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Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities
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In this chapter, Thompson examines Canadian federal research funding agencies, including the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and the role they can play in protecting or hindering academic freedom.
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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.
