In recent years, a number of controversies have emerged from inside
Canadian universities. While some of these controversies reflect
debates occurring at a broader societal level, others are unique to
the culture of universities and the way in which they are governed.
In University Commons Divided, Peter MacKinnon provides close
readings of a range of recent incidents with a view to exploring
new challenges within universities and the extent to which the idea
of the university as 'commons,' a site for open and contentious
disagreement, may be under threat. Among the incidents addressed in
this book are the Jennifer Berdahl case in which a UBC professor
alleged a violation of her academic freedom when she was phoned by
the university's board chair to discuss her blog on which she
speculated about the reasons for the university president's
departure from office; the case of Root Gorelick, a Carleton
University biologist and member of the university's board of
governors who refused to sign a code of conduct preventing public
discussion of internal board discussions; the Facebook scandal at
Dalhousie University's Faculty of Dentistry in which male students
posted misogynistic comments about their female classmates. These
and many other examples of turmoil in universities across the
country are used to reach new insights on the state of freedom of
expression and academic governance in the contemporary university.
Accessibly written and perceptively argued, University Commons
Divided is a timely and bold examination of the pressures seeking
to transform the culture and governance of universities.
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