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Academic Freedom: A Day of Dialogue and Reflection at VIU, Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Academic Freedom continues to be a hot topic in Canadian post-secondary, especially now with the sector experiencing crisis after crisis,...

Kathleen Bortolin

Mar 141 min read

Wix AI Image Generator UPDATE: The posting has closed. Thank you to everyone for your interest in the position. I've had an...

Kathleen Bortolin

Jan 22 min read

By Dr. Kathleen Bortolin Introduction In the fall of 2023, Dr. Mark Blackell and I shared a position paper we wrote about academic...

Kathleen Bortolin

Sep 2, 20247 min read

Published August, 2023 by Dr. Kathleen Bortolin and Dr. Mark Blackell Introduction Academic freedom is the freedom of members of the...

Kathleen Bortolin

Sep 2, 20249 min read

Thanks to everyone who signed up and signed on to this pilot project. Our first meeting was held online on May 2nd, and we have created...

Kathleen Bortolin

May 24, 20241 min read

The Idea I'm starting a professional development group that is relatively informal, dialogue-driven and multidisciplinary. Why? Because...

Kathleen Bortolin

Feb 21, 20243 min read