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Don’t reform it. Abolish it.

Professor Bruce Pardy calls for the elimination of federal research funding for universities in his presentation to the Standing Committee on Science and Research studies (SRSR)—tasked with evaluating whether the criteria used for awarding federal funding on research excellence are still appropriate or whether modifications should be made. Prof. Pardy’s presentation is available via the […]

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Public universities, speech policies, and the law: fourteen maxims

Education and Law Journal, Vol 29, p 27 (2020). 28 Pages Posted: 24 Sep 2020 Bruce Pardy Queen’s University – Faculty of Law Date Written: August 20, 2020 Abstract Universities have no legal rationale for restricting the content of speech. Laws that limit speech automatically apply to university campuses as they do everywhere else. Having […]

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At university, ideological dissent is not welcome

Left-leaning academics once championed ideological diversity. Now that they have captured the university, viewpoint diversity is perceived as dangerous.