Category Archives: Freedom of information

Why do Academic Librarians in Canada need secure, academic status?

Posted on February 20, 2016 by UT Librarians Blog

The answer is simple, for one important reason, academic freedom. With academic status comes the protection of ‘academic freedom.’ Canadians do not have the First Amendment to fall back on nor the associated history of court cases that have testified … Continue reading →

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Looking for documents which have disappeared from the www?

Posted on March 22, 2014 by UT Librarians Blog

Have you saved documents pertaining to the professional interests of academic librarians in Canada which you know have gone missing on the internet? If so, CAPAL, the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians is interested in posting them to their … Continue reading →

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More information and news coverage on closing of science libraries…..

Posted on January 4, 2014 by UT Librarians Blog

Huffington Post, Jan. 3, 2013, has coverage and more information the closing of the science libraries, see “How the Harper Government Committed a Knowledge Massacre” : “Scientists are calling it “libricide.” Seven of the nine world-famous Department of Fisheries and … Continue reading →

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Fifth Estate on CBC Special “Silence of the Labs” Jan. 10

Posted on January 4, 2014 by UT Librarians Blog

This is good news – please share with colleagues, neighbours and politicians. The greater awareness of what is happening the better. CBC Fifth Estate is doing a special on the cutbacks of science programs, funding, libraries and research in Canada … Continue reading →

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Collaboration Between Donors and Institutes of Higher Learning and Research: “On What Terms?”

Posted on November 26, 2013 by UT Librarians Blog

CAUT has published a report, Open for Business: On What Terms? (November 2013) that has investigated the relationship between 12 collaborators and Canadian universities, the University of Toronto, being one of them (Munk School of Global Affairs and others). open-for-business-(nov-2013)

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“Scientists for the Right to Know” – Faculty at the University of Toronto Speak Up

Posted on June 5, 2013 by UT Librarians Blog

The increasing ‘muzzling of scientists’ on various levels and in different areas has prompted a group of faculty at the University of Toronto with colleagues across Canada to form a new public awareness group about the increasing restrictions being imposed … Continue reading →

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