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. The SAR Canada Advocacy Day aimed to bring together Canadian students at all academic levels, SAR student groups and representatives, as well as community members from across the country to discuss and learn about key areas of concern and advocacy as it relates to academic freedom in higher education. Participants had the opportunity to learn more about SAR-related projects at Canadian universities and advocacy options for faculty and student researchers. The event included an opening address on solidarity, individual roundtable discussions on focus regions, interactive workshops, and a keynote panel.
This event was hosted in collaboration with the Scholars at Risk Network (based out of NYU) and the UBC Human Rights Collective (based out of UBC ORICE).
Date:
Thursday March 31st, 2022
Time:
9:30-3:30pm PST / 12:30-6:30 EST
Registration:
This event was hosted virtually on Zoom.
Event Structure
Note: for more details about each session abstract and speaker bios, see the following page
| Time (PST) | Agenda | Speakers |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30-10:00 am | Opening Address - What is Solidarity? | Dr. Shuchi Karim |
| 10:00- 11:00 am | First Concurrent Session | |
| Roundtable 1.1 - Middle East and North Africa | Dr. Laurie Brand Timothy Chiu |
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| Roundtable 1.2 - Eastern Europe | Dr. Tatsiana Chulitskaya Dr. Evren Altinkas Emma Sitland Janelle Deniset |
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| 11:00- 11:30am | Break | |
| 11:30- 12:30pm | Second Concurrent Session | |
| Roundtable 2.1 - Latin America | Salvador Herencia Hari Lavelle Danilo Molina Aguilo |
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| Roundtable 2.2 - State of Academic Freedom in Canada | Dr. Paul Axelrod Dr. Alison Hearn Krystal Go Jaerin Kim Serena Karevich Emilia Vera Romero |
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| 12:30-1:00pm | Lunch Break | |
| 1:00-2:00pm | Third Concurrent Session | |
| Skills workshop: Student Advocacy Through Government and Elected Officials | Andrea Reimer | |
| Faculty session - Running SAR Engagementships | Dr. Jenny Peterson Tamara Baldwin Prof Adam Braver Dr. Neil Armitage Dr. Nandini Ramanujam |
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| 2:00-3:30 pm | Closing Keynote Panel: Sustaining Solidarity: Hope and Communities of Care | Shanel Feller Nastya Mozolevych |