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Shireen Hassim, an internationally renowned expert in feminist theory, politics, social movements and collective action, spent the 2017-2018 academic year as a聽聽at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard.

But after returning to her faculty position at the University of the Witwatersrand in her native South Africa for a few months when the Harvard fellowship finished, Hassim has arrived at 杏吧原创 University for a seven-year term as Canada 150 Research Chair in Gender and African Politics 鈥� part of a聽聽to create聽聽new research chairs and enhance the country鈥檚 efforts to become a destination of choice for leading scholars and scientists from around the world.

鈥淐anada is seen as a beacon of science around the world because of our strong commitment to science, research and evidence-based decision making,鈥� Science Minister聽聽said during a ceremony at the Canadian Museum of History last spring to introduce 12 of the new chairs, including Hassim.