Shireen Hassim
Canada 150 Research Chair in Gender and African Politics (cross-appointed Institute of African Studies)
- Ph.D. (York)
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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 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 to create 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 said during a ceremony at the Canadian Museum of History last spring to introduce 12 of the new chairs, including Hassim.
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