From left are University College, Soldiers Tower and the University of Toronto Students' Union., in Toronto on May 20, 2020.Canadian universities are warning professors that students enrolled online while living abroad in China and other countries may not be able to access materials that run afoul of domestic censorship and could have their internet activity monitored.
At the University of Toronto, professors have been advised to be aware of potential difficulties such as questions of “privacy, surveillance and free inquiry,” the university said, “among students who reside in countries with different laws, cultural norms and monitoring by law enforcement.” The U of T faculty association said the remote teaching of international students abroad is an important issue with implications for equity and academic freedom.
The University of Waterloo has been using Alibaba’s service for its students in China for the past several months.
Someone should phone the Communist regime in China and tell them to stop oppressing their own people just long enough for us to give some of them an education
Of course the warnings come AFTER those Canadian universities accepted tuition payments from people they knew would most likely not be able to access the education they paid for.
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