Saskatchewan: Supreme Court rules in FNUniv’s favour in academic freedom dispute

by E Wayne Ross on June 5, 2009

Leader-Post: Supreme Court rules in FNUniv’s favour in academic freedom dispute

REGINA — The First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv) says it has been vindicated in the protracted dispute with the University of Regina Faculty Association over academic freedom.

On Thursday, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the association’s leave to appeal a decision by Saskatchewan’s highest court overturning an arbitration award that found the FNUniv violated the faculty contract by infringing the academic freedom of one of its professors, Blair Stonechild.