A moving and powerful messages shared by our speaker @alexneve.bsky.social : Change begins with one person and silence is not an option! #HumanRights @uottawahrrec.bsky.social

Delighted to notice in the federal statement for #HumanRightsDay, the confirmation of @uottawahrrec.bsky.social Fellow, Dr. Amanda Dale, as candidate for the #CEDAW in 2027-2030. Congratulations, Amanda! www.canada.ca/en/canadian-...

"I would like all Canadians to reflect on what they can do to be part of upholding and advancing universal human rights... Silence is not an option." — @alexneve.bsky.social, former secretary general of @amnesty.ca, tonight at 8pm with @jeyantvo.bsky.social | Producer: Preeti Bhuyan #HumanRightsDay

TODAY: Excited to mark #InternationalHumanRightsDay by listening to @alexneve.bsky.social and a stellar panel of colleagues discussing his latest book. Do not miss it! @uottawahrrec.bsky.social

Le dernier rapport Free to Think de Scholars at Risk met en evidence les menaces à la liberté académique dans le monde entier, recensant 328 cas avérés d’attaques contre l’enseignement supérieur dans 49 pays et territoires entre juillet 2024 et juin 2025. Apprenez-en plus : buff.ly/Mz97SNK

Scholars at Risk’s most recent Free to Think report highlights the threats to academic freedom around the world, documenting 328 verified incidents of attacks on higher education in 49 countries and territories from July 2024 to June 2025. Learn more in the latest Bulletin: buff.ly/ucPlxWM

Looking forward to this event co-hosted with our Centre @uottawahrrec.bsky.social!

"By directing investment into undergraduate research jobs more of Canada’s brightest young people can gain meaningful work and the country can grow its talent pipeline for future made-in-Canada discoveries and innovation." universityaffairs.ca/opinion/fund...

🌟 Today, we launch our latest policy brief 'How Universities Can Better Address Online Harassment'. The brief reviews international best practices for institutions to support researchers facing abuse. democracy.ubc.ca/publications...

..."academic freedom is a defining value not only of academia, but of democracy. That makes it worthy of our attention... Politicians defining what academic freedom looks like seems a bit contradictory”... universityaffairs.ca/features/que...

Interesting findings as we organize the next edition of @uottawahrrec.bsky.social International Humanitarian Summer School. Dates will be announced shortly!

#TrustInScience: In this first piece of a series of commentaries examining questions surrounding trust in science, Karly Kehoe explores the ethical responsibilities of scientists and institutions: https://council.science/blog/scientific-freedom-and-the-responsible-conduct-of-scientists/

‪ 📅DEC 10 🕟16:30 On #InternationalHumanRightsDay, HRREC is pleased to partner with @cepi-cips.bsky.social to present: Universal: Renewing #HumanRights in a fractured world with @alexneve.bsky.social! RSVP required➡️ bit.ly/3LQPNXp @uottawa-innovation.bsky.social @uottawa.ca

‪ 📅10 DÉC 🕟16:30 À l'occasion de la Journée internationale des #DroitsHumains, le CREDP & @cepi-cips.bsky.social présentent : Universel : Renouveler les #DroitsHumains humains dans un monde fracturé avec @alexneve.bsky.social! RSVP ➡️ bit.ly/43FKnEF @uottawa-innovation.bsky.social @uottawa.ca

Insightful piece by one of our Scholars at Risk #uOttawa program. leaderpost.com/opinion/opin...

The #US govt’s interventions in #highered have been unprecedented in #Free2Think2025, writes @uniworldnews.bsky.social. Undermining university autonomy for ideological reasons sets a dangerous precedent for the US and global #highered. www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

We are expanding our resources and working to create a comprehensive space for training and mentoring programs for displaced scholars and students in Canada. If you know about relevant programs or initiatives, you can contribute by completing this short survey. forms.office.com/r/wRHz3ch6Pv

📢 Exciting opportunity: The University of Nottingham is offering a Master's scholarship for students from the Commonwealth to study the LLM Human Rights Law! Apply for the scholarship until 9 December 2025! Details on eligibility can be found here: www.nottingham.ac.uk/pgstudy/fund...

Impacts across many disciplines and sectors. universityaffairs.ca/features/fea...

Early Career Rescue Fellowship, a sign of the times. #Academicfreedom #highered

“If we want to maintain world-class laboratories, we must be able to recruit talent from all over the globe. Master’s or doctoral students are not the ones putting pressure on the rental market.” universityaffairs.ca/news/post-se... #Cndpoli #highered

HRF condemns Beijing’s pressure on UK-based Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) to halt Professor Laura Murphy's work on Uyghur forced labor and supply chains in China. A university ban on Murphy’s research lasted from February to October of this year. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Very concerning. "At a time when Prime Minister Mark Carney is vowing to attract and retain the best scientific talent in the world, his backbenchers are undermining science by platforming a xenophobic, racist and misogynist ‘anti-woke’ agenda."

Pour ceux/celles qui sont intéressés par les enjeux de la recherche et la liberté académique.

How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think. A parliamentary committee is asking for researchers' personal information in what seems like an anti-DEI crusade, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

This is a remarkable case of Chinese authorities threatening a UK university into halting research on human rights violations, and the university acquiescing.

So far, more than 450 Nicaraguans have been forcibly exiled and stripped of their citizenship and would have been left stateless without the intervention of democracies to provide them documentation. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Members meeting and working groups sessions were on the agenda for today at #CAFA2026. @uottawahrrec.bsky.social

Strong finale for the #CAFA2025 conference yesterday and solid @uottawahrrec.bsky.social presence to celebrate a new publication coming from the CAFA2023 conference, led by our member Salvador Herencia and Prof. Rafael Ibarra from Univ de Monterrey.

Durant ce panel animé par Carolina Santacruz-Pérez, Fernando Romani Sales, Jose Bortoluci & Rebecca Everlye ont discuté de #NégationnismeScientifique et ont évoqué les attaques contre les universités, les experts du climat & la santé + le désinvestissement idéologique ds la recherche. #CLAA2025

#ScienceDenialism: Speakers also discussed attacks on universities, climate & health experts, and research defunding for ideological reasons. Moderated by Carolina Santacruz-Pérez, w/ Fernando Romani Sales, Jose Bortoluci & Rebecca Everly. #CAFA2025 @scholarsatrisk.bsky.social @uottawa.ca

So many interesting presentations and testimonies during #CAFA2025. Important analysis, advocacy strategies and showings of solidarity among our members and community partners! @uottawahrrec.bsky.social

Aperçu législatif de la #LibertéAcadémique : Fabian Salvioli parle de ses liens avec #AutonomieUniversitaire, #Démocratie & #DroitsHumains. Vannie Lau note qu’elle n’est pas protégée par la Charte 🇨🇦. Modéré par @sherencia77.bsky.social, membre du CREDP et conseiller juridique (CLAA)).

Legislative overview of #AcademicFreedom: Fabian Salvioli pointed out its ties to #UniversityAutonomy, #Democracy & #HumanRights. Vannie Lau noted AF is not protected by Canada’s Charter. Moderated by @sherencia77.bsky.social, a long-standing HRREC member and Legal Advisor (CAFA).

Panel #1 was moderated by HRREC Associate Director @vfernand1217.bsky.social. Panelists Cristina Burneo Salazar, Rosario Figari Layus, Eve Darian-Smith & Estela Rivero focused their interventions on the repercussions of attacks on #AcademicFreedom & the protection strategies in 🇸🇻, 🇪🇨, 🇺🇸 + 🇦🇷.

Panel #1 animé par @vfernand1217.bsky.social, directrice associée. Cristina Burneo Salazar, Rosario Figari Layus, Eve Darian-Smith & Estela Rivero ont centré leurs interventions sur les répercussions des attaques contre la #LibertéAcadémique + les stratégies de protection: 🇸🇻, 🇪🇨, 🇺🇸 + 🇦🇷.

Delighted to be back in the University of Monterrey for the 4th Coalition for Academic Freedom in the Americas (CAFA) annual conference and working group meetings. So many dear friends and colleagues with whom we have collaborated on diverse initiatives! @uottawahrrec.bsky.social @uottawa.ca

HRREC is pleased to be in Monterrey for the 4th Conference on #AcademicFreedom in the #Americas. This year, we are back at the Universidad de Monterrey, a wonderful host and co-founder of CAFA, alongside @scholarsatrisk.bsky.social and the @uottawahrrec.bsky.social at @uottawa.ca! #CAFA2025

Heureux d'être à Monterrey pour la 4e Conférence sur la #LibertéAcadémique dans les Amériques. Cette année, nous sommes de retour à l'Universidad de Monterrey, un hôte formidable et cofondateur de la CLAA, avec @scholarsatrisk.bsky.social et de notre Centre, @uottawahrrec.bsky.social à @uottawa.ca!

Closing the embassy in the host country of the Nobel Peace Prize sends a chilling message to dissidents and reinforces the regime’s commitment to isolating itself from the democratic world. Read the full New York Times article by Claire Moses: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/w...

Honoured to have hosted Maria Corina Machado some years ago at @uottawahrrec.bsky.social. We continue to support Venezuelan scholars through our Scholars at Risk #uOttawa Program and are delighted to celebrate this recognition of their resilience & perseverance today! #Venezuela #NobelPeacePrize

« En science, il n’y a pas de frontières : la mobilité, qu’elle soit géographique ou intellectuelle, est essentielle. » Hélène Boulanger, au congrès de l'Association des Villes Universitaires de France. @avuf.bsky.social @univlorraine.bsky.social

The #highered community faced a wide range of attacks in #Free2Think2025. These attacks are more than just individual stories—together they create a chilling effect that impedes #academicfreedom and the production of knowledge at universities. Learn more: www.scholarsatrisk.org/resources/fr...

SAR’s #Free2Think2025 report is here! As violent threats to #highered in authoritarian contexts persist, recent years have seen increases in attacks on historically liberal contexts—incl. in the #UnitedStates. Read the report’s pressing findings now: www.scholarsatrisk.org/resources/fr...

A collection of publications and resources from our partners and affiliates, showcasing the opportunities and challenges experienced by displaced students and researchers in Canada. Learn more: www.unborderedknowledge.com/publications

Great finale for the #AHRI2025 conference. Lots of interesting presentations, many new and cherrished friends and colleagues and the prospect of next year’s gathering! @uottawahrrec.bsky.social

Starting #AHRI2025 hosted by the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru and sharing this moment with @uottawahrrec.bsky.social Director Penelope Simons and G. Henderson Postdoc Fellow 2013-14, Areli Valencia. A lovely HRREC reunion!

Delighted to be in Lima, attending the Board meeting of the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI) and the annual AHRI conference starting this afternoon! @uottawahrrec.bsky.social

📚 Workshop "Genocide and genocide prevention: current challenges" en el marco de la visita a @derechouchile.bsky.social del profesor Jhon Packer de la Universidad de Ottawa 🗓10/09/2025 ⏰️11:00 a 12:30 hrs. 📧 Inscripción: [email protected]

📣🎉 ️Grande nouvelle de @uottawa.ca! Un nombre record de 12 membres du corps professoral ont été élus membres du Collège et membres de la Société royale du Canada @src-rsc.bsky.social! Nous sommes fiers de célébrer leurs contributions exceptionnelles à la recherche et l'innovation. 🏅👏 #COEE2025