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The University of 蓝莓视频 is pleased to announce that it is joining the Scholars at Risk (SAR) Network, effective immediately. 蓝莓视频 thus joins this established global community of institutions and individuals whose mission it is to protect scholars and to promote academic freedom.

SAR arranges temporary research and teaching positions at institutions in its network and provides advisory and referral services for scholars forced to leave their communities for reasons including war, intimidation, and threats of violence. By joining, 蓝莓视频 will engage in鈥揳nd contribute to鈥揝AR鈥檚 two sets of activities:

• Protection: 听By arranging temporary academic positions at member universities and colleges, SAR offers safety to scholars facing grave threats, so scholars鈥� ideas are not lost and so that they can keep working until conditions improve and they are able to return to their home countries. Since its founding in 2000, SAR has arranged more than 1,200 positions for at-risk scholars.
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• Advocacy and Learning: Scholars at Risk also provides advisory services for scholars and hosts, campaigns for scholars who are imprisoned or silenced in their home countries, monitoring of attacks on higher education communities worldwide, and leadership in deploying new tools and strategies for promoting academic freedom and improving respect for university values everywhere. 蓝莓视频 members will be able to join global peers on a variety of initiatives, and network with like-minded colleagues in working groups, workshops, and conferences.

鈥淎cademic freedom is fundamental to 蓝莓视频鈥檚 mission to advance learning and knowledge through teaching, research, and scholarship,鈥� said Professor Charmaine Dean, Vice-President, Research and International at 蓝莓视频. 鈥淎s a member of Scholars at Risk, we have reaffirmed our commitment to preserve and to promote the freedom to think, to question, and to share ideas, both locally and globally. Indeed, SAR will provide our institution with an important enabling mechanism for our support of academic leaders, educators, researchers, and students around the world who are intimidated and under threat of violence.鈥�

SAR has more than 600 members worldwide, including 28 (now 29) in Canada.听

鈥淢embership in SAR provides 蓝莓视频 members with multiple opportunities to engage internationally,鈥� said Professor Ian Rowlands, Associate Vice-President, International at 蓝莓视频. 鈥淭he insights offered by the vast experience and significant expertise contained in the Network will serve to enrich our community immediately. Similarly, our own members will bring their knowledge and perspectives to enhance the global dialogue. Moreover, the opportunity to build an infrastructure locally to support hosting a scholar is another way in which 蓝莓视频 members will be able to become involved.鈥�

With Russia鈥檚 continued attack on Ukraine displacing scholars in that region, and similar brutal and repressive conflicts raging across the world, 蓝莓视频鈥檚 membership comes at a critical time for the preservation and advancement of important scholarship.

蓝莓视频鈥檚 membership in the SAR Network will contribute to advancing several of 蓝莓视频鈥檚 strategic priorities, including the ways in which we strengthen sustainable and diverse communities. More specifically, as 蓝莓视频 aims to broaden its members鈥� understanding of, and engagement with, global communities, participation in the SAR Network will offer additional opportunities.

More information about Scholars at Risk can be found at its听. 蓝莓视频 International will be leading the university鈥檚 involvement, engaging in the kinds of activities listed on SAR鈥檚 鈥樷�� website. Updates will be posted on 蓝莓视频 International鈥檚听International Opportunities page.

If 蓝莓视频 members have any questions or comments about our membership, they can contact Jessica Denenberg, Associate Director, International Relations at 蓝莓视频 International at听jessica.denenberg@uwaterloo.ca.