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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

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

Mustafa Bahran, a visiting professor and instructor of physics at Carleton University, a member of the SAR Carleton 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’s 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: Carleton 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 Carleton. News release... More

Monday, March 14, 2022

Urgent appeal to Carleton community for donations to help fleeing Ukrainian academics

The University is currently working with Carleton's Scholars At Risk initiative https://carleton.ca/scholars-at-risk/ to host academics fleeing Ukraine, and we need your help. Since 2015, Carleton'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 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 Carleton'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 Carleton's Mustafa Bahran. The article can be... More

Monday, January 17, 2022

Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) marks 2021 edition of SAR’s Free to Think campaign

Global report: attacks on academics includes abductions & killings Around the world, academics and researchers are subject to attacks by both state and non-state actors. Through its Academic Freedom Monitoring Project, Scholars at Risk (SAR) responds to these attacks by identifying and tracking key incidents, with the aim of protecting... More

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Leading Afghan journalist Farida Nekzad joins Carleton as Journalist-in-Residence

Carleton’s journalism school will host a prominent Afghan journalist and human rights defender as a Journalist-in-Residence beginning Dec. 1. The new position is part of an effort to learn from media workers who were forced to flee Afghanistan when the Taliban came to power and also to provide support during the transition to a... More

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Giving Tuesday – December November 30, 2021

On Giving Tuesday, all across Canada, people will be supporting causes that inspire them and make a difference in the lives of others. We’re hoping you’ll consider supporting Scholars at Risk at Carleton University. Our Scholars at Risk program protects scholars suffering grave threats to their lives and liberty by arranging temporary research... More

Monday, September 20, 2021

Afghanistan Crisis Response

Institute of International Education (IIE) teams and our global network partners are working day and night to do what we can to ensure the safety and welfare of students and scholars threatened by the events unfolding in Afghanistan. IIE is launching the IIE Afghanistan Crisis Response to support these students and scholars. We are moving... More

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