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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear CATR Members, </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I am writing with enthusiasm to congratulate Dr. Taiwo Afolabi on his election to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists,
and Scientists. As many you of know, Taiwo is CATR’s Vice President as well as the Canada Research Chair in Socially Engaged Theatre at the University of Regina. For CATR, Taiwo’s insightful and energetic work on the Board, the TheatreAgora joint committee
(with SQET), the Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression Committee, and the Task Force on Precarity, and well as Co-Chair of CATR 2024, has been essential as CATR continues to reimagine its potential. I’m sure you’ll join me in congratulating Taiwo on this important
recognition. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For more, see the University of Regina’s
<i>Discourse</i> magazine: </span></p>
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<a href="https://www.discoursemagazine.ca/two-u-of-r-researchers-inducted-into-the-royal-society-of-canada/2023/09/05/" id="OWA3b6a232a-c7fe-94ec-5f1b-bc512d9ac76f" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-loopstyle="linkonly">https://www.discoursemagazine.ca/two-u-of-r-researchers-inducted-into-the-royal-society-of-canada/2023/09/05/</a> </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sincerely, </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dr. Robin C. Whittaker </span></p>
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rwhit@stu.ca</a> </span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Chers membres de l’ACRT,</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">C’est avec enthousiasme que je vous écris pour féliciter le professeur Taiwo Afolabi, PhD, pour son élection au
</span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.35pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: white;">Collège de nouveaux chercheurs et créateurs en art et en science de la</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Société
royale du Canada. Comme plusieurs d’entre vous le savent, Taiwo est le vice-président de l’ACRT et le titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en théâtre socialement engagé à l’Université de Régina. Son travail réfléchi et son dynamisme au sein du conseil
d’administration, du comité mixte de TheatreAgora (avec la SQET), du comité sur l’antiracisme et l’anti-oppression, du groupe de travail sur la précarité et comme coprésident du colloque de l’ACRT de 2024 sont essentiels, alors que l’ACRT continue à se réinventer.
Je suis certain que vous vous joignez à moi pour féliciter Taiwo pour cette importance reconnaissance. </span></p>
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<p class="elementToProof" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Pour en savoir plus, visitez le site du magazine
<i>Discourse</i> de l’Université de Régina : <a href="https://www.discoursemagazine.ca/two-u-of-r-researchers-inducted-into-the-royal-society-of-canada/2023/09/05/" id="OWAd270ee69-b5b0-61e4-6d38-fb9e3f783c24" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-loopstyle="linkonly">
https://www.discoursemagazine.ca/two-u-of-r-researchers-inducted-into-the-royal-society-of-canada/2023/09/05/</a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u>. </u></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sincèrement, </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dr Robin C. Whittaker </span></p>
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rwhit@stu.ca</a> </span></p>
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