2025 Jon Thompson Lecture on Academic Freedom recording now available

The 2025 Jon Thompson Lecture on Academic Freedom featured a lecture by S. Michael Lynk titled: Academic Freedom and the Palestine Exception: Tales from Canada, the United States and Gaza. S. Michael Lynk is an associate professor at Western University and UN Special Rapporteur (2016-2022) for the human rights situation in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967.

The lecture was presented at UNB Fredericton on October 1st and at UNB Saint John on October 2nd. A recording of the lecture is available for viewing.