Marc Spooner writes, "A country's tolerance and respect for academic freedom serves as a key indicator of the health of its democracy; let's not ignore this important warning." He focuses in this column mostly on the American experience, and indeed there has been some pushback in that country. But here in Canada, with demonstrations in the streets and all manner of expression running rampant, I'd say our democracy is in pretty good shape. If universities want to keep it that way, and in passing to preserve academic freedom, I would say they should be focused on serving the community, not themselves, and promoting free expression and job security and a decent wage for everybody (even service workers and teaching assistants!) and not just professors.
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