both necessary and desirable to wade into the grey areas of regulating freedom of speech A.K.A. University of Calgary, UBC-Vancouver lesson Necessary- To support an environment of teaching and learning Desirable- To encourage responsible and civil debate and To preserve the conditions that allow debate to continue in the future

  6. Summary • Where there is consent, back off. • Keep your policy actionable and limited to your mandate • Sometimes you will have to regulate, and sometimes you should intervene • Interventions of time/place/manner

More Related