{"id":18870,"date":"2022-04-19T00:05:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T03:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=18870"},"modified":"2022-04-19T06:43:43","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T09:43:43","slug":"cupe-3912-april-2022-newsletter-defending-academic-freedom-by-rima-azar-guest-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2022\/04\/19\/cupe-3912-april-2022-newsletter-defending-academic-freedom-by-rima-azar-guest-post\/","title":{"rendered":"CUPE 3912, April 2022 Newsletter: “Defending academic freedom” by Rima Azar (guest post)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bambi is very thankful and honoured to have been invited by CUPE <\/em>3912 to write an article on academic freedom in its latest newsletter (https:\/\/cupe3912.ca\/documents\/the-instructor\/<\/a>). Of note, her article was authored\/in press prior to the settlement of her arbitration process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From this union’s website, you can read that “CUPE 3912 is Nova Scotia\u2019s largest university union, proudly representing 3000+ precarious academic workers in 4 bargaining units at Dalhousie University (Dal), Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU), and Saint Mary\u2019s University (SMU)<\/em>” (https:\/\/cupe3912.ca\/about\/<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bambi (or Rima Azar)’s article appears in the April 2022 edition of the Instructor<\/em>‘s newsletter of CUPE <\/em>3912 on pages 2, 3, and 4: https:\/\/newsletter.cupe3912.ca\/2022-04–CUPE3912_Newsletter.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a reminder, both the About Page of Bambi’s Afkar’s blog and Dr. Rima Azar personal website (https:\/\/rimaazar.ca\/<\/a>) include the following words about the settlement of her arbitration process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for your heart-warming support<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merci du fond du c\u0153ur pour votre soutien chaleureux<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ENGLISH (Le fran\u00e7ais suit\u2026!)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hello everyone:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many thanks, from the bottom of my heart, for your heart-warming\ncontinuous support over the past 14 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is your generosity that contributed to making the\nresolution of my arbitration process possible in the form of a confidential\nsettlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last but not least, I would like to thank my great lawyer,\nMax, for his outstanding legal counsel throughout my journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below you can find the official statement for the\nsettlement, as released in emails by the university and the union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks again,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rima Azar, PhD [or Bambi on her blog]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMount\nAllison University, the Mount Allison Faculty Association and Professor Rima\nAzar (the \u201cParties\u201d) are announcing today that all matters in dispute between\nthem have been resolved. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The\nUniversity received student complaints and took these complaints seriously\npursuant to the Policy on Workplace Harassment and\nthe Anti-Racism Policy. The Parties agree that these processes are\nimportant and complaints of this nature from our students need to be taken\nseriously. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Where all parties have agreed that fostering a respectful and \ninclusive learning environment \u2013 one which also recognizes academic \nfreedom \u2013 is of the utmost importance, we consider all outstanding \nissues in dispute resolved, and no further commentary will be offered.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRAN\u00c7AIS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bonjour tout\nle monde:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Un grand\nmerci, du fond du c\u0153ur, pour votre soutien continu et chaleureux au cours des\n14 derniers mois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C\u2019est votre\ng\u00e9n\u00e9rosit\u00e9 qui a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 rendre possible la r\u00e9solution de mon processus\nd\u2019arbitrage sous la forme d\u2019un r\u00e8glement confidentiel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enfin et\nsurtout, je tiens \u00e0 remercier mon excellent avocat, Me Max, pour ses conseils\njuridiques exceptionnels tout au long de mon parcours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vous\ntrouverez ci-dessous le communiqu\u00e9 officiel du r\u00e8glement tel que publi\u00e9 par\ncourriel par l\u2019universit\u00e9 et le syndicat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Merci encore,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rima Azar, PhD [ou\nBambi sur son blog]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMount\nAllison University, the Mount Allison Faculty Association and Professor Rima Azar\n(the \u201cParties\u201d) are announcing today that all matters in dispute between them\nhave been resolved. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The\nUniversity received student complaints and took these complaints seriously\npursuant to the Policy on Workplace Harassment and\nthe Anti-Racism Policy. The Parties agree that these processes are\nimportant and complaints of this nature from our students need to be taken\nseriously. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Where all parties have agreed that fostering a respectful and inclusive learning environment \u2013 one which also recognizes academic freedom \u2013 is of the utmost importance, we consider all outstanding issues in dispute resolved, and no further commentary will be offered.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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