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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

Monday, September 20, 2021

SAR: Urgent Calls for Help from Afghanistan

Join SAR’s Response  Universities, colleges, and other institutional members of the SAR Network have mobilized swiftly to create a range of opportunities to make a difference in protecting threatened scholars and practitioners from Afghanistan. As we respond to hundreds of urgent requests from individual scholars, activists, and civil society... More

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

SAR Carleton Scholar Mustafa Bahran writes on “The Yemeni Conundrum”

Former SRF-SAR Carleton Scholar and current visiting instructor in the Department of Physics, Mustafa Bahran, has published an article in Peace Magazine on the history of Yemen and its current civil war and its humanitarian crisis. The article will appear online shortly, but here is a PDF version.... More

Monday, March 22, 2021

Threats to academics: cross-country perspectives from Turkey, France and Switzerland / Menaces sur les universitaires : perspectives croisées depuis la Turquie, la France et la Suisse.

SAR Switzerland is hosting a webinar titled “ Threats to academics: cross-country perspectives from Turkey, France and Switzerland / Menaces sur les universitaires : perspectives croisées depuis la Turquie, la France et la Suisse” on March 30, 2021. The presentation will be in French. Nous vous proposons un évènement interrogeant les... More

Monday, March 15, 2021

The work of Institute of International Education’s Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF)

For the past 100 years, IIE has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to providing threatened and displaced scholars with career-and life-saving support. IIE rescued its first scholars during the Bolshevik Revolution and has saved academics from nearly every world crisis since then—including this past year during the COVID-19 global pandemic. In... More

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

A Message from Carleton Advancement about the Campus Community Campaign

March 1 marks the beginning of the annual Campus Community Campaign–an opportunity to come together to support Carleton-led initiatives that are making a difference. Your collective contributions as faculty and staff help establish a culture of philanthropy on campus, creating an impact felt by our broader communities. As an integral member of... More

Monday, March 8, 2021

“Women’s Rights, Whatever the Cost.” The First Episode of Scholars at Risk Free to Think Podcast

Scholars at Risk announces the launch of a new podcast, Free to Think, featuring conversations with interesting, thoughtful, and inspiring individuals whose work falls at the always sensitive intersection of power and ideas. Episode 1, “Women’s Rights, Whatever the Cost,” launched March 8th in honor of International Women’s Day. It... More

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