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La version fran\u00e7aise suit la version anglaise.<\/em> Over this past year, several incidents bearing on the academic freedom of members of the York Community have been brought to my attention. In each case, individuals and groups external to the University have appealed to senior leadership to intercede against faculty members due to statements made, or research published, in the course of their legitimate scholarly activities. In connection with these appeals, I wish to again affirm York\u2019s unequivocal support of academic freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I previously noted that how <\/em>debate is conducted matters a great deal. No matter our personal stake in an issue, it is essential that discourse on controversial issues not devolve into personal attacks or, at worst, threatening, racist, or hateful speech. I encourage all participants in a debate to take care to ensure that they do not, inadvertently or otherwise, empower or unleash individuals, beliefs, or expressions that are antithetical to open and productive dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Members of both the York community and the broader community are of course free to disagree with the views expressed by faculty members, and as an institution dedicated to free inquiry the University welcomes vigorous, thoughtful, and respectful counter\u2010speech. However, I want to reiterate that 快播视频 condemns all forms of discrimination, racism, and hate, whether it is Islamophobic, anti\u2010Semitic, anti\u2010Black, anti\u2010Indigenous, sexist, homophobic, or directed against any racialized or marginalized individual or group. Such speech is contrary to our foundational values as an institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I also want to emphasize that these commitments \u2014 to free inquiry and to equity, diversity, and inclusion \u2014 are in no way antithetical to one another. On the contrary, it is by encouraging a diversity of perspectives, thought, and experiences that we most effectively foster the free pursuit and exchange of knowledge. York is undertaking a number of actions aimed at addressing the harmful impact of systemic racism both on members of our community and on the nature and scope of academic inquiry. These actions include the dedicated hiring of Black, Indigenous, and racialized faculty members, and form an important component of a broader equity strategy to promote diversity and inclusion, which is expected to be released to the community for consultation soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a previous statement, I assured all members of our community that York remains steadfast in its defence of academic freedom, and will not censure any faculty member for their research or public statements made in the course of their scholarly work \u2014 subject to legal and policy limits. I want to take this opportunity to address all current and prospective faculty who are members of racialized or marginalized groups. York recognizes that the work of scholars and educators from equity-seeking groups has been subject to heightened scrutiny and criticism, and that debate about that work has taken the form of personal and discriminatory attack rather than considered and informed engagement with its substance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n York is committed to the continued practice of upholding, protecting, and promoting academic freedom for all faculty members. As the University moves forward with its equity strategy, including its Indigenous Framework and Action Plan on Black Inclusion, we commit ourselves to playing an essential role in creating new knowledge, challenging existing ideas, and providing a forum in which to explore and address difficult and complex issues. We cannot fulfill those objectives unless all voices can feel safe and secure expressing their views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rhonda L. Lenton, PhD <\/p>\n\n\n\n Au cours des 12 derniers mois, plusieurs incidents portant sur la libert\u00e9 universitaire des membres de la communaut\u00e9 de York ont \u00e9t\u00e9 port\u00e9s \u00e0 mon attention. Dans chaque cas, des individus et des groupes ext\u00e9rieurs \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 ont demand\u00e9 \u00e0 la haute direction d\u2019interc\u00e9der contre des membres du corps professoral en raison de d\u00e9clarations faites ou de recherches publi\u00e9es dans le cadre d\u2019activit\u00e9s universitaires l\u00e9gitimes. En rapport avec ces demandes, je souhaite r\u00e9affirmer le soutien inconditionnel de York envers la libert\u00e9 universitaire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n J\u2019ai d\u00e9j\u00e0 fait remarquer que la fa\u00e7on <\/em>dont le d\u00e9bat est men\u00e9importe beaucoup. Quel que soit notre int\u00e9r\u00eat personnel pour une question, il est essentiel que les discours sur des sujets controvers\u00e9s ne se transforment pas en attaques personnelles, ou \u2014 bien pire \u2014 en menaces ou discours racistes ou haineux. J\u2019invite tous les participants d\u2019un d\u00e9bat \u00e0 veiller \u00e0 ne pas donner, par inadvertance ou autrement, de pouvoir ou de libert\u00e9 \u00e0 des individus, des croyances ou des expressions contraires \u00e0 un dialogue ouvert et productif.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Les membres de la communaut\u00e9 de York et de la communaut\u00e9 en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral sont \u00e9videmment libres de ne pas \u00eatre d\u2019accord avec les opinions exprim\u00e9es par les membres du corps professoral. En tant qu\u2019\u00e9tablissement consacr\u00e9 au libre examen, l\u2019Universit\u00e9 encourage un contre-discours vigoureux, r\u00e9fl\u00e9chi et respectueux. L\u2019Universit\u00e9 York condamne toutes les formes de discrimination, de racisme et de haine, qu\u2019elles soient islamophobes, antis\u00e9mites, anti-Noirs, anti-autochtones, sexistes, homophobes, ou dirig\u00e9es contre tout individu ou groupe racialis\u00e9 ou marginalis\u00e9. Un tel discours est contraire \u00e0 nos valeurs fondamentales en tant qu\u2019universit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je tiens \u00e9galement \u00e0 souligner que ces engagements \u2014 en faveur de la libert\u00e9 de recherche et de l\u2019\u00e9quit\u00e9, de la diversit\u00e9 et de l\u2019inclusion \u2014 ne sont en aucun cas en contradiction les uns envers les autres. Au contraire, c\u2019est en encourageant la diversit\u00e9 des perspectives, des pens\u00e9es et des exp\u00e9riences que nous favorisons le plus efficacement la libre poursuite et l\u2019\u00e9change des connaissances. York a entrepris plusieurs actions visant \u00e0 rem\u00e9dier \u00e0 l\u2019impact n\u00e9faste du racisme syst\u00e9mique \u00e0 la fois sur les membres de notre communaut\u00e9 et sur la nature et la port\u00e9e des recherches universitaires. Ces actions comprennent l\u2019embauche de professeurs noirs, autochtones et racialis\u00e9s; elles constituent un \u00e9l\u00e9ment important d\u2019une strat\u00e9gie d\u2019\u00e9quit\u00e9 plus large visant \u00e0 promouvoir la diversit\u00e9 et l\u2019inclusion, qui doit bient\u00f4t \u00eatre communiqu\u00e9e \u00e0 la communaut\u00e9 pour consultation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dans une d\u00e9claration ant\u00e9rieure, j\u2019ai assur\u00e9 \u00e0 tous les membres de notre communaut\u00e9 que l\u2019Universit\u00e9 York reste fermement attach\u00e9e \u00e0 la d\u00e9fense de la libert\u00e9 universitaire et qu\u2019elle ne censurera aucun membre du corps professoral pour ses recherches ou ses d\u00e9clarations publiques faites dans le cadre de travaux d\u2019\u00e9rudition, sous r\u00e9serve des limites l\u00e9gales et politiques. J\u2019en profite pour m\u2019adresser directement \u00e0 tous les professeurs actuels et futurs qui font partie de groupes racialis\u00e9s ou marginalis\u00e9s. York reconna\u00eet que le travail des universitaires et des \u00e9ducateurs issus de groupes en qu\u00eate d\u2019\u00e9quit\u00e9 a fait l\u2019objet d\u2019un examen approfondi et de critiques, et que le d\u00e9bat sur ce travail a pris la forme d\u2019attaques personnelles et discriminatoires plut\u00f4t que d\u2019un engagement r\u00e9fl\u00e9chi et \u00e9clair\u00e9 sur sa substance. York s\u2019engage \u00e0 maintenir, prot\u00e9ger et promouvoir la libert\u00e9 universitaire pour tous les membres du corps professoral. Au fur et \u00e0 mesure que l\u2019Universit\u00e9 progresse dans sa strat\u00e9gie d\u2019\u00e9quit\u00e9, y compris dans son Cadre strat\u00e9gique autochtone et son Plan d\u2019action sur l\u2019inclusion des personnes noires, nous nous engageons \u00e0 jouer un r\u00f4le essentiel en cr\u00e9ant de nouvelles connaissances, en remettant en question les id\u00e9es existantes et en offrant un forum permettant d\u2019explorer et d\u2019aborder des questions difficiles et complexes. Nous ne pouvons pas atteindre ces objectifs si toutes les voix ne se sentent pas suffisamment en confiance pour exprimer leurs opinions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sinc\u00e8res salutations,<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rhonda L. Lenton, Ph. D. La version fran\u00e7aise suit la version anglaise. Over this past year, several incidents bearing on the academic freedom of members of the York Community have been brought to my attention. 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