Academic freedom policies + documents

Source: https://academic.ubc.ca/academic-community/academic-freedom/academic-freedom-policies-documents Parent: https://academic.ubc.ca/academic-community/academic-freedom

• Statement on Academic Freedom for UBC Vancouver
• Statement on Academic Freedom for UBC Okanagan
• Policy UP9: Space Rental Policy
• Policy SC7: Discrimination
• Statement on Respectful Environment for Students, Faculty and Staff
• Working Group’s document from April 2018: Freedom Matters

Controversy regarding freedom of expression on campus is not unique to UBC. Many universities have grappled with this important issue and have done so in different legal and societal environments. There are both similarities and differences in many of these statements and policies.

• Statement on Academic Freedom, Universities Canada, October 2011
• AAU Presidents and Chancellors Reaffirm Commitment To Free Speech On Campus, April 2018
• Academic Freedom, Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Policy Statement, November 2018
• Academic Freedom and Respectful Workplace Policies, CAUT Policy Statement, November 2018
• On Freedom of Expression and Campus Speech Codes, American Association of University Professors, 1994
• Oxford University Statement on the importance of freedom of speech
• University of Cambridge Statement on Freedom of Speech, June 2016
• University of California, Berkeley, Free Speech
• University of Chicago, Free Expression
• University of Washington, President’s statement: Free expression and what it means for all of us, October 2017
• HKUST, Mission & Vision
• University of Cape Town, Vice-Chancellor’s statement: UCT values, free speech and silencing, May 2017

We would like to thank the University of Toronto for compiling many of these resources.