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babylonsister

(171,103 posts) Thu Jan 9, 2020, 10:45 PM Jan 2020

'Empty chairs' across Canada's academic community after Iran plane crash

January 9, 2020 / 3:01 PM / Updated 2 hours ago
'Empty chairs' across Canada’s academic community after Iran plane crash
Moira Warburton, Denise Paglinawan
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TORONTO (Reuters) - The crash in Iran of a Ukrainian Airlines jet bound for Toronto killed dozens of professors and researchers from campuses across Canada, leaving a painful hole in Canadian academia where Iranians have taken on starring roles in engineering.

“It is an unspeakable loss,” said Neda Maghbouleh, a sociology professor at the University of Toronto who studies Iranian migration through the United States and Canada. Four University of Toronto students were killed in the crash.

“The people we lost in the plane truly represented the smartest young researchers in the entire world,” Maghbouleh said.

Many of the dead were highly qualified Iranian-Canadians, some of whom had studied together at Tehran’s Sharif University. The number of Iranian international students in Canada more than doubled between 2016 and 2018, according to Canada’s immigration department.

Many Iranians pursued graduate studies in Canada after the United States’ policy toward Iran hardened in 2017.

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'Empty chairs' across Canada's academic community after Iran plane crash (Original Post) babylonsister Jan 2020 OP

What a loss to humanity blm Jan 2020 #1

More victims of the fucking moron's attempt at distraction BigmanPigman Jan 2020 #2

I will trade you this "i" for an "o." rzemanfl Jan 2020 #8

Got it! BigmanPigman Jan 2020 #9

... scarletwoman Jan 2020 #3

I remember at college there were many in the math department captain queeg Jan 2020 #4

In college, all my math instructors were grad students or associate professors, all Blue_true Jan 2020 #10

Who benefits? OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2020 #5

No one benefits. Probably a horrible mistake not a planned attack. dem4decades Jan 2020 #6

But you do not know that, do you? Rocket hit plane....how did that happen? OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2020 #7

A US Navy vessel shot down a passenger aircraft and killed over 200 people. Blue_true Jan 2020 #11

They immigrated bdamomma Jan 2020 #12

We love accepting the best! healthnut7 Jan 2020 #13

k&r Demovictory9 Jan 2020 #14

blm

(113,119 posts)

1. What a loss to humanity

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Jan 9, 2020, 10:49 PM

Jan 2020

BigmanPigman

(51,644 posts)

2. More victims of the fucking moron's attempt at distraction

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Jan 9, 2020, 10:50 PM

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from his impeachment. Of course he will feel nothing since he is a sociopath/psychopath. I HATE him!

rzemanfl

(29,575 posts)

8. I will trade you this "i" for an "o."

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 9, 2020, 11:29 PM

Jan 2020

BigmanPigman

(51,644 posts)

9. Got it!

Reply to rzemanfl (Reply #8)

Thu Jan 9, 2020, 11:34 PM

Jan 2020

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)

3. ...

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Jan 9, 2020, 10:51 PM

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captain queeg

(10,273 posts)

4. I remember at college there were many in the math department

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Thu Jan 9, 2020, 11:03 PM

Jan 2020

Obviously just a anecdotal observation. They seemed awfully good at math.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

10. In college, all my math instructors were grad students or associate professors, all

Reply to captain queeg (Reply #4)

Thu Jan 9, 2020, 11:35 PM

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were American born. In engineering school, all the research assistants were Chinese or from India and were here on stipends from their home governments.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,694 posts)

5. Who benefits?

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Jan 9, 2020, 11:11 PM

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That is the question we need to find out. Was this a Russian defense system triggered to screw Iranian's and piss off Canadian Iranian's?

Who the fuck benefits?

dem4decades

(11,310 posts)

6. No one benefits. Probably a horrible mistake not a planned attack.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #5)

Thu Jan 9, 2020, 11:23 PM

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OAITW r.2.0

(24,694 posts)

7. But you do not know that, do you? Rocket hit plane....how did that happen?

Reply to dem4decades (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 9, 2020, 11:28 PM

Jan 2020

And why so many Iranians with Canadian passports?

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

11. A US Navy vessel shot down a passenger aircraft and killed over 200 people.

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #7)

Thu Jan 9, 2020, 11:40 PM

Jan 2020

It was in the Persian Gulf and the incident happened at a time of heightened strife with Iran. If a US Navy vessel can make such a mistake given all it's advanced capability, why would you assume that an Iranian anti-aircraft crew would be any better, especially after Trump said that 52 sites would be attacked in their country a couple of days before?

bdamomma

(63,940 posts)

12. They immigrated

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #7)

Thu Jan 9, 2020, 11:43 PM

Jan 2020

there to work, study and live. Canada was less restrictive than the US, due to Miller's Zero Tolerance crap.

Canada is a more diverse country, I remember when we were like that.

healthnut7

(249 posts)

13. We love accepting the best!

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #7)

Thu Jan 9, 2020, 11:51 PM

Jan 2020

There is about 30 from my area that were on the plane. Doctors, college professors, all highly educated in various professions. So sad, what a terrible thing to happen. All were home for Christmas , visiting families, one couple got married there so family could attend, they met here.
All thanks to Trump!! What an idiot.

Demovictory9

(32,487 posts)

14. k&r

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Fri Jan 10, 2020, 01:43 AM

Jan 2020

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