Upcoming Event September 17, 2024

Freedom of Expression, Protests and Encampments

Date

September 17, 2024 7pm - 8:30pm

Location

Online

https://torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567

What can we learn from what happened on Canadian and Quebec campuses?

Protests about the war in Gaza broke out on campuses across Canada and Quebec. University administrations responded in many ways – from almost immediately calling in brutal police repression, to seeking injunctions, to negotiating creative resolutions with the protesting students, faculty, and staff. Where does this leave rights to freedom of expression and of assembly on campus? Join this impressive panel in a conversation about what can we learn from these events.

Cosponsored by: Observatoire de la liberté d’expression, UQAC, PEN Canada

Panelists:

Jamie Cameron, Professor Emerita for Constitutional Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Sarah Hamill, Assistant Professor of Law, Trinity College Dublin
Louis-Philippe Lampron, Professor of Law, Université Laval
Finn Makela, Professor of Law, Université de Sherbrooke

Moderator:

James L. Turk, Director, Centre for Free Expression, Toronto Metropolitan University

Zoom link to event torontomu.zoom.us/j/91941276567

This is a free event and no registration is required.

Please contact cfe@torontomu.ca if you require accommodation to ensure inclusion in this event.

Should the Celebration of Terrorist Acts be Criminalized?

In the last few months several groups in Canada have called on the federal government to enlarge the scope of the Criminal Code ban on speech that counsels others to engage in acts of terrorism to include an explicit prohibition on the “glorification of terrorism”. A ban on the glorification of terrorism might extend to speech that celebrates the murder of Israeli civilians by Hamas on October 7 or the 9-11 attacks in the United States.

What to Make of the Controversy over the University of Windsor Agreement to End the Encampment

Earlier this month the University of Windsor reached an agreement with the occupants of a pro-Palestinian encampment on the university’s grounds. The agreement brought a peaceful end to the protest. Several of the leading Jewish organizations in Canada have been harshly critical of the agreement. Their principal complaints (listed 1 to 5) are that:

Should the Celebration of Terrorist Acts be Criminalized?

The Life and Death of Freedom of Expression

What to Make of the Controversy over the University of Windsor Agreement to End the Encampment