URFA shares message of international solidarity on academic freedom with AAUP

July 24, 2025

URFA has sent a let­ter of sol­i­dar­i­ty on aca­d­e­m­ic free­dom to the Amer­i­can Asso­ci­a­tion of Uni­ver­si­ty Pro­fes­sors (AAUP) in sup­port of their strug­gle to resist the attacks on post-sec­ondary insti­tu­tion­al auton­o­my and aca­d­e­m­ic free­dom cur­rent­ly hap­pen­ing in the Unit­ed States.

“Attacks on aca­d­e­m­ic free­dom are hap­pen­ing on our neigh­bours to the south, as well as here in Cana­da. It’s fun­da­men­tal­ly impor­tant that we stand togeth­er to defend the auton­o­my of our uni­ver­si­ties, the diver­si­ty of voic­es in post-sec­ondary, and the rights of work­ers as they pur­sue the advance­ment of knowl­edge, research, and the edu­ca­tion of the next gen­er­a­tion of crit­i­cal thinkers,” said URFA Pres­i­dent Britt Hall.

Read the letter here (206 KB)

Learn more about aca­d­e­m­ic free­dom at URFA here.