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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.

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Student Unions and Freedom of Expression on Campus

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  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

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