The Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee is a Standing Committee of CAUT Council with responsibility for:
- Dealing, on behalf of the Association, with appeals made to it by individual faculty members who consider that their professional rights have been infringed.
- Making recommendations to Council on policy matters relating to academic freedom and tenure, grievances and discrimination, as well as policy matters arising from the Committee's consideration of academic rights issues.
N.B. The President shall be an ex-officio voting member of the Committee. The Vice-President and the Executive Director shall be additional non-voting members of the Committee.
- Len Findlay (Saskatchewan), Chair
- Anver Saloojee (Ryerson), Vice-President (ex-officio non-voting)
- Tom Friedman (Thompson Rivers)
- Mark Gabbert (Manitoba)
- Paul Handford (Western Ontario)
- Elizabeth Hodgson (British Columbia)
- John Kingma (Laval)
- Allan Manson (Queen's)
- Toni Samek (Alberta)
- Anthony Stewart (Dalhousie)
- Professional Officer: Angela Regnier (CAUT)
Click here for the committee terms of reference.