ACADEMIC FREEDOM. Academic freedom shall be guaranteed to all employees, and no special limitation shall be placed upon study, investigation, presentation and interpretation of facts and ideas concerning man, human society, the physical and biological world, and other branches of learning subject to accepted standards of professional responsibility, community standards, and District-approved curriculum. These responsibilities include a commitment to democratic tradition, a concern for the welfare, growth and development of children, and an insistence upon objective scholarship. Employees who create work on their own time, own the right to that work.
ACADEMIC FREEDOM. (i) All employees who are primarily responsible for the content and/or presentation of a course shall be accorded academic freedom in the design, shaping of course content, methodology, and/or presentation of that course. All other employees shall be accorded academic freedom as appropriate to the position held and its duties and responsibilities.
(ii) Academic freedom includes the freedom to examine, question, teach and learn and to disseminate opinion(s) on questions related to the teaching of the course, its content and organization and the larger political, cultural and philosophical context in which teaching and research take place.
(iii) Without limiting their academic freedom, employees are required to discharge their responsibilities in accordance with the rightful expectations of the employer, the needs of the students and the legitimate claims of the community.
(iv) No electronic monitoring of employees or their work shall be undertaken unless there is written consent. Such consent shall be subject to withdrawal at any time and must be renewed for each contract year. It shall be understood that signing up for a York University email account does not constitute written consent under this article 14.01(iv). The employer agrees that employees shall be notified of the purpose of such monitoring and any occasions under which it has occurred. Employees who as part of their employment related duties and responsibilities are to be required to participate in a pedagogical or other study of a method of teaching are to be clearly informed of this fact both in the Notice of Recommended Appointment and in the Letter of Offer. By accepting the Letter of Offer the employee will be providing their consent to participate. Wherever practicable the results of any such study shall be recorded in such a manner that the employees’ work cannot be identified with them. If this is not practicable, both the Notice of Recommended Appointment and the Letter of Offer shall clearly indicate this. By accepting the appointment the employee will have accepted this as a term and condition of the position. In any event such a study shall not be used for purposes set forth in Article 13.
(v) When exercising their rights of action and expression as citizens, employees shall endeavour to ensure that their private actions and expressions are not interpreted as representing the position of York University.
ACADEMIC FREEDOM. Society benefits from the search for knowledge and its free exposition. Academic freedom is essential to both these purposes in the teaching function of the University as well as in its scholarship and research. Every faculty employee is entitled to exercise academic freedom in the performance of their duties. Academic freedom is the freedom to examine, question, teach and learn and it involves the right to investigate, speculate, and comment without regard to prescribed doctrine. Academic freedom ensures the following:
a) Freedom in the conduct of teaching;
b) Freedom in undertaking research and making public the results thereof;
c) Freedom from institutional censorship. Academic freedom carries with it the duty to use that freedom in a responsible way, respecting the rights and dignity of others, and in a manner consistent with the scholarly obligation to base teaching and research in an honest search for knowledge and the obligation to follow the curriculum requirements of the instructional assignment.
ACADEMIC FREEDOM. 10.01 The parties agree to continue their practice of upholding, protecting, and promoting academic freedom as essential to the pursuit of truth and the fulfillment of the University’s objectives. Academic freedom includes the freedom of an employee to examine, question, teach, and learn; to disseminate his/her opinion(s) on any questions related to his/her teaching, professional activities, and research both inside and outside the classroom; to pursue without interference or reprisal, and consistent with the time constraints imposed by his/her other University duties, his/her research, creative or professional activities, and to freely publish and make public the results thereof; to criticize the University or society at large; and to be free from institutional censorship. Academic freedom does not require neutrality on the part of the individual, nor does it preclude commitment on the part of the individual. Rather, academic freedom makes such commitment possible.
10.02 When exercising their rights of action and expression as citizens, employees shall endeavour to ensure that their private actions or expressions are not interpreted as representing positions of York University. Any published views of the Administration concerning YUFA shall be clearly identified as representing the views of the York University Administration.
ACADEMIC FREEDOM. 4.1 The common good of society depends upon the search for truth and its free exposition. Universities with academic freedom are essential to these purposes both in teaching and scholarship/research. Employees are entitled, therefore, to:
(a) freedom in carrying out research and in publishing the results thereof,
(b) freedom in carrying out teaching and in discussing his/her subject and,
(c) freedom from institutional censorship. Academic freedom carries with it the duty to use that freedom in a manner consistent with the scholarly obligation to base research and teaching on an honest search for truth.
ACADEMIC FREEDOM. Teachers shall have reasonable freedom in the implementation of the curriculum including the right to select materials and to determine the class needs as they relate to the curriculum. However, this does not exclude the right and obligation of the administration to question, consult and direct whenever necessary.
ACADEMIC FREEDOM. The parties seek to educate young people in the democratic tradition, to xxxxxx a recognition of individual freedom and social responsibility, to inspire meaningful awareness of the respect for the Constitution.
ACADEMIC FREEDOM. The common good of society depends upon the search for knowledge and its free exposition. Academic freedom in universities is essential to both these purposes in the teaching function of the university as well as in its scholarship and research. Academic staff shall not be hindered or impeded in any way by the University or the Association from exercising their legal rights as citizens, nor shall they suffer any penalties because of their exercise of such legal rights. The parties agree that they will not infringe or abridge the academic freedom of any member of the academic community. Members of the academic community are entitled, regardless of prescribed doctrine, to freedom in carrying out research and in publishing the results thereof, freedom of teaching and of discussion, freedom to select, acquire, disseminate, or use information, freedom to criticize the University and the Association, and freedom from institutional censorship. Academic freedom does not require neutrality on the part of the individual. Rather, academic freedom makes commitment possible. Academic freedom carries with it the duty to use that freedom in a manner consistent with the scholarly obligation to base research and teaching on an honest search for knowledge. The claim of academic freedom shall not excuse members from meeting the duties and responsibilities set forth in IV.1.1 (i) and IV.1.2 i) of this Agreement, provided that the allocation of such duties and responsibilities in accordance with IV.3 through IV.6 shall not conflict with principles of academic freedom.
ACADEMIC FREEDOM. The Board will continue to recognize that the personal life of a teacher is not an appropriate concern and shall not warrant the attention of the Board except as it may directly prevent the teacher from performing properly his assigned functions during the work day. Teachers will be assured freedom of individual expression and protection from censorship or restraint which might interfere with their obligation to present fairly all sides of issues in their teaching functions.
ACADEMIC FREEDOM. A. The private and personal life of a teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Committee except as it may interfere with the teacher’s responsibilities to and relationships with students and/or the school system.
B. Teachers will be entitled to full rights of citizenship, and no religious or political activities of any teacher (provided such activities do not take place during his/her working hours) or the lack thereof will be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher.
