Safe Havens and Knowledge Networks in Canada
The following article about the Canadian government’s Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP) appeared in the Globe and Mail on June 9, 2025 and is republished here with permission. By Marie Woolf (Globe and Mail) In the Ontario village of Schomberg, the local stone masonry shop is known for holding the Guinness world record for the …
Note: An earlier version of this story stated the CBC Ideas episode would air Monday, June 9. It was later rescheduled to Friday, June 13. The Safe Havens and Knowledge Networks in Canada conference, held May 22-23 at Carleton University, will be featured in a June 13 episode of CBC Radio’s Ideas program examining the …
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 …
The two-day Safe Havens and Knowledge Networks in Canada conference concluded at Carleton University on May 23 with an urgent message from panelists to streamline and strengthen supports for scholars at risk during a time of intensifying attacks on academic freedom around the world. The discussion with four panelists was led by moderator Dr. Catherine …
For many displaced and at-risk scholars who find themselves in Canada, the goal of advancing their academic careers — or even maintaining a hold on employment as a teacher and researcher — faces significant barriers. The theme was at the heart of a panel discussion Thursday at the Safe Havens and Knowledge Networks in Canada …
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 …
“It might take a village to raise a child,” Dr. Maike Didero, a champion for at-risk researchers in Europe, told conference-goers at the Safe Havens and Knowledge Networks conference on May 22 at Carleton University. But, she added, it takes “a very dedicated team of people to help a scholar restart his or her career.” …
Prominent journalists from Afghanistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Egypt and elsewhere came together at Carleton University on May 22 to establish a network of support for female reporters in exile around the world — and they’re encouraging others to join the movement. The “Allies in Exile” panel discussion and organizational liftoff was held at the Richcraft Hall …
In the minds of many Canadians, the journey for a refugee or displaced person is finished when they reach their new home. That’s far from the reality. During a May 23 panel discussion at the Safe Havens and Knowledge Networks in Canada conference at Carleton University, scholars at risk who have experienced that kind of …
What would you do if you were experiencing threats to your life as a result of your scholarship? Where would you go if your country of residence, or the one you call home, becomes dangerous for you and your loved ones? How would you even get there? These are the real situations scholars-at-risk around the …