Coalition Against Bill 166
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The Coalition Against Political Interference in Public Research and Education in Ontario is a grassroots group that formed in opposition to Bill 166.
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07-05-2024 22:42:15
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Here is Aislinn Clancy tabling our petition today! : Stop the political interference and stop the usurpation of power allowing the Minister to direct colleges and universities, threatening their autonomy. drive.google.com/file/d/1oMdZCu… STOP BILL 166! t.ly/stop166
Clarice Kuhling, a psychotherapist & contract fac member Wilfrid Laurier University,.. feels a “professional obligation” to speak out agst BILL 166. “The bill is very dangerous for students.” Stop Bill 166: t.ly/stop166 WLUFA OCUFA CAUT/ACPPU YUFA universityaffairs.ca/news/news-arti…
"Bill 166 impedes legitimate free speech on college/university campuses. Numerous laws.. already exist regulating speech in the public sphere... By prescribing how institutions must.. combat racism & hate, B166 will lead to censorship." JP Hornick OPSEU/SEFPO opseu.org/news/opseu-sef…
"Universities are established by provincial law—in fact, laws that are older than the provinces in some cases—but they've always had that self-governing side to them... The independence of universities is not just a trivial matter." We agree! TVO Today | The Agenda on Bill 166 fiasco.
Open letter from scholars worldwide to defend university autonomy University of Windsor: 'Such intervention would be an affront to the independence of universities and has been widely criticized as a ‘new McCarthyism.”' OCUFA CAUT/ACPPU UCU American Association of University Professors