Safe Havens and Knowledge Networks in Canada
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 …
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 …
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 …