SAFS Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship

SAFS will be having its Annual Meeting in London Ontario May 29-30. Andrew Irvine (UBC-O) will be giving the keynote talks both days. We have a great line-up of speakers, good food and even better company. (And for an academic conference a very reasonable price). Registration information is available through the link below.

Annual Meeting If you would like to pay by credit you may do so by filling out the form found here. We will register you once we receive either amount (note that other amounts will be considered donations unless otherwise indicated to us at [email protected]). We also accept e-transfers at [email protected]. Registratio...

Our keynote speaker and Furedy lecturer at the May 29-30 Annual Meeting will be Andrew Irvine from the University of British Columbia Okanagan. He will speak on academic freedom at universities in two lectures entitled: "Non-sectarian and Non-political in Principle" (Friday) and "Time, Place and Manner: Distinguishing Regulation and Censorship" (Saturday).

A long-time defender of academic freedom and traditional democratic civil liberties, Irvine has held visiting positions at Canadian, British and American universities, including the University of Cambridge and Stanford University.

Visit our website for more information about the program and how to register.

Annual Meeting If you would like to pay by credit you may do so by filling out the form found here. We will register you once we receive either amount (note that other amounts will be considered donations unless otherwise indicated to us at [email protected]). We also accept e-transfers at [email protected]. Registratio...

Our Annual Meeting will be in London May 29-30 with an engaging group of speakers. Check out the schedule below 👇

Annual Meeting Lectures Now Online

We have now published the videos from the 2025 Annual Meeting in Waterloo. Feel free to view and share!

The Threats to Free Expression from within our Universities and Our Democracy
Amy WAX, University of Pennsylvania

https://youtu.be/QMDRziemKMU

Radical Reactionary: Fixing Our Broken Education System
Amy WAX, University of Pennsylvania
The Seventh Annual Chris and John Furedy Lecture on the Contemporary University

https://youtu.be/iLsgpsugI5U

The Sanctum Menace: Why Universities Belong to the Dark Side
Bruce PARDY, Queen’s University

https://youtu.be/_7ilVXdmDw0

Introducing Free Speech Union Canada
Lisa BILDY, FSU Executive Director

https://youtu.be/rwuv56NX-9s

The Difficulty of Finding “Truth” in the Truth and Reconciliation Report
Mark DEWOLF, Independent Scholar

https://youtu.be/BrpyUs7i_NA

How government funding impacts scientific research

Terence KEALEY and Scott TURNER

https://youtu.be/aL48ZPn0W5Y

Terence Kealey and Scott Turner Presentation on how government funding impacts scientific research. He Who Pays the Piper: How Government Funding Impacts Research(Symposium generously sponsored by the Institute for Liberal Studies)The Failed Experiment: Gov...