tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22280984988500938812011-08-21T06:45:08.927-07:00THIS SITE IS DEVOTED TO THE ONGOING BATTLE FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA, OTTAWA, CANADA. WE INVITE ALL SUBMISSIONS THAT HELP FREE OUR UNIVERSITY FROM BUREAUCRATIC CONTROL TO CREATE SPACE FOR INDEPENDENT THINKERS.uOttawa Communityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054750695555755274noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2228098498850093881.post-30985532529624493892008-11-17T23:09:00.001-08:002008-11-19T19:23:45.480-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Talk Ottawa's James Hendricks interviews internationally-recognized expert on academic freedom <a href="http://www.science.uottawa.ca/%7Edgr/">Professor Denis Rancourt</a>.</span><br /><br /><span>1. Intro: The Ongoing Battle at the University of Ottawa.</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span>Academic Freedom, or Academic Standards?</span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="332" height="277" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-38ab2bb4d72ddc81" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v8.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D38ab2bb4d72ddc81%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329859109%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D344EC8067E99DF99E3B9BB71639E9A0F5DCC63FD.62E1C180B23B36E3531B491BB6A4D286C4BDE7F6%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D38ab2bb4d72ddc81%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DZS5_yhTdpSie7gjffMM4Oa40tYI&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="332" height="277" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v8.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D38ab2bb4d72ddc81%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329859109%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D344EC8067E99DF99E3B9BB71639E9A0F5DCC63FD.62E1C180B23B36E3531B491BB6A4D286C4BDE7F6%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D38ab2bb4d72ddc81%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DZS5_yhTdpSie7gjffMM4Oa40tYI&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">2. Academic Squatting.<br />Independent Thinkers, or Obedient Employees?<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-e58ee5ee26db85a6" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v22.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3De58ee5ee26db85a6%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329859109%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6A98D86AB56B8F6B58ECB49AB1B4DF55AA516D43.5342B7570DC62C8AFA02551200ACAA6587F41911%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3De58ee5ee26db85a6%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DkX3vs90nXb7QKIRsSE4XHZBTd4A&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v22.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3De58ee5ee26db85a6%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329859109%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6A98D86AB56B8F6B58ECB49AB1B4DF55AA516D43.5342B7570DC62C8AFA02551200ACAA6587F41911%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3De58ee5ee26db85a6%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DkX3vs90nXb7QKIRsSE4XHZBTd4A&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">3. Tenure.<br />Free Speakers, or Muzzled Servants?<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-f48fabb2ecebfd3a" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v15.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Df48fabb2ecebfd3a%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329859109%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D421AD5F6260170E9E34DC77FB0D3A3F3F36F03AF.7E05232381AA2D7CAF460B3B45436CCFCFFEC999%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Df48fabb2ecebfd3a%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DXjVSr6pq-VSwmwcAg43JxR9Wpgg&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v15.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Df48fabb2ecebfd3a%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329859109%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D421AD5F6260170E9E34DC77FB0D3A3F3F36F03AF.7E05232381AA2D7CAF460B3B45436CCFCFFEC999%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Df48fabb2ecebfd3a%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DXjVSr6pq-VSwmwcAg43JxR9Wpgg&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">4. The Activism Course.<br />Teach What's Best, or Teach What They Tell You?<br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-2bb222e7edf81c99" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v22.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D2bb222e7edf81c99%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329859109%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D51DAD8F83B133B263FBCCB0BEF4C8F62A46FEDAE.1D9AFA92482BAAEDA58EB64D9410263119AF62E9%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D2bb222e7edf81c99%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DN-u8dVdi0WWV0nfL7S6VyljCAnI&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v22.nonxt8.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D2bb222e7edf81c99%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329859109%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D51DAD8F83B133B263FBCCB0BEF4C8F62A46FEDAE.1D9AFA92482BAAEDA58EB64D9410263119AF62E9%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D2bb222e7edf81c99%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DN-u8dVdi0WWV0nfL7S6VyljCAnI&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />5. Grades and Obedience.<br />Guided Inquiry, or Oppressive Conformity?<br /><br /></span><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-f8f1c897f1d4d73b" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Df8f1c897f1d4d73b%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329859109%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D32FDEAF8A0C842A48EB3EE64195358E5DF9DBBD4.22F4DE19A46CF460E238C9997970616BBD18DB4B%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Df8f1c897f1d4d73b%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D4pbzmNb4sggvTy5sXIUzHf2mrRg&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v14.nonxt2.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Df8f1c897f1d4d73b%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329859109%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D32FDEAF8A0C842A48EB3EE64195358E5DF9DBBD4.22F4DE19A46CF460E238C9997970616BBD18DB4B%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Df8f1c897f1d4d73b%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3D4pbzmNb4sggvTy5sXIUzHf2mrRg&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">6. Conformity in Academia.<br />Indoctrination for Misery, or Rebellion for Greater Life Expectancy?<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-ba759987bbd67e39" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v23.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dba759987bbd67e39%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329859109%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D60375BCA2930733D2642C4EE6C04A569B0B719F3.222F367CA413EE2801F90AACDF4DD3F1F9D81BD9%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dba759987bbd67e39%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DS94S6Ub7D4sqY01-rPn5S0zkWzY&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v23.nonxt3.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dba759987bbd67e39%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329859109%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D60375BCA2930733D2642C4EE6C04A569B0B719F3.222F367CA413EE2801F90AACDF4DD3F1F9D81BD9%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dba759987bbd67e39%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DS94S6Ub7D4sqY01-rPn5S0zkWzY&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">7. Inspiring Books.<br />Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire.<br />Disciplined Minds by Jeff Schmidt.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-62b49aacfa937763" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v5.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D62b49aacfa937763%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329859109%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D247B4884A804C9AEDBE97123866A8F395C54E1D3.25DC42BA324B75877B1FA75BD683E1664803E173%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D62b49aacfa937763%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dd1kTNroiSCux38DpjoBt64QTrGY&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v5.nonxt5.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D62b49aacfa937763%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329859109%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D247B4884A804C9AEDBE97123866A8F395C54E1D3.25DC42BA324B75877B1FA75BD683E1664803E173%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D62b49aacfa937763%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dd1kTNroiSCux38DpjoBt64QTrGY&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">8. President Allan Rock and<br />the Politically-Motivated Deregistration of Undergrad Marc Kelly.<br /></span> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Acceptable Behaviour, or Dangerous Power?</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-18191600a8cdf382" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v5.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D18191600a8cdf382%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329859109%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6F4D12F5B946EF9C7896741666FDDA689E52C114.3BC1A1CB7A4B0F4C478AA47EEF2BB56509B43216%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D18191600a8cdf382%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dc2zQr3FazUOoGm8amEBS894LZ2o&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v5.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D18191600a8cdf382%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329859109%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D6F4D12F5B946EF9C7896741666FDDA689E52C114.3BC1A1CB7A4B0F4C478AA47EEF2BB56509B43216%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D18191600a8cdf382%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3Dc2zQr3FazUOoGm8amEBS894LZ2o&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">9. Respect For Authority.<br />What Happens if Everybody is a Marc Kelly?</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-abff8c240b6a2475" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v4.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dabff8c240b6a2475%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329859109%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D71D59B581FB864F9FF218601480B5289CE072668.4CEA736632063CAE97608D7C2C40E8EF1397DC3F%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dabff8c240b6a2475%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DrLWmmDaSty8xTFCi7Uzav119VoA&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v4.nonxt4.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3Dabff8c240b6a2475%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329859109%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D71D59B581FB864F9FF218601480B5289CE072668.4CEA736632063CAE97608D7C2C40E8EF1397DC3F%26key%3Dck1&iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3Dabff8c240b6a2475%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DrLWmmDaSty8xTFCi7Uzav119VoA&autoplay=0&ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /></object></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2228098498850093881-3098553252962449389?l=uofofreedom.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>uOttawa Communityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054750695555755274noreply@blogger.com6