In wake of Simchat Torah pogrom, Professors call on WLU to uphold free speech and adopt stance of institutional neutrality.

Oct 31, 2023. Faculty members at WLU call on President MacLatchy to protect faculty free speech, even support for Hamas, and to adopt a position of institutional neutrality--especially in light the university's confused messaging following the Oct 7th terrorist attack on Israel.

Read the Open Letter here.

Note that this letter is not from the Waterloo Chapter of the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship, but it is signed by WatSAFS members.

UW President takes gender activsts' side in fight over parental rights

Sep 24, 2023. Waterloo SAFS calls on President Goel to retract partisan letter and commit to institutional neutrality.

Read the WatSAFS reply to President Goel here.

Read President Goel's letter here.

WLU Administration Pledges Fealty to Intersectionality and Queer Theory

July 13, 2023. Waterloo SAFS calls on President MacLatchy to retract proselytizing letter and commit to institutional neutrality.

Read the WatSAFS reply to President MacLatchy here.

Read President MacLathy's letter here.

Trent University Freedom Lounge

Oct 18, 2022. Waterloo SAFS calls on Trent Board of Governors to condemn 'The Freedom Lounge' for overt racial segregation.

Read the full letter here.

Read Trent's reply here.