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SAFS Annual General Meeting
SAFS Annual General Meeting
Saturday May 4th, 2019
9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Western University
Somerville House, Room 3317
9:00 – 9:50 Registration and informal conversation
9:50 – 10:00 Mark Mercer, President, Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship: Welcome and news from SAFS
10:00 – 11:00 Bruce Pardy, Law, Queen’s University, “Right Idea, Wrong Approach: The Ontario free speech directive and the effect of speech laws on universities”
11:00 – 12:00 Rick Mehta, formerly Psychology, Acadia University, “Social Justice and Moral Panic: Modern Threats to Academic Freedom”
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch – Buffet (Green Leaf Café, Room 3340)
1:00 – 2:30 Keynote Address
Rachel Fulton Brown, History, University of Chicago, “Is Academia Good for the Soul?”
2:45 – 3:00 Business meeting (SAFS members only)
Somerville House, Room 3317
9:00 – 9:50 Registration and informal conversation
9:50 – 10:00 Mark Mercer, President, Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship: Welcome and news from SAFS
10:00 – 11:00 Bruce Pardy, Law, Queen’s University, “Right Idea, Wrong Approach: The Ontario free speech directive and the effect of speech laws on universities”
11:00 – 12:00 Rick Mehta, formerly Psychology, Acadia University, “Social Justice and Moral Panic: Modern Threats to Academic Freedom”
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch – Buffet (Green Leaf Café, Room 3340)
1:00 – 2:30 Keynote Address
Rachel Fulton Brown, History, University of Chicago, “Is Academia Good for the Soul?”
2:45 – 3:00 Business meeting (SAFS members only)
■ Registration Fees: $40.00 per person, pay at the door. (Registration includes coffee and lunch, but not parking.)
■ To confirm attendance: please notify the SAFS President by 20 April. E-mail: mark.mercer@smu.ca, or write to SAFS, PO BOX 33056 Quinpool Centre, Halifax, NS Canada B3L 4T6.
■ Getting there: From the 401, take Wellington Road North to its end, then jog one block west to Richmond Street, go north to University gates (on your left), just north of Huron Street. On campus, follow this road over the bridge, turn left at the light and continue to traffic circle. Visitor parking is on your right next to Alumni Hall once you are almost around the circle. Rate: $7.00 flat rate. From Highway 7, take Highway 4 south (it becomes Richmond Street). At the fork after Fanshawe, you can either stay left on Richmond to University gates (now on Richmond St.) as above, or stay right and go down Western Road, turn left at 3rd light (Lambton Drive). Visitor parking is on your right as you enter traffic circle. 3M Centre is across the traffic circle, 2nd building on Oxford Drive. [On Saturday there is usually no one at the Information booths, but check this site for a campus map.] Click on: University Campus Map
■ Accommodation: On-campus rooms at Western Bed & Breakfast are $62.00 per night including continental breakfast. A modern, air-conditioned residence, located in Elgin Hall on University Drive, off Richmond St. North. (www.StayAtWestern.ca); The Park Hotel on Pall Mall (1-800-561-4574), and Windermere Manor (1-519-858-1414), have UWO rates at ~ $130.00 per night.
For information regarding getting there, parking, or accommodation, contact (before 27 April): Daniella Chirila, e-mail: dchirila@uwo.ca, or by phone: 519-661-2111, ext. 84690.
■ Getting there: From the 401, take Wellington Road North to its end, then jog one block west to Richmond Street, go north to University gates (on your left), just north of Huron Street. On campus, follow this road over the bridge, turn left at the light and continue to traffic circle. Visitor parking is on your right next to Alumni Hall once you are almost around the circle. Rate: $7.00 flat rate. From Highway 7, take Highway 4 south (it becomes Richmond Street). At the fork after Fanshawe, you can either stay left on Richmond to University gates (now on Richmond St.) as above, or stay right and go down Western Road, turn left at 3rd light (Lambton Drive). Visitor parking is on your right as you enter traffic circle. 3M Centre is across the traffic circle, 2nd building on Oxford Drive. [On Saturday there is usually no one at the Information booths, but check this site for a campus map.] Click on: University Campus Map
■ Accommodation: On-campus rooms at Western Bed & Breakfast are $62.00 per night including continental breakfast. A modern, air-conditioned residence, located in Elgin Hall on University Drive, off Richmond St. North. (www.StayAtWestern.ca); The Park Hotel on Pall Mall (1-800-561-4574), and Windermere Manor (1-519-858-1414), have UWO rates at ~ $130.00 per night.
For information regarding getting there, parking, or accommodation, contact (before 27 April): Daniella Chirila, e-mail: dchirila@uwo.ca, or by phone: 519-661-2111, ext. 84690.
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