{"id":5112,"date":"2025-06-03T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fqppu.org\/?p=5112"},"modified":"2025-06-02T21:12:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T01:12:34","slug":"relight-the-beacon-restore-university-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fqppu.org\/en\/relight-the-beacon-restore-university-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Relight the Beacon: In the Face of Political and Economic Interference, the FQPPU Rekindles the Fight to Restore the University\u2019s Public Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5112\" class=\"elementor elementor-5112 elementor-5103\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d9bca3d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d9bca3d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b52ee8d\" data-id=\"b52ee8d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f5c742 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f5c742\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Three years after the passage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca\/en\/document\/cs\/L-1.2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Loi sur la libert\u00e9 acad\u00e9mique dans le milieu universitaire<\/em><\/a>, Quebec\u2019s universities remain vulnerable to the very threats the legislation was meant to guard against.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The promise of an environment conducive to learning, research, and debate has clashed with a sobering reality: institutions are slow to implement the awareness-raising, information, and promotional measures required by the law (as revealed by access-to-information reports), even as academic freedom violations multiply.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51884d1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51884d1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b1787d\" data-id=\"8b1787d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfbaccc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bfbaccc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; letter-spacing: 0px; background-color: var( --e-global-color-primary );\">AT A GLANCE<\/b><\/h4>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Three years after the Law, a stark reality:<\/strong> Despite the adoption of Quebec\u2019s <em>Loi sur la libert\u00e9 acad\u00e9mique<\/em> in 2022, universities face growing political interference, institutional inertia, and a global climate of academic freedom in decline. In Quebec, Minister Pascale D\u00e9ry has significantly weakened the university\u2019s public mission rather than protecting it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>An ambitious campaign to relight the beacon:<\/strong> FQPPU launches a campaign to bring the university\u2019s mission back to the heart of democratic debate. Its manifesto, <a href=\"https:\/\/savinguniversity.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Relight the Beacon<\/em><\/a>, defends five essential pillars of the university\u2019s public purpose: public funding, academic freedom, collegial governance, institutional autonomy, and resistance to the commodification of knowledge.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A call to action to end silent erosion:<\/strong> \u201cWe want university underfunding and political interference to become shameful and politically costly,\u201d says Madeleine Pastinelli. FQPPU calls on society to reclaim ownership of its universities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c062836 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c062836\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-52a4aa6\" data-id=\"52a4aa6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac87127 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac87127\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Indeed, in 2025, Quebec is not immune to a global trend, documented by the <a href=\"https:\/\/academic-freedom-index.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Academic Freedom Index<\/em><\/a>, of declining academic freedom, even in long-standing democracies. Here, Minister Pascale D\u00e9ry\u2019s harmful actions\u2014including her refusal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ledevoir.com\/politique\/quebec\/862573\/caq-refuse-motion-proteger-liberte-academique-universites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to acknowledge threats from the U.S. against researchers<\/a>, as well as her interference in <a href=\"https:\/\/fqppu.org\/ingerence-politique-ministre-pascale-dery-college-dawson\/\">teaching content<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fqppu.org\/refus-denteriner-une-nomination-au-conseil-dadministration-de-linrs-une-ingerence-politique-inquietante\/\">faculty appointments<\/a>\u2014have hollowed out the very ministry charged with protecting this freedom. On this grim anniversary, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise des professeures et professeurs d\u2019universit\u00e9 (FQPPU) declares it is time to restore the public mission of universities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d9d9a5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d9d9a5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d1375b3\" data-id=\"d1375b3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d07aa4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d07aa4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><strong>Relight the Beacon: A Mobilization to Restore the University\u2019s Mission<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This global erosion of academic freedom is but a symptom of a broader storm\u2014declining collegiality, threats to institutional autonomy, budgetary manipulation, and managerial drift\u2014that directly undermines the university\u2019s fundamental democratic role. In response, FQPPU today unveils <a href=\"https:\/\/sauvonsnosuniversites.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Relight the Beacon<\/em><\/a>, a rallying manifesto calling for engagement and resistance. It marks the launch of a campaign to restore the university\u2019s capacity to fulfill its public mission.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0535615 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0535615\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b3299f3\" data-id=\"b3299f3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4334c5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4334c5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94aea2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"94aea2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\"><b>The university must remain a beacon for the public\u2014where critical thinking can challenge, where truth is not negotiable, and where society can reflect and imagine alternative futures.<\/b><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta elementor-has-image elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/fqppu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MadeleinePastinelli_FQPPU.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1523\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fqppu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MadeleinePastinelli_FQPPU.png 500w, https:\/\/fqppu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MadeleinePastinelli_FQPPU-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/fqppu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MadeleinePastinelli_FQPPU-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Madeleine Pastinelli<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">President of FQPPU<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8978af elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a8978af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-567a239 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"567a239\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b83448d\" data-id=\"b83448d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95876cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"95876cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cThe university is not a brand to be sold, nor a parrot for political and economic rhetoric serving private interests,\u201d said Madeleine Pastinelli, president of FQPPU. \u201cThe university must remain a beacon for the public\u2014where critical thinking can challenge, where truth is not negotiable, and where society can reflect and imagine alternative futures.\u201d In a climate of increasing cynicism, polarization, and disinformation, the Federation invites all those committed to free inquiry and democratic vitality to join this movement.<\/p>\n<p>Adopted unanimously by FQPPU\u2019s Federal Council in April, the campaign centers on five pillars essential to the university\u2019s mission, all under serious threat:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A massive and sustained reinvestment in universities as a public good<\/li>\n<li>Full protection of academic freedom<\/li>\n<li>Authentic collegial governance<\/li>\n<li>Concrete measures to ensure institutional autonomy<\/li>\n<li>A united front against the commodification of knowledge<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b273a7a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b273a7a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db0988b\" data-id=\"db0988b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53fabe7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"53fabe7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37f4d57 elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial\" data-id=\"37f4d57\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-content\"><b>We also want political interference in universities\u2014or budget cuts to higher education and research\u2014to be seen as shameful, politically costly, and socially unacceptable.<\/b><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta elementor-has-image elementor-testimonial-image-position-aside\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-meta-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/fqppu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MadeleinePastinelli_FQPPU.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1523\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fqppu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MadeleinePastinelli_FQPPU.png 500w, https:\/\/fqppu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MadeleinePastinelli_FQPPU-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/fqppu.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/MadeleinePastinelli_FQPPU-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-name\">Madeleine Pastinelli<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial-job\">President of FQPPU<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96c2c1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"96c2c1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e854744 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e854744\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca48738\" data-id=\"ca48738\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcc9793 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcc9793\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This mobilization aims to reignite public debate on the university&#8217;s role in democratic life and to underscore its status as a cornerstone of our society. \u201cWe also want political interference in universities\u2014or budget cuts to higher education and research\u2014to be seen as shameful, politically costly, and socially unacceptable,\u201d Pastinelli added. \u201cThe university\u2019s mission is too important to be surrendered to interests that do not serve the common good. It\u2019s time we reclaim it, together.\u201d Let us recall that on May 13, FQPPU called for <a href=\"https:\/\/fqppu.org\/la-fqppu-demande-la-demission-de-pascale-dery\/\">the immediate resignation of Minister Pascale D\u00e9ry<\/a>, whose repeated actions have broken all trust with the university communities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6874c92 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6874c92\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3319f3e\" data-id=\"3319f3e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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