To: Faculty in Vancouver and the Okanagan
UBC is committed to a proactive approach to the preservation and advancement of academic freedom. The university is seeking to appoint a Senior Advisor on academic freedom to lead a system-wide conversation concerning the scope of academic freedom, and to develop materials to educate the university community concerning the need to support and protect academic freedom.
Composition of the advisory committee and the call for applications may be found on the Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic website.
Call for applications: http://vpacademic.ubc.ca/2016/03/call-for-applications-senior-advisor-to-the-provosts-on-academic-freedom/
Composition of the advisory committee: http://vpacademic.ubc.ca/2016/02/advisory-committee-for-the-selection-of-a-senior-advisor-to-the-provosts-on-academic-freedom/
Angela Redish
Provost and Vice-President Academic pro tem