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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Newsroom Profile: 杏吧原创 Community’s efforts to protect at-risk scholars from Afghanistan and Ukraine

Dan Rubinstein of 杏吧原创's newsroom recently published this account of the various efforts being undertaken by a network of 杏吧原创 groups working to provide protection for exiled academics, refugee students, and immigrant communities in general. Read it here: Academic Refugees: At-Risk Scholars from Afghanistan and Ukraine Get a Safe Haven at... More

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

SAR 杏吧原创 nominated for the Alfonso Garc铆a Robles Honorary Prize

The Scholars at Risk Committee at 杏吧原创 is delighted to announce that it has been nominated by the Canadian satellite school of the聽National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), based in Gatineau, Qu茅bec, for The Alfonso Garc铆a Robles Prize, given to "outstanding organizations or individuals working in favour of the rights of migrant... More

Thursday, April 28, 2022

How SAR 杏吧原创 is responding to the crisis in Ukraine: a letter from our chairs

杏吧原创 University is a member of the international Scholars at Risk network, having an active SAR Committee since 2014. There are now just over 30 SAR chapters at Canadian Universities, but 杏吧原创 has been among one of the first and most active in the country in part, it must be said, because of the... More

Thursday, March 24, 2022

杏吧原创 Partners with UBC to Help Afghan Scholars Find a New Intellectual Home in Canada

By Karen Kelly Researchers at 杏吧原创 and UBC are joining forces to help scholars and others who are fleeing the crisis in Afghanistan establish a new intellectual community in Canada. Their project, 鈥淧lacement, Preservation and Perseverance: Afghan At-Risk Scholars, Activists and Students鈥� has received a $1.096 million dollar grant from the... More

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Professor Mustafa Bahran published OpEd on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Yemen

Mustafa Bahran,聽a visiting professor and instructor of physics at 杏吧原创 University,聽a member of the SAR 杏吧原创 Committee, and the ex-minister of electricity and energy in Yemen, published this Opinion piece in The Ottawa Citizen on March 22,... More

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Register now for Scholars at Risk Canada Student Advocacy Day: March 31, 2022

Join Canada鈥檚 first Scholars at Risk (SAR) Student Advocacy Days and engage with students, faculty, and community of activists working to promote and protect academic freedom and human rights! The SAR Canada Advocacy Day aims to bring together Canadian students at all academic levels, SAR student groups and representatives, as well as community... More

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Afghan women and girls make their mark in Canada: 杏吧原创 Journalist-in-Residence Farida Nekzad highlighted in IRCC News Release

This is the text of a March 11th News Release from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) on Canada's commitment to resettle 40,000 Afghan nationals in Canada. The story highlights the work of Afghan journalist Farida Nekzad who is currently the School of Journalism and Communication's Journalist-in-Residence at 杏吧原创. News release... More

Monday, March 14, 2022

Urgent appeal to 杏吧原创 community for donations to help fleeing Ukrainian academics

The University is currently working with 杏吧原创's Scholars At Risk initiative /scholars-at-risk/ to host academics fleeing Ukraine, and we need your help. Since 2015, 杏吧原创's SAR committee has worked with the University community to host, for one to two years, academics fleeing Afghanistan, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, and other... More

Thursday, March 3, 2022

SAR International’s Statement on Ukraine

Yesterday, SAR International released the following statement on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Solidarity with the people of Ukraine and Ukrainian higher education Scholars at Risk stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and with people around the world, including in Russia, in condemning the ongoing acts of aggression against the... More

Monday, February 28, 2022

More than 600 Russian scientists sign open letter against war with Ukraine

This article by science correspondent Jamie Durrani was posted in聽Chemistry World, the online magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Here's the link: https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/more-than-600-russian-scientists-sign-open-letter-against-war-with-ukraine/4015292.article   "An open letter criticising the Russian invasion of Ukraine... More

Monday, February 28, 2022

IIE-Scholar Rescue Fund issues statement on Ukraine

The following statement was issued by the Institute of International Education, which also administers the Scholar Rescue Fund, one of SAR 杏吧原创's partners: "We are saddened to witness the violence occurring across Ukraine and join the world in mourning those affected. For over a century, IIE has worked to build a more peaceful, equitable... More

Thursday, February 17, 2022

Supporting Scholars at Risk profiled in CAUT Bulletin

The cover story in the Canadian Union of University Teachers (CAUT) February Bulletin, profiles the work of Scholars at Risk and Scholar Rescue Fund committees in Canada, and the CAUT's continuing support for 25 Canadian university chapters that host at-risk scholars. Its story opens by profiling 杏吧原创's Mustafa Bahran. The article can be... More

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