{"id":794,"date":"2026-06-17T15:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T15:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/scholars-at-risk\/?p=794"},"modified":"2026-06-17T16:10:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:10:40","slug":"safe-havens-and-knowledge-networks-in-canada-final-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/scholars-at-risk\/2026\/06\/17\/safe-havens-and-knowledge-networks-in-canada-final-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe Havens and Knowledge Networks in Canada: Final Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/scholars-at-risk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/afghanistan-1024x566.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/scholars-at-risk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/afghanistan-1024x566.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/scholars-at-risk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/afghanistan-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/scholars-at-risk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/afghanistan-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/scholars-at-risk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/afghanistan.jpg 1248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Safe Havens and Knowledge Networks in Canada conference was held May 22-23, 2005.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This final report distills policy-relevant lessons from three interrelated initiatives led by Carleton University with support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC): (1) Placement, Preservation and Perseverance Project: Afghan At-Risk Scholars, Activists and Students (PPP, 2022-2024), (2) the Academic Advancement and Career Alignment course (AACA, 2024 and 2025), and (3) The Safe Havens and Knowledge Networks in Canada Conference (May 22-23, 2025). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This report informs federal and provincial policymakers, universities, and national networks on scalable approaches to<br>supporting scholars at risk by establishing a coordinated national program in Canada. Herein, at-risk and displaced scholars refers to displaced scholars, students and human rights defenders, and and may include academics, researchers, artists, journalists,<br>scientists, and other professionals with significant expertise in their field. Due to safety and security concerns, some of these participants cannot be named in the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/scholars-at-risk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Safe-Havens_Final-Report_IDRC-2026.pdf\">Click here to read the full Final Report.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This final report distills policy-relevant lessons from three interrelated initiatives led by Carleton University with support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC): (1) Placement, Preservation and Perseverance Project: Afghan At-Risk Scholars, Activists and Students (PPP, 2022-2024), (2) the Academic Advancement and Career Alignment course (AACA, 2024 and 2025), and (3) The Safe Havens and &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/scholars-at-risk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/scholars-at-risk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/scholars-at-risk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/scholars-at-risk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/scholars-at-risk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/scholars-at-risk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":802,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/scholars-at-risk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794\/revisions\/802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/scholars-at-risk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/scholars-at-risk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/scholars-at-risk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/scholars-at-risk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}