{"id":49856,"date":"2018-09-17T09:58:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T13:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=49856"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:42","slug":"carleton-symposium-to-open-dialogue-on-academic-freedom-and-anti-oppression-principles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2018\/carleton-symposium-to-open-dialogue-on-academic-freedom-and-anti-oppression-principles\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Symposium to Open Dialogue on Academic Freedom and Anti-Oppression Principles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton Symposium to Open Dialogue on Academic Freedom and Anti-Oppression Principles\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Carleton University Prof. Ummni Khan, of the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Law and Legal Studies<\/a> and joint chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/womensstudies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pauline Jewett Institute of Women\u2019s and Gender Studies<\/a>, will host the symposium <a href=\"https:\/\/events.carleton.ca\/always-a-zero-sum-game-exploring-the-tensions-between-academic-freedom-and-anti-oppression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Always a Zero-Sum Game?: Exploring the Tensions Between Academic Freedom and Anti-Oppression<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When<\/strong>: Monday, Sept. 24, from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Tuesday, Sept. 25, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.<br>\n<strong>Where<\/strong>: Room 2017, Dunton Tower, Carleton University<br>\n<strong>Info<\/strong>: This event is free and open to the public. <a href=\"https:\/\/events.carleton.ca\/always-a-zero-sum-game-exploring-the-tensions-between-academic-freedom-and-anti-oppression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registration is available online.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media are invited to attend the event.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This symposium aims to create an open and respectful dialogue about tensions, real or perceived, between academic freedom and anti-oppression principles. Using examples of when these two principles have clashed at Canadian universities, stakeholders with divergent viewpoints will discuss the incident, analyze the broader political implications and develop strategies for responding when conflicts arise in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A complete conference schedule can be <a href=\"https:\/\/events.carleton.ca\/always-a-zero-sum-game-exploring-the-tensions-between-academic-freedom-and-anti-oppression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Media Contact<br>\n<\/strong>Steven Reid<br>\nMedia Relations Officer<br>\nCarleton University<br>\n613-520-2600, ext. 8718<br>\n613-265-6613<br>\n<a href=\"mailto:Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca\">Steven_Reid3@Carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carleton Flipboard account:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/flipboard.com\/@carletonstories\/carleton-stories-0gbu905my\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/flipboard.com\/@carletonstories\/carleton-stories-0gbu905my<\/a><br>\n<strong>Follow us on Twitter:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.twitter.com\/Cunewsroom<\/a><br>\n<strong>Need an expert?<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Go to:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.carleton.ca\/newsroom\/experts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University Prof. Ummni Khan, of the Department of Law and Legal Studies and joint chair of the Pauline Jewett Institute of Women\u2019s and Gender Studies, will host the symposium Always a Zero-Sum Game?: Exploring the Tensions Between Academic Freedom and Anti-Oppression. When: Monday, Sept. 24, from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Tuesday, Sept. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":46895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[110,145],"class_list":["post-49856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-advisories","tag-law","tag-pauline-jewett-institute-of-womens-and-gender-studies"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49858,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49856\/revisions\/49858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}