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Universities can, and must, simultaneously defend academic freedom and advance equity, diversity and inclusion, McGill provost says.
Author of the article: Christopher P. Manfredi • Special to Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Feb 24, 2021 • February 24, 2021 • 3 minute read • The Arts Building at McGill University in Montreal, on Wednesday, February 4, 2015. Instructors are free to teach the content they feel is germane to their students learning in their courses. Students are free to challenge that content if they feel so inclined, McGill University provost Christopher P. Manfredi writes. Photo by Dave Sidaway /Montreal Gazette
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Academic freedom is necessarily the backbone of the modern university. It is given a wide berth of protection, and for good reason. The ability of scholars to pursue any line of inquiry or to defend any line of argument free from threat of interference by one’s own university or by government or pri