Lessons and Recommendations

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In this chapter, Thompson outlines lessons he belives can be learned from the York University conference controversy and offers recommendations for protecting academic freedom in Canada.

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Jon Thompson

Jon Thompson is a professor emeritus in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Brunswick. He is a former chair of the department and a former president of the faculty union at UNB. He chaired the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee of the Canadian Association of University Teachers during 1985-1988 and received the James B. Milner Award for contributions to academic freedom in 1993. He chaired the independent committee of inquiry commissioned by CAUT into the dispute involving Dr. Nancy Olivieri, the University of Toronto, the Hospital for Sick Children and Apotex Inc. (19992001). He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Harry Crowe Foundation.