With Canada Day quickly approaching, I am beyond proud to share what a privilege, honour and personal milestone it was for me to represent Canada and 杏吧原创 University at the , held this week in Vilnius, Lithuania.
My mission while in attendance was to learn from global SAR programs and to share the accomplishments achieved and lives changed through SAR 杏吧原创鈥檚 initiatives since our program鈥檚 inception in 2014.
Together with University of British Columbia Professor and 杏吧原创 Professor Melanie Adrian, 聽we secured a timely meeting with Canadian Ambassador, and Counsellor Agnes Pust 聽to update them on our Canadian programs and 杏吧原创鈥檚 leadership in this area. Their interest and encouragement were truly heartening!
I will share more in the coming days about the conference, including some excellent models focused on both helping at-risk scholars, and protecting and fostering knowledge networks.
I鈥檓 so proud of our Canadian efforts and I am now even more so energized and informed to help advance the leadership of the Scholars at Risk programs at 杏吧原创 and across Canada.
Happy Canada Day Weekend!
-Norah Vollmer,聽SAR 杏吧原创 Co-Chair, SAR Canada Steering Committee