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Carleton University’s board of governors adopted a revised code of conduct for its 32 members Tuesday with one lone – though notable – dissenting vote.

That vote came from Prof. Root Gorelick, the board’s only unionized faculty representative, who has been at the centre of an anti-censorship crusade over his refusal to sign a confidentiality agreement that would forbid him from discussing board business on his personal blog.

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Gorelick says that amounts to censorship, a view supported by the faculty union and Carleton’s academic staff and student associations, while the university responded in December by saying the “inaccurate and false statements” appearing on the blog about board members, discussions and decisions “are neither appropriate nor legal.”

Gorelick has been blogging about open sessions of board of governors meetings since 2013.

And while there was speculation the board would force Gorelick’s removal, that motion was never brought forward at Tuesday’s meeting, though several board members gently suggested he resign.