CAUT
York Administration Intensifies e-Mail Surveillance
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Google Inc. has received notice of application for an order to disclose information related to your Gmail account yfcfyu@gmail.com in a case entitled York University v. John Doe.
Free Speech (?) Symposium at York
Stanley Jeffers
On March 17 a symposium will be held at york on free speech at universities. Please see below for details. Notably absent from the programme is any specific discussion of free speech issues at York, the unpublished CAUT report and the reasons why this report has been suppressed.
CAUT, YUFA, YORK: Questions, Conjectures, Incompletions
Nick Lary
In March 2005 the Canadian Association of University Teachers set up a Committee of Inquiry in direct response to the actions of the York Administration and the Toronto police in suppressing a student demonstration in Vari Hall on January 20 2005. There was widespread dismay at York and in the wider academic community and beyond over the actions of the Administration. The Committee of Inquiry was set up at the request of YUFA Executive.
CAUT Report on Freedom of Speech, Academic Freedom, and Governance at York University
Ricardo Grinspun
The Canadian Association of University Teachers appointed the "CAUT Ad Hoc Investigatory Committee into governance and academic freedom at York University" in 2005: (1) To determine whether there were threats to, or breaches of, right of free expression and academic freedom at York University; (2) To determine whether there were inappropriate governance practices; and (3) To make any appropriate recommendations. The committee members were Rebecca Coulter, Associate Professor of Education, The University of Western Ontario, and Kenneth Field, Head, Access Services, Bata Library, Trent University.
