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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Ric
Knowles’ achievement was just brought to my attention, so on behalf of
the CATR/ACRT, our congratulations to Ric! The following information is taken
from the University of Guelph website.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>-
Shelley Scott<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Prof.
Ric Knowles, English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph, and longtime
member and supporter of CATR, was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada at
a Nov. 28, 2009 ceremony in Ottawa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Founded
in 1882, the Royal Society of Canada is the country’s oldest and most
prestigious scholarly organization. Fellows are selected by their peers and are
those the society believes have had a profound impact on sciences, arts and
humanities in Canada.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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column;mso-element-left:right;mso-element-top:middle;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Prof. Ric
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Knowles,
a theatre professor, writer and editor, was honoured by the Royal Society for
being “the foremost scholar of Canadian theatre of his generation.”
An expert on Shakespearean theatre and contemporary theories of theatre
production and performance, he is the author or co-author of 15 books. Two of
his works — <i>The Theatre of Form and the Production of Meaning:
Contemporary Canadian Dramaturgies</i> and <i>Reading the Material Theatre</i>
— are considered groundbreaking studies. He also wrote <i>The Masks of
Judith Thompson</i> and co-authored the recent <i>Remembering Women Murdered by
Men: Memorial Sites in Canada</i>. He has been an editor of <i>Canadian Theatre
Review </i>since 1996.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Knowles,
who teaches courses in Canadian theatre and drama, recently received the
Achievement Award for Excellence in Editing: Sustained Achievement from the
Association for Theatre in Higher Education. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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