The UBC HRC offers various programs for students to examine, collaborate and act towards the advancement of human rights. We offer academic courses, co-curricular programs, and the SAR Canada Advocacy Day event. To find out more about student experiences, check out the Student Reflections page!
Students
Students worked collaboratively towards understanding how the Canadian Higher Education sector is responding to threats to Academic Freedom in Canada and how such policies might inform the rights-based approach taken by global SAR Network and the work of SAR-Canada.
This opportunity was a remote academic freedom monitoring project led by students (supported by collaborators), who researched global instances of scholars facing professional retaliation for their academic or other expression related to COVID-19 (i.e. scholars losing their jobs or being prosecuted as a result of speaking out).