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UBC Human Rights Collective
  • About Us
    • Our Team
    • Contact Us
  • Current Areas of Focus
    • Academic Freedom & Human Rights
    • Human Rights Training
      • Inspiration for the Human Rights Training Project
    • Intergenerational Connections and Futures: Afghanistan
  • Students
    • Academic Courses
    • Co-curricular Programs
    • Scholars at Risk Canada Student Advocacy Day
    • Student Reflections
  • Faculty
    • SAR Course Integration
      • Assignment Ideas
    • SAR Advocacy Seminars
      • Seminar Resources
    • SAR Learning & Advocacy
      • Imprisoned Scholar Cases
  • Publications & Resources
    • Academic Freedom in Canadian Higher Education
    • Community Care Module
  • News & Events
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    • Events
    • Newsletter

  • Funding awarded to Dr. Jenny Peterson for the Intergenerational Connections & Futures for Afghan Scholars Program

    The “Placement, Preservation and Perseverance: Afghan At-Risk Scholars, Activists and Students” project has received a $1.096 million dollar grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).      

  • Promoting Racial Justice: A Letter from SAR & Survey

  • Free Course – Dangerous Questions: Why Academic Freedom Matters

    In a free course offered by the University of Oslo in partnership with Scholars at Risk and Future Learn, explore the meaning of academic freedom and how it relates to core higher education and societal values.

  • Current Advocacy at UBC: Dr. Djalali

    Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali is scholar of disaster medicine who has been wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death. Dr. Djalali is an Iranian-born resident of Sweden, who teaches at universities in Italy and Belgium, and whose work involves frequent international scientific collaboration. Since his arrest in April 2016, Dr. Djalali has been refused medical care despite […]

  • Hiring: Graduate and Undergraduate Academic Assistant
  • July Update on UBC HRC’s Programming
  • Prof. Jenny Peterson awarded a Killam Teaching Prize
  • Funding awarded to Dr. Jenny Peterson for the Intergenerational Connections & Futures for Afghan Scholars Program
  • Hiring: Graduate Academic Assistant, Human Rights Training Program

About Us

The UBC Human Rights Collective (UBC HRC) is a welcoming community collective for scholars including students and faculty at all academic levels, community, organizations and institutions across disciplines committed to examine, collaborate and act towards the advancement of human rights. UBC HRC is part of the Office of Regional and International Community Engagement (UBC ORICE) and partners with organizations such as the Scholars at Risk Network, and the Dallaire Centre of Excellence (DCOE).

Building upon a foundational understanding of the role that academic freedom plays in the work that we engage in as a collective, we commit to holding an accessible, critical, caring and reflexive space of engagement. Our work acknowledges power and positionality and we act in solidarity regarding human rights abuses.

     Values of the Collective

  • Academic Freedom

  • Solidarity & Advocacy

  • Caring Community

  • Deep Learning & Collaboration

  • Reflexivity

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Highlights

Hiring: Graduate and Undergraduate Academic Assistant

Thank you for your interest. Applications are now closed. The UBC HRC is hiring for a graduate academic assistant and an undergraduate academic assistant for the development of a Human Rights Training Program. Deadline: Please send your cover letter and resume to us at ubc.hrc@ubc.ca by Friday, July 8th, 2022

July Update on UBC HRC’s Programming

We are excited to launch a range of new programs and opportunities at the UBC Human Rights Collective (UBC HRC), starting with our community partnership with the Dallaire Centre of Excellence (DCOE).  The Collective aims to develop, support and secure resources for a community of praxis of engaged scholars. Scholars who lead and participate in teaching […]

Intergenerational Connections and Futures: Afghanistan

Intergenerational Connections and Futures (ICF) is the UBC arm of the project and it aims to connect Afghan students in the diaspora with each other and with Afghan at-risk scholars and activists to discuss, exchange ideas, and document possible ‘pathways’ for the socio-political development of Afghanistan.

Film Screening of Courage (2021) & Panel Discussion on Academic Freedom in Belarus

The UBC Human Rights Collective (HRC) is hosting an in-person screening of the critically acclaimed film Courage (2021) as an expression of solidarity with wrongfully imprisoned Belarusian students. Join us on June 29th for the film screening and a panel discussion afterwards.

Academic Courses

The HRC supports the integration of human rights related experiential learning opportunities into courses. Previous opportunities have focused on advocacy around scholar’s academic freedom, in partnership with the Scholars at Risk Network (SAR). In the future, we aim to expend our opportunities to include various topics in human rights.

SAR Course Integration

What’s the difference between Student Advocacy Seminars versus Integrating SAR into existing syllabi? Find out on this page!

Community Care Module

In order for activists including students, faculty, and community members to engage in the UBC HRC in a sustainable manner, addressing and openly talking about how to practice community care is essential. This module provides resources and reflection/discussion questions to establish community care practices.

Academic Freedom in Canadian Higher Education 2021 Report

This comparative analysis explores the current landscape of academic freedom in Canada. Go, Houston, Kim, Liu, Mendoza, Phuong, Roger, and Soebroto review 23 university institutions across Canada, which are all members of SAR Canada.

Co-curricular Programs

The HRC supports various co-curricular engagementships that bring together students, community organizations, and UBC faculty.

Student Reflections

See our students’ reflections about their experiences engaging in curricular and co-curricular programs!

Scholars at Risk Canada Student Advocacy Day

The HRC hosted Canada’s first Scholars at Risk (SAR) Student Advocacy Day and engaged with students, faculty, and community of activists working to promote and protect academic freedom and human rights.

UBC HRC’s and DCOE’s Cultural Heritage Sites Research Engagementship- Cohort 1 Summer 2022

Students will engage in research and analysis to advance the understanding of Canadian cultural heritage and interdisciplinary considerations as to the effects of Canadian Armed Forces’ (CAF’s) military actions in the past, present, and future.
 
UBC Human Rights Collective
Office of Regional and International Community Engagement
216-6253 NW Marine Drive
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z1
Tel 604 822 5028
Email ubc.hrc@ubc.ca
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