The Fédération québécoise des professeures et professeurs d’université (FQPPU) has launched a new campaign, “Relight the Beacon,” to restore universities’ public mission. Despite Québec’s adoption of the Loi sur la liberté académique in 2022, FQPPU alleges that academic freedom violations are rising, and institutions have been slow to implement the law. The manifesto outlines five pillars—public funding, academic freedom, collegial governance, institutional autonomy, and resistance to the commodification of knowledge—and warns that all are under threat. “The university is not a brand to be sold, nor a parrot for political and economic rhetoric,” said FQPPU President Madeleine Pastinelli.
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| Newswire
