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Monday, July 4, 2016

Carleton Students Receive Courage to Think Defender Award on Behalf of Detained Egyptians

Scholars at Risk (SAR) presented the 2016 Courage to Think Defender Award to student representatives, including those from Carleton University, on behalf of Egypt’s wrongfully detained students and scholars, in recognition of their commitment to exercising the right to think, share and question ideas despite tremendous risks. “I have had the... More

Monday, April 25, 2016

Spotlight on Carleton’s first Scholar at Risk

For Hossein Raeesi, a criminal and human rights lawyer from Iran, the fight to end injustice and guarantee human rights for the oppressed is just a part of his daily job. After working for 20 years in Shiraz, Raeesi moved to Canada in 2012 to escape undue detention and legal actions from the Iranian... More

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Contribute to the Scholars at Risk Campaign

Joint initiative of Carleton University, CUASA and University of Ottawa In 2014, Carleton University and the Carleton University Academic Staff Association (CUASA) agreed to collaborate in joining the international Scholars at Risk (SAR) Network. The University of Ottawa agreed to join Carleton in this initiative, and we are very proud to have... More

Monday, December 14, 2015

Scholars at Risk Program Honoured in House of Commons

The Scholars at Risk (SAR) program and visiting scholar Hossein Raeesi were honoured in the House of Commons on International Human Rights Day, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. Gary Anandasangaree, MP for Scarborough-Rouge Park, took the opportunity to highlight the work that Carleton University and the University of Ottawa are doing through the SAR... More

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Carleton and uOttawa welcome Hossein Raeesi as part of the Scholars-at-Risk Network

Carleton University, the University of Ottawa and the Carleton University Academic Staff Association (CUASA) are welcoming Iranian scholar Hossein Raeesi as part of the Scholars at Risk (SAR) network for the 2015-2016 academic year. He will be a visiting scholar in Carleton’s Department of Law and Legal Studies, where he will teach Human Rights,... More

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Scholars at Risk (SAR) Network

Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015 During the last academic year, Carleton University and the Carleton University Academic Staff Association (CUASA) agreed to collaborate in joining the international Scholars at Risk (SAR) Network. Carleton joined SAR in 2014 and approached the University of Ottawa to propose that the two institutions collaborate to co-host... More

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