A new bill tabled Wednesday in Quebec would allow 'any word' to be uttered in university classrooms as long as it's used in an academic context, the province's higher education minister said.
A new bill tabled Wednesday in Quebec would allow "any word" to be uttered in university classrooms as long as it's used in an academic context, the province's higher education minister said.
The bill is needed, McCann said, because academic freedom for university teachers must be better defined and protected, adding that a legislative framework will help prevent teachers from censoring themselves. The bill draws on a committee report last December requested by the government in response to a scandal at University of Ottawa in 2020, when a professor was suspended for using the N-word during a class. A student had complained that part-time professor Verushka Lieutenant-Duval used the notorious word to explain how some communities had reclaimed certain terms.
"There must be training for not only staff, but also the student community to ensure that everyone understands the elements of diversity, equity and inclusion," Desroches said.Bill 32's preamble defines academic freedom as "the right of every person to engage freely and without doctrinal, ideological or moral constraint in an activity through which the person contributes, in their field of activity, to carrying out the mission of such an educational institution.
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