Year | University Policies | University Practices | Student Union Policies | Student Union Practices |
---|---|---|---|---|
2020 | c | c | b | b |
2019 | b | b | c | c |
2018 | b | b | c | c |
Freedom of expression is not referenced in the Values of Université de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke).
Sherbrooke’s Mission reads:
Communauté de personnes au service de la société et de ses membres, l’Université de Sherbrooke se consacre à la formation ouverte, à la promotion du savoir critique et à la quête de nouvelles connaissances par l’enseignement, la recherche, la création et l’engagement social.
Under article 9.4.2 of the Règlement des études, Université de Sherbrooke prohibits disruption of university-sanctioned activities:
Sont notamment considérés comme un délit relatif à l’Université et aux membres de la communauté universitaire les faits suivants :
Sherbrooke does not provide funding or resources to a diversity office or similar body that engages in ideological advocacy.
During the Quebec student strikes in 2015, the University did not enforce its own anti-disruption policy to stop the student union from unlawfully blocking access to classrooms, such an initiative had to come from students themselves through the courts.
La Fédération étudiante de l’Université de Sherbrooke (FEUS) does not reference free expression in their Mission.
In their Cahier de positions de la FEUS, FEUS takes positions outside of their mandate, such as on military intervention, disarming the police, right-wing groups, and legalization of all drugs.
The Cahier also states “la FEUS appuie le droit à l’association.”
The authors are not aware of any policies contained in the Cahier des règlements et politiques codifié de la FEUS that impose restrictions on student election campaign speech and literature, nor are they aware of any policy that discriminates against clubs based on belief, opinion, or philosophy.
The authors are not aware of FEUS discriminating against students or student groups on the basis of their expression.
In the 2018–19 financial year,* Université de Sherbrooke received $303,929,000 in taxpayer dollars in the form of government grants. These taxpayer funds accounted for 69.6% of their annual revenue.
*Université de Sherbrooke did not make their 2019–20 financial statements available by the time of publication of the 2020 Campus Freedom Index.