The Canadian government recently introduced significant changes to immigration policy. Missing from their initiatives is a strategic approach to welcoming and supporting researchers and artists who face threats to their life, liberty or research career in their home countries.
Drawing on the experiences of Scholars at Risk (SAR) programs in Canada and abroad, along with research in Europe, my co-author and I propose three recommendations to scale up and institutionalize efforts to support displaced researchers and artists to ensure Canada remains among the world’s top destinations for talent.
In an era of growing global displacement, there’s an increasing number of people claiming asylum in Canada, which also continues to be a world leader in refugee resettlement.
