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Controversy over academic freedom at the University of Ottawa

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809: 22: 177:, the predominance of the academic freedom to offend by mentioning the N-word seems more strongly or unanimously defended, whereas in English Canada the very mention of the word is more frequently associated with a racist act: thus, according to some professors, the University of Ottawa case reveals the cultural gap between Anglophones and Francophones in Canada. In Quebec, the controversy led to the creation of an independent commission, headed by 154:. The university suspended the teacher after an offended student filed a complaint. The debate about whether the suspension was justified and about academic freedom then flared up. The controversy was lively, and generated a lot of media coverage in Canada, and also attracted some attention in Europe. It prompted reactions from the federal government of Canada: the 148:" during a lecture to illustrate how certain groups reclaimed words or phrases traditionally used against them. The professor's use of the word and the ensuing outrage was first reported by Charley Dutil and Paige Holland in the university's anglophone student news outlet, 52: 542: 500: 66:, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Knowledge (XXG). 766: 34: 116: 76: 738: 530: 565: 173:
A survey suggests that the majority of Canadians agree that freedom of expression should be protected in universities, including the use of offensive language in certain contexts. However, in
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Academic freedom
"The N-word controversy and freedom of speech hits academia"
"A l'universitĂ© d'Ottawa, le mot qui ne doit jamais ĂȘtre prononcĂ©"
"Blanchet's defence of N-word used by professor condemned by NDP and Greens"
"Majority of Canadians support suspended Ottawa professor's use of racist language, in context: poll"
"La controverse à l'Université d'Ottawa, nouveau chapitre des " deux solitudes "?"
"How far should academic freedom go? Quebec expects to have the answer in December"
"In vow to protect campus free speech, Quebec premier joins 'war on woke'"

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