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Three Laurier professors were recently awarded prestigious Canada Research Chair appointments.
Audra Mitchell, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science, was appointed as the Canada Research Chair in Global Political Ecology (Tier 2). Two other Laurier professors had their Canada Research Chair appointments renewed.
Roderick Melnik, a professor in the Department of Mathematics, will have his Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Mathematical Modelling renewed for seven years.
Jörg Broschek, also an associate professor in the Department of Political Science, will have his Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Comparative Federalism and Multilevel Governance renewed for an additional five years.
"These three exceptional scholars truly embody Laurier’s commitment to sustainability, meaningful public policy and pure and applied science," said Jeffery Jones, Laurier’s interim associate vice-president: research. "We are proud of the role that they each provide in engaging students in all aspects of their research programs."
The announcement was made in Toronto by Kirsty Duncan, minister of science and sport. In total, the Government of Canada is investing $156 million to support 187 newly awarded or renewed Canada Research Chairs at 49 institutions across Canada.
Lianne Leddy, an assistant professor of Indigenous Studies at Laurier's Brantford campus, was recently named winner of the 2018 Status of Women and Equity Award of Distinction. Presented by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations, the award recognizes faculty whose work has improved the lives and working conditions of academics who are Indigenous, women, racialized, LGBTQ2S+, living with disabilities or belong to other historically marginalized groups. Leddy has been instrumental in the creation and administration of Laurier's Indigenous Knowledge Fund, a program that provides financial and logistical support for faculty members to bring Indigenous knowledge holders to campus.
Laurier President Deborah MacLatchy has been appointed the new co-chair of the board for the Ontario Council on Articulation and Transfer. Established by the provincial government in 2011, the council works in partnership with Ontario colleges and universities in developing and building a system of student mobility throughout the province.
A book documenting the rise of the radical right in the United States by Wilfrid Laurier University historian Darren Mulloy has been named one of the best academic titles of 2018. Choice magazine, a publication of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association, publishes an annual Outstanding Academic Titles list. Mulloy’s book, Enemies of the State: The Radical Right in America from FDR to Trump, is one of 34 books about North American history chosen this year and one of 455 books chosen overall.