Bob Rae, Canada’s Ambassador to the United Nations, had some blunt messages for conference participants when he delivered a special address via video link from New York to the Scholars at Risk gathering at Carleton University on May 22. “Governments fear academic freedom,” said Rae, the former Ontario NDP premier and former interim federal Liberal …

With more refugees arriving in Canada through complex and evolving immigration pathways, panelists at the Safe Havens and Knowledge Networks in Canada conference are urging a coordinated national response by postsecondary institutions and governments to address the systemic barriers refugees face and to provide better support for displaced students and scholars. “It’s not in the …