The University of Waterloo joins the Scholars at Risk Network

April 18, 2022 Membership assists the global effort to protect and advocate for displaced academics such as those from Ukraine By Ian Rowlands Associate Vice-President, International The University of Waterloo is pleased to announce that it is joining the Scholars at Risk (SAR) Network, effective immediately. Waterloo 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, Waterloo will engage in-and contribute to-SAR's two sets of activities: Protection:  By arranging temporary academic positions at member universities and colleges, SAR offers safety to scholars facing grave threats, so scholars' 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. 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.