Article 20 - Academic Freedom

CANADIAN UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, LOCAL 3287 (CUPE 3287)

The collective agreement between the University of Saskatchewan (hereinafter called the Employer) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3287 (Sessional Lecturers) (hereinafter called the Union) from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2025

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20.01

Sessional lecturers have the right to academic freedom, that is, the right to examine, to question, to teach, to learn, to investigate, to speculate, to comment, and to criticize without deference to prescribed doctrines, insofar as it is consistent with the achievement of the University's legitimate educational objectives.

20.02

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 20.01, the Employer reserves the right to specify the curriculum and assigned teaching materials for a course in order to ensure conformity with course descriptions, to match parallel sections of a course, to meet prerequisites required to other courses, or to meet academic objectives of the academic unit.