UBC Students for Scholars at Risk

‼️NILOUFAR BAYANI NEEDS YOUR HELP‼️

Environmental conservationist and activist Niloufar Bayani has been unjustly sentenced to 10 years in prison by Iranian authorities.

Click the link in our bio or scan the QR code and sign the fastaction to urge the Iranian authorities to immediately release Niloufar, and, pending such action, ensure her wellbeing!

Say her name, be her voice!📣

‼️DR. AHMADREZA DJALALI NEEDS YOUR HELP‼️

Emergency disaster medicine expert and professor Dr. Djalali has been unjustly detained in Iran and awaiting his impending ex*****on for over 5 years now.

Click the link in our bio or scan the QR code and sign the open letter to urge the Canadian government to take a strong stance and pressure the Iranian authorities to release Dr. Djalali Immediately!!

Say his name, be his voice!📣

Dr. Djalali and Niloufar Bayani are two important scholars who have been wrongfully imprisoned and in need of our help, sign the fast action below (or in our link tree) to action now:


https://actionnetwork.org/letters/free-dr-ahmadreza-djalali



https://www.scholarsatrisk.org/actions/niloufar-bayani-iran/

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We held our in-person screening of Courage (2021) and follow-up panel discussion in solidarity with wrongfully imprisoned Belarusian students last night!

Thank you to our speakers, Dr. Lisa Sundstrom and Alexa Traboulay, and to everyone that attended!

A special thank you to UBC International Relations and Dept. of Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies, UBC for sponsoring the event, and to our student club sponsors, UBC Ukrainian Student Union and UBC Sociology Students' Association.

We are hosting a panel discussion along with our in-person screening of the critically acclaimed film Courage (2021) as an expression of solidarity with wrongfully imprisoned Belarusian students.

See below to learn more about the panelists!

Join us on Wednesday, June 29th for the event! Pre-register by tomorrow June 24th EOD to be considered for some light refreshments. Link for more info and to pre-register: https://humanrightscollective.ubc.ca/film-screening-of-courage-2021-panel-discussion-on-academic-freedom-in-belarus/

The UBC Human Rights Collective 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. Event co-sponsors include UBC International Relations and Dept. of Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies, UBC. RSVP for the event here: https://bit.ly/3toZY9x

Are you a UBC student interested in cultural heritage and research? UBC Human Rights Collective is looking for students for our upcoming summer engagementship in partnership with the Dallaire Centre of Excellence (DCOE).

The purpose of the engagementship is for the students’ work to be an awareness raising exercise amongst Canadian military members and decision makers. It will focus on situating the concept of Cultural Property Protection (CPP) within a Canadian context and is informed by Canadian obligations as a member of the UN and NATO.

The deadline is May 22, 2022 and 11:59 PM. More details and the link to apply can be found here:

https://humanrightscollective.ubc.ca/ubc-hrcs-and-dcoes-cultural-heritage-sites-research-engagementship-cohort-1-summer-2022/

📢 HIRING: Graduate Academic Assistant! The GAA will contribute to the development of interdisciplinary learning modules for use across UBC, develop an annual seminar series & support experiential human rights learning opportunities. Apply here: https://bit.ly/3xLJLxY

*UPDATED Speaker line-up!

How is academic freedom protected in Canadian higher education institutions? What are the concerns and challenges to academic freedom in Canada, a liberal democratic state?

Learn more at this roundtable session featuring Dr. Paul Axelrod York University, Dr. Alison Hearn Western University student presenters Jaerin Kim and Krystal Go University of British Columbia, and Serena Karevich and Emilia Vera Romero Trent University.

Register for this session at Scholars at Risk Canada Student Advocacy Day on March 31st 11:30am-12:30pm PST/2:30pm-3:30pm EST

Go to tinyurl.com/canadaadvocacyday for more details on this session and more!