Worldwide, the number of refugees is increasing each year. This past year, according to the UN Refugee Agency, one in 67 people around the planet — more than 122 million individuals — remained forcibly displaced from their home country, almost double the 1 in 114 people a decade ago. It’s an epic humanitarian challenge for …

About 200 scholars, policy makers and other stakeholders gathered Thursday, May 22 at Carleton University — and remotely via livestream — for the opening sessions of a two-day conference highlighting the plight of scholars at risk in an era of intensifying global upheaval, persecution and displacement.   Carleton University physics instructor Dr. Mustafa Bahran, a …

Placement, Preservation and Perseverance (PPP) as a project was conceptualized by a group of scholars and activists who had years of lived experiences of either being at-risk/displaced and/or creating organizational capacity in Canadian universities to champion academic freedom. We believe in creating a model for the Canadian higher education system that can develop into a …

By Christina Clark-Kazak and Norah Vollmer The Canadian government recently introduced significant changes to immigration policy. Missing from their initiatives is a strategic approach to welcoming and supporting researchers and artists who face threats to their life, liberty or research career in their home countries. Drawing on the experiences of Scholars at Risk (SAR) programs in Canada and abroad, along …

By Conference News Staff Scholars at Risk Carleton is thrilled to announce the this year’s launch of the Academic Advancement and Career Alignment Certificate for New Scholars in Canada, taking place in April 2025, in partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). This innovative certificate course aims to support at-risk and displaced scholars, artists, …

By Conference News Staff SAR Carleton, in partnership with Connected Canadians, has been awarded a $24,000 grant in March 2025 to support an innovative digital mentorship initiative aimed at empowering both Canadian seniors and at-risk and displaced scholars living in Canada. At the heart of this initiative is the Digital Mentor Volunteer Training and Certification, …