From Peer Review to the Public: Re-imagining Academic Freedom and Advocacy (Live Webinar)

​Co-presented by the Samara Centre for Democracy and the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, From Peer Review to the Public: Re-imagining Academic Freedom and Advocacy is a timely conversation about how the humanities and social sciences shape our understanding of civic life, power and participation in a period of democratic backsliding.  Speakers will explore how the political climate in the US is influencing research and pro-democracy advocacy in Canada’s scholarly community.

​Speakers:

• ​Dr. Debra Thompson, Associate Professor of Political Science and Canada Research Chair in Racial Inequality in Democratic Societies at McGill University

• ​Dr. Beatrice Wayne, Director of Research and Policy at the Samara Centre for Democracy 

• ​Dr. Eve Haque, York Research Chair in Linguistic Diversity and Community Vitality at York University

• ​Sabreena Delhon (Moderator), CEO of the Samara Centre for Democracy 

​Date:

​Thursday, March 5th, 2026

​12 pm to 1 pm ET