{"id":25656,"date":"2021-02-24T14:53:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T19:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/law\/?p=25656"},"modified":"2025-06-23T11:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T15:43:08","slug":"sar-program-safe-and-supportive-spaces-for-at-risk-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/2021\/sar-program-safe-and-supportive-spaces-for-at-risk-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"SAR Program: Safe and Supportive Spaces for At-Risk Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        SAR Program: Safe and Supportive Spaces for At-Risk Scholars\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter wp-image-25657 size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/melanie-adrian-1200w-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/melanie-adrian-1200w-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/melanie-adrian-1200w-1-160x91.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/melanie-adrian-1200w-1-240x136.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/melanie-adrian-1200w-1-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/melanie-adrian-1200w-1-400x227.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/melanie-adrian-1200w-1-360x204.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Prof. Melanie Adrian<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine trying to produce research and share your ideas in a place where your safety is at risk. For the past two decades, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scholarsatrisk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scholars at Risk<\/a> (SAR) program has been uniting at-risk academics whose safety is threatened at home with temporary research and teaching positions for academics in new countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2014, Department of Law and Legal Studies Prof. Melanie Adrian spearheaded a local Scholars at Risk (SAR) network in collaboration with the University of Ottawa to give foreign academics a unique opportunity to teach and interact with colleagues and students in safe environments. In January 2021 Prof. Adrian was appointed to the Order of Ontario, largely for her contributions to SAR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about the Scholars at Risk program to learn how international at-risk scholars are being supported at Carleton University: <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/story\/at-risk-scholars-new-home\/?fbclid=IwAR1KeFSKJCwnDhagrfNoessJh4YSgkPvjhjDRWRDuO4pGqtX4bPnePw6kRc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">At-Risk Scholars Find New Home at Carleton.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about Professor Melanie Adrian&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/2021\/prof-melanie-adrian-appointed-to-order-of-ontario\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">innovative and award winning work.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine trying to produce research and share your ideas in a place where your safety is at risk. For the past two decades, the Scholars at Risk (SAR) program has been uniting at-risk academics whose safety is threatened at home with temporary research and teaching positions for academics in new countries. 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