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The HxCanada Community. Opinions not representative of Heterodox Academy.

[Neil McLaughlin @NGMcLaughlin]

On the 30th anniversary of the famous Sokal hoax, the McMaster University Heterodox Academy campus community brought Alan Sokal to the McMaster classrooms downtown Toronto, where he dialogued with a viewpoint diverse set of respondents+ audience members!
https://t.co/ymGUzwtJ03

[Andy Sellwood @SellwoodAndy]

https://t.co/6QS5c5f0Da

[Heterodox Academy @HdxAcademy]

"There is an obvious difference between a government dictating orthodoxy and an institution choosing not to impose one.

The former is censorship. The latter is institutional humility."

🔗: https://t.co/yClGleYi8Z

[Heterodox Academy @HdxAcademy]

🚨When universities become centers for activism, scholarship comes second.

[HxCanada @HxCanada]

Our tri-weekly online symposia sessions resume this week. To join these, apply to become a member of the Heterodox Academy Canada community group https://t.co/vOdmU69qsn

[HxCanada @HxCanada]

@Musa_alGharbi @USCDornsife It was a great presentation!

[Andy Sellwood @SellwoodAndy]

Keynote from our HxCanada conference in October at SFU: https://t.co/LZYOjs0Pio

[Heterodox Academy @HdxAcademy]

🧠 Intellectual diversity isn’t a culture-war slogan—it’s the foundation of good science.

At @HxCanada's Fall Conference, @Musa_alGharbi explains how the increase of female scholars improved research and exemplifies the need for viewpoint diversity in academia:

[HxCanada @HxCanada]

Register here: https://t.co/3rhzZ0mnEl

[HxCanada @HxCanada]

Full schedule for our Oct 27th HxCanada fall conference: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://t.co/JOTEUE5jqr

[Stephen Reich @StephenReich]

Session Highlights
Diversity and Knowledge Production: Why It's Important, How It Often Goes Off the Rails - Keynote Address by Musa al-Gharbi, Stony Brook University
EDI in Higher Education: Reform, Reframe, or Retire? - A Heterodox Conversation featuring Lilach Marom, Simon Fraser University and Stephen Reich, University of Toronto
Debate and Truth in Canadian Universities - A Q&A with Chief Aaron Pete, host of the Nuanced Podcast
Viewpoint Diversity, Constructive Disagreement and the Academic Left - A panel discussion featuring Dennis Soron, Brock University; Kevin Gosine, Brock University; Neil McLaughlin, McMaster University; and moderated by Alexandra Lysova, Simon Fraser University

[HxCanada @HxCanada]

@DouglasTodd We would love for you to attend our local event at SFU downtown on Oct 27th! https://t.co/3rhzZ0mVtT

[DouglasTodd @DouglasTodd]

This Heterodox Academy is worth checking out.
If you’re weary of the extremist and rigid positions of the left and right, conservative and liberal, “reactionary” and “progressive.”
Many of us are.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

The murder of Charlie Kirk is part of a disturbing rise in political violence that threatens to hollow out our public life.

A free society relies on the premise that people can speak out without fear or humiliation.

No more political violence.

[HxCanada @HxCanada]

We have some speakers confirmed for our fall conference: Musa Al-Gharbi, @Aaronpete_
More details at: https://t.co/3rhzZ0mVtT

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

"88 percent of the students [at NWU & U Mich) said they pretended to be more progressive than they are in order to succeed academically or socially." Such preference falsification (caused by fear of punishment for honesty) can lead to "pluralistic ignorance" or a "spiral of silence," in which everyone thinks everyone else thinks something but no one actually thinks it. https://t.co/Fxoy08Kz3Q

[HxCanada @HxCanada]

HxCanada fall conference - registration and proposal submission is open: https://t.co/3rhzZ0mVtT

[Stephen Reich @StephenReich]

On Wednesday, August 6th, at 7pm EDT, FAIR, the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism is hosting me on the Directions and Misdirections in Canadian Education and how to make education work for everyone.
FAIR (https://t.co/pASAsVnt0L) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization committed to challenging threats to civil liberties from identity-based practices.
FAIR advocates for all individuals denied equal protection, free expression, and other fundamental rights, regardless of their personal background or immutable characteristics.
FAIR's work, from legal advocacy to grassroots organization, promotes a pro-human culture based on our shared values of universal equality, fairness, understanding, and common humanity.
To register for the Zoom, please click here:
Zoom Registration Link: https://t.co/moKkC1zpvh
Stephen Reich is a former lawyer and current PhD student. His research concerns education’s capture by an ideological but evidence-poor Critical Theory, at the expense of cognitive science-
informed best practices to effectively, efficiently, and equitably impart children with humanity’s most consequential knowledge and skills accumulated to date, necessary for both future
innovation, and responsible participation in adult society. Stephen’s upcoming doctoral research will examine the ideological underpinnings of teacher-training in Ontario and whether it is designed to prepare teachers for the reality of classroom teaching. Stephen is a co-chair of University of Toronto's Heterodox Academy and a member of the organization’s national executive.

[Heterodox Academy @HdxAcademy]

🧠 Academia isn't just where we learn, but where we learn how to change our minds.

How are you helping students practice this skill?