2007 harry crowe conference: protecting the integrity of academic work

HarryCrowe
FOUNDATION
Protecting
the Integrity of
Academic Work
Friday, November 2
Laurier Alcove
Laurier Room
13:15
Howard Pawley, President of the Harry Crowe Foundation. Adjunct
Political Science, University of Windsor. Academic Entrepreneurship and the Integrity of Science: Are
Reconcilable?
Sheldon Krimsky, Professor of Urban & Environmental Policy, Tufts
of Science in the Private Interest: Has the Lure of Our production-driven research culture: causes, problems and
remedies. Academic careers are increasingly measured by the volume
of published research and the number and size of research grants, a alike. How does the academy's system of rewards and punishment affect individual academics, their departments, their disciplines and the Victor M. Catano, Professor and Chairperson, Department of
Harry W. Arthurs, President Emeritus and University Professor
Mary Burgan, Professor of English Emerita, Indiana University.
What Ever Happened to the Faculty? Drift and Sir David Wallace, Master of Churchill College and Director of the

Quebec Suite (1st Floor)
17:00
Saturday, November 3

Laurier Room
09:00
Politico-science: governmental avoidance, abuse and manipulation
scientific
research. Political meddling in academic affairs is
nothing new; however, as the financial and cultural stakes increase so Where does legitimate regulation end and Howard Pawley, President, Harry Crowe Foundation.
Michele Brill-Edwards, former Senior Physician in the Health
Kurt Gottfried, Chair of the Board of Directors, Union of Concerned
Scientists. Professor of Physics Emeritus, Cornell University. Barbara Neis, Professor of Sociology, Memorial University of
Principles and interest: corporate pressures and sponsored
research. External research funding has become a fact of life in many
academic departments and, although the infusion of resources is generally seen to be a good thing, the sources of funding for specific concerns about conflict of interest, on the one hand and academic freedom, on the other. This has been particularly tobacco, and resource extraction industries. John Hoddinott, Associate Dean (Teaching & Research), Augustana
Campus and Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta.
Joanna Cohen, Director of Research and Training, Ontario Tobacco
Toronto. Associate Scientist, Centre for Arthur Schafer, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre
Seth Shulman, Writer. Primary author of the Union of Concerned
Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air: How ExxonMobil Uses Manufacture Uncertainty on Climate Science Laurier Room
13:45
Collegiality lost: when bad things happen to good scholars. When
compromised by special interests, it is not seldom done without costs. Who wins and who loses when academics Nancy F. Olivieri, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Toronto,
Senior Scientist, Division of Clinical Investigation & Human
Physiology, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health
Network
Aubrey Blumsohn, Consultant in Pathology, Sheffield Teaching
Gallie, Senior Scientist, Division of Applied Molecular
Institute. Professor of Molecular & Medical Professor of Psychological Medicine, Cardiff University Infiltrating the academy: the struggle for credibility. Academic
proven very willing to fight. Whether it is proponents of intelligent to position their arguments in the public Samuel E. Trosow, Associate Professor of Law, University of Western
Brian Alters, Tomlinson Chair in Science Education, McGill
Defending Evolution in the Classroom: A Guide to Shadia B. Drury, Canada Research Chair in Social Justice and
Christianity, Politics, and the Western Psyche (2004). Donald Gutstein, Senior Lecturer in the School of Communication,
Simon Fraser University. Co-director of NewsWatch Canada. Author of
the forthcoming Not a Conspiracy Theory: How Business Uses
Propaganda to Manipulate Us and What We Can Do About It.
Drawing
Room

Laurier Room
19:00
Worlds in collision: outside politics inside the academy. Despite
tower," Academia remains a principal society precisely because it is one of the international politics, ethnic identity, and such "justice" and "truth" are open for discussion. thing, but what happens when one concern or the contest of ideas gives way to the Greg Allain, Professor of Sociology, Université de Moncton.
President, Canadian Association of University Teachers. Marcus Harvey, Professional Officer, Canadian Association of
Kevin Mattson, Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History,
Steal This University: The Rise of the and the Academic Labor Movement (2003). Blair Stonechild, Professor of Indigenous Studies, First Nations
The New Buffalo: The Struggle for Sunday, November 4

Laurier Room
09:00
Penelope's loom: unraveling the fabric of Academe. Over the last
markedly in two fundamental ways. First, enormous numbers of contract academic staff have been substituted for tenured faculty. Second, much of the governance of academic institutions has fallen to a casualization, and outcomes-assessment on the academic community? Arpi Hamalian, Associate Professor of Education, Concordia
Rosemary Deem, Professor of Education and Research Director,
Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, University of Bristol. Co-author of Knowledge, Higher Education and the New Managerialism: The Michael Higgins, President & Vice Chancellor, St. Thomas University.
Power and Peril: The Catholic Church at the Crossroads James L. Turk, Executive Director of the Canadian Association of
University Teachers. Secretary, Harry Crowe Foundation. Academic integrity: moving forward
Jon Thompson, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of
New Brunswick. Director, Harry Crowe Foundation. Co-author of The
Olivieri Report: The Complete Text of the Report of the Independent
Inquiry Commissioned by the Canadian Association of University
Teachers (2001).

Source: https://www.crowefoundation.ca/conferences/2007/HCF_ConferenceAgenda2007.pdf