2022-2023
- Dalhousie University requires job applicants to include an EDI statement
- University of Manitoba business school restricts two positions on non-academic grounds
- University of Manitoba faculty of kinesiology restricts position on non-academic grounds and requires candidates to hold certain views
- Preferential hiring at the University of Victoria
- Saint Mary’s University requires job applicants to demonstrate commitment to EDI
- Athabasca University intends to employ non-academic criteria in a hiring decision
- The Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba intends to employ non-academic criteria in hiring
- The University of Windsor intends to engage in preferential hiring and asks job applicants to affirm support for EDI
- Preferential hiring at the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Healthcare Innovation
- Preferential hiring and EDI statements at McGill University
- Restricted and preferential hiring in law at the University of Saskatchewan
- Capilano University restricts an instructor position to scholars of a certain race or ethnicity
- The University of Toronto requires commitment to EDI for a three-year position
- Computer Science position at the University of Waterloo requires commitment to DEI
- EDID pledges, preferential hiring and restricted hiring at the University of Windsor
- Restricted hiring and EDI commitment at Carleton University
- Restricted hiring at Ivey School of Business, Western University
- Restricted hiring and commitment to EDI at UBC Okanagan
- Restricted hiring in engineering at the University of Ottawa
- Preferential hiring and EDI commitment in Computer Science at Simon Fraser University
- McGill University to engage in preferential hiring in computer science
- Acadia University in partnership with the Nova Scotia provincial government intends to engage in restricted hiring
- Computing Science at the University of Alberta require job applicants to support Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto requires job applicants to state a commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- Humber College to engage in restricted hiring
- Toronto Metropolitan University to engage in preferential hiring and to require that applicants be committed to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- Memorial University of Newfoundland to engage in preferential hiring and to require commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
- Carleton University requires EDI statement for Instructor position in Information Technology
- University of Calgary requires EDI statement for Tier II Canada Research Chair Position in the Department of Psychology
- Criminology at Simon Fraser University, in a confusing job ad, seems to want to have both fairness and EDI
- Physics at the University of Toronto requires applicants for a tenure-stream appointment to swear fealty to equity, diversity and inclusion
- Dalhousie University restricts tenure-stream appointment to black scholars
- McGill University requires applicants for a lecturer position to show commitment to EDI
- Toronto Metropolitan University’s Department of Computer Science to engage in preferential hiring and to require fealty to EDI
- The Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary to engage in restricted hiring and to require EDI statements
- Preferential hiring and EDI commitment for Director, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University
- Wilfrid Laurier University to employ non-academic criteria in appointing a scholar to a Canada Research Chair
- The Faculty of Computer Science at the University of New Brunswick intends to use an academic position to promote ideological goals
- Restricting postdoctoral fellowships to people of a certain race is both disdainful of the academic mission and serves no one’s interests well
- University of Windsor to engage in restricted hiring
- Dalhousie University restricts tenure-stream appointment in science on non-academic grounds
- The University of Lethbridge reverses itself and cancels a scheduled talk
- Nova Scotia College of Art and Design intends to hire by race and to have the new professors serve political rather than academic or artistic ends
- The Department of History at Simon Fraser University intends to use non-academic criteria in hiring
- The University of Lethbridge Faculty Association issues an anti-academic statement re Frances Widdowson's visit to campus
- EDI commitment statement for counselling psychology appointment at Yorkville University
- Dalhousie University to engage in preferential hiring for its president, who must be committed to EDI
- SAFS commends the University of Winnipeg for not folding under pressure to cancel an academic talk
- The University of Manitoba is to engage in preferential hiring and to require commitment to EDI
- Memorial University of Newfoundland to engage in preferential hiring and to require commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
- Carleton University to engage in preferential hiring and requires EDI statement for Instructor position in Computer Science
- The University of Winnipeg signs the anti-academic Scarborough Charter
- Political Studies at the University of Ottawa will hire by race or ethnicity
- The University of New Brunswick Saint John intends to hire on grounds of race
- George Brown College has a conniption when a guest speaker mentions the word “nigger”
- George Brown College to sign the Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education: Principles, Actions, and Accountabilities
- Acadian University restricts six professorships on non-academic grounds
- The Faculty of Science at the University of Calgary intends to hire by both race and EDI commitment
- The University of Saskatchewan is to engage in preferential hiring and to have applicants swear fealty to EDI
- Wilfrid Laurier University requires new professors to take an anti-racism course as part of “on-boarding training”
- The Department of Gender & Women’s Studies at Lakehead University engages in preferential hiring and seeks scholars who will promote specific conclusions
- The University of British Columbia Okanagan restricts a Canada Research Chair on non-academic grounds
- The University of Saskatchewan is to engage in preferential hiring and to have applicants swear fealty to EDI
- McGill University to engage in preferential hiring for a lecturer position and requires applicants to show commitment to EDI
2021-2022
- Restricted CRC appointment at University of New Brunswick Saint John
- A Disturbing Trend in Canadian High Schools
- U of T med school administrators seek to stifle criticism of gender preferences in institutions of urology
- Preferential hiring in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at UBC Okanagan
- Preferential hiring in the Department of Creative Studies at UBC Okanagan
- Lethbridge U Philosophy professor Paul Viminitz summoned to disciplinary meeting
- Targeted hiring in philosophy at McMaster University
- Restricted hiring in Physical Geography at York University
- University of British Columbia cancels an event sponsored by the Students for Freedom of Expression
- University of Waterloo restricts Canada Research Chair computer science search on non-academic grounds
- Restricted hiring in psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University
- McGill Chemistry professor denied research funding because he intends to hire by merit only
- University of Regina Computer Science lecturer receives “Letter of Expectation” for criticizing his university
- Posters ordered down by Memorial University of Newfoundland president
- Lecturer at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi suspended because of his teaching style
- Mount Royal University fires tenured professor Frances Widdowson
- Preferential hiring in computer science at the University of Victoria
- The University of British Columbia investigates professor for encouraging students to think about the word “racism”
- Western University rejects calls to sanction professor for his COVID-19 views
- University of Toronto restricts postdoctoral fellowships to scholars who meet non-academic criteria
- Wilfrid Laurier University restricts twelve faculty positions to scholars who meet non-academic criteria
- SAFS commends Langara College for protecting the mention of words
- The University of Waterloo restricts a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair, Faculty of Environment, on non-academic grounds
- McMaster University to use race or ethnicity as a criterion in a tenure-track search in Health Sciences
- Sheridan College reserves faculty positions on basis of race or ethnicity
- Law professor at Ottawa U in trouble for high academic standards
- Memorial University of Newfoundland intends to consider non-academic characteristics of applicants for two positions in psychology
- Ontario High-School Teacher Disciplined for Questioning Teaching Methods
- Brandon University restricts librarianship on non-academic grounds
- Queen’s University restricts an academic position to people of a specific sex or gender
- EDI statements and preferential hiring at McGill University
- Four universities advertise for an academically questionable chairship
2020-2021
- Laurentian University dean David Lesbarrères forced to step down for “inappropriate and offensive tweet”
- Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University encourages its members to participate in Scholar Strike
- Wilfrid Laurier Provost supports participation in Scholar Strike
- The University of Toronto communicates support for Scholar Strike
- U of T Faculty of Law accused of bowing to pressure in Valentina Azarova case
- Dalhousie University administrator seeks to constrain campus discussion
- The University of Victoria restricts candidates for a tenure-track position in psychology to indigenous and visible minority scholars
- University of Ottawa responds poorly to demands to censure professor
- Preferential hiring in Science at the University of Manitoba
- Restricted hirings at Memorial University of Newfoundland
- University of Windsor's "Response" threatens academic freedom and good teaching and research
- Freedom of expression and due process concerns in expulsion of med student from Max Rady College of Medicine
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion recommendations threaten Concordia University’s academic mission
- The University of Windsor intends to engage in preferential hiring
- Eight student associations at McGill University demand restrictions on academic freedom and freedom of expression on campus
- Postdoctoral fellowships in cognitive neuroscience at Western University restricted on non-academic grounds
- Hirings at Mount Saint Vincent University restricted on non-academic grounds
- Restricted hiring in Computing at York University
- Ryerson student paper The Eyeopener fires writer in order to remain a safe space
- Student groups at McGill seek to limit academic freedom of theology professor
- McGill University to engage in preferential hiring in computer science
- The University of Victoria plans to engage in preferential hiring in computer science
- Restricted hiring at Mount Allison University
- Directed postdoctoral fellowships at York University
- Preferential hiring in computer science at the University of Victoria
- The Canada Research Chairs Program and the anti-academic implications of its commitment to DIE
- Mount Allison to investigate professor for posting her opinions on her blog
- Brock University and the BU Faculty Association agree to scheme of targeted hirings
- Restricted hiring at Emily Carr University of Art + Design
- The Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship commends the University of Ottawa for rejecting calls to sanction a professor
- University of Calgary Postdoctoral Awards restricted on non-academic grounds
- A University of Ottawa dean accepts a complaint about a student’s satirical Facebook posting
- Preferential hiring in epidemiology at McGill
- Restricted hiring in geography at Queen’s University
- Restricted hiring in Health Sciences and School of Computing at Queen's University
- Preferential hiring in Creative Writing at the University of Guelph
- Wilfrid Laurier University intends to reserve academic appointments for scholars who meet non-academic criteria
- Restricted recruitment at Brock University for a Canada Research Chair
- The University of Saskatchewan attacks the academic freedom of Dr Francis Christian
- The School of Nursing at York University restricts applicants on non-academic grounds
- Restricted cluster hiring at Waterloo
2019-2020
- University of Victoria distances itself from researcher and science popularizer allegedly because of her polar bear findings
- Mount Royal field school cancelled after instructor’s controversial op-ed appears
- UBC Students for Freedom of Expression request assurance that they may hold a talk on feminism and freedom of expression
- Restricted hiring in three schools at the University of British Columbia.
- Academic freedom and the University of Alberta’s response to Holodomor-denial
- Restricted hirings at Athabasca University
- UBC cancels talk because of security concerns
- Queen's University dismisses track coach Steve Boyd for commenting on matters of public importance
- Dalhousie removes instructor over Pass/Fail grading
- Brock University restricts search for Canada Research Chair to disabled scholars
- Anthropology professor removed from position as Associate Chair because of student objections to her views
- Brock Provost issues letter condemning chemistry professor Tomáš Hudlický’s views of diversity, inclusion, and equity and the teacher-student relation
- Open letters in response to university statements on racism
- Thompson Rivers University suspends economics professor Derek Pyne for a year
- Fast-track program to Queen's University medical school restricted to Black and Indigenous students
2018-2019
- Acadia University fires tenured psychology professor Rick Mehta
- Restricted academic job searches at York University
- Restricted academic job search at Dalhousie University
- University of Winnipeg Club de-platforms Rodney Clifton
- Tenured professor Derek Pyne banned from the campus of Thompson Rivers University
- SAFS commends UBC for restoring independence to Peter Wall Institute
- Restricted academic job search in math at Dalhousie University
- Restricted academic job search in education at Mount Saint Vincent University
- Restricted hiring at Seneca College, Ontario
- Scheduled talk cancelled at Mount Royal University to protect student sensitivities
- Liberal Arts College at Concordia University disinvites Harvard professor Harvey Mansfield
- Ryerson department chair demands professor surrender a letter of reference
- Western University restricts Canada Research Chairs to scholars who are female, indigenous, or disabled
- University of New Brunswick investigating professor following complaints about his views
- Canadian Historical Association president Adele Perry posts statement on Ricardo Duchesne
- UBC student ejected from academic conference for asking offending questions
- UBC Faculty Association demands that Jenn Smith’s lecture be cancelled
- SAFS applauds UBC for supporting freedom of expression
- Brandon University requires the new dean to support a political agenda
2017-2018
- Discriminatory hiring in psychology at the University of Victoria
- Dalhousie investigates student for intemperate Facebook posting
- Teaching assistant at Wilfrid Laurier chastised for creating unsafe space
- Wilfrid Laurier president's statement re Lindsay Shepherd case
- Dalhousie University reserves vice-provost position for “racially visible” or indigenous candidate
- Professor at Cégep du Vieux Montréal suspended for extra-mural expression
- Professor at Acadia University under investigation for commentary on social media
- Waterloo faculty association says that speakers' views are not those of the faculty
- Mount Saint Vincent University calls meeting over complaint that professor is not indigenous
- Brock University censures retired professor for social media comments
2016-2017
- Freedom of expression and "Western Lives Matter" banner at Western University
- Professor Anthony Hall Suspended at the University of Lethbridge
- Professor Jordan Peterson under fire at UofT
- University of Lethbridge lodges human rights complaint against professor’s speech
- McMaster president condones disruptive protest in an open letter to the McMaster community
- McGill states that the views expressed by one of its professors are not its own
- Restrictions on peaceful demonstrations in the works at Wilfrid Laurier University
- New preference guidelines for the Canada Research Chairs program
- Professor Lisa Durden suspended from Essex County College
2015-2016
- The University of British Columbia Faculty Association calls for the resignation of board chair John Montalbano
- Michael Persinger removed as professor of course at Laurentian University
2014-2015
- Statements of Academic Freedom at Canadian Universities
- St. Lawrence College: Academic Freedom and Professor Coupland
2012-2013
- University of Calgary: Academic Freedom and Professor Tom Flanagan
- University of Waterloo: Academic Freedom and Shutting down Talks
- Queen's University: Academic Freedom and Removing Free Speech Walls
- University of Manitoba Students' Union: Academic Freedom and Deregistering Student Club
2011-2012
2010-2011
- University of Manitoba: Academic Freedom
- Saint Mary's University: Academic Freedom
- Carleton University: Academic Freedom
2009-2010
- SAFS Comments on TCPS Revised Draft on Research Ethics
- York University: Academic Freedom
- University of Calgary: Academic Freedom
- Trent University: Academic Freedom
2008-2009
- Is Academic Freedom at Risk in Canada?
- Queen's University: Academic Freedom
- University of Calgary: Academic Freedom
- Carleton University: Political Cartoon Censorship
- University of Ottawa: Political Cartoon Censorship
2007-2008
- SAFS Response to Continuing Review Discussion Paper on Research Ethics
- SAFS Response to Moving Ahead Proposal on Research Ethics
- Brock University: Academic Freedom
- SAFS Letter to President Atkinson, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
- SAFS Statement on Preventing Campus Debate by York Federation of Students and Student Centre, and other responses
- SAFS Letter to Minster of Justice Nicholson
2006-2007
2005-2006
- Saint Mary's University: Academic Freedom and Danish cartoons of Muhammad
- University of Prince Edward Island: Academic Freedom and Danish cartoons of Muhammad
- University of Toronto: Academic Freedom
- SAFS Statement on CIC's Human Rights Complaints against Maclean's magazine; and other commentary
2004-2005
- Concordia University: Academic Freedom
- SAFS motion regarding BAUT Boycott against Haifa University and Bar Ilan University
- SAFS comments on Research Ethics Accreditation
- Statements on Academic Boycotts
2003-2004
2002-2003
- SAFS Statement and Letters regarding free speech at Concordia University
- Diversity Debates: University of Western Ontario
- York University: Academic Freedom
- University of Ottawa: Academic Freedom
- University of Quebec at Montreal: Academic Freedom
2001-2002
- Canada Research Chairs Politicized
- Diversity Debates: University of Toronto
- University College of Cape Breton: Academic Freedom
- SAFS Response to Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics
- SAFS Statement on Anti-Israel Boycott
2000-2001
- Dawson College: Academic Freedom and Due Process
- University of Toronto: Settlement with Dr. Kin-Yip Chun
- University of Alberta: Academic Freedom
- Simon Fraser University: Academic Freedom
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health: Academic Freedom
- Osgoode Hall Law School, York University: Academic Freedom
- University of British Columbia Medical School: Admission Quota for Aboriginal Students