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<div dir="ltr">Thank you, Robin for sharing this wonderful news. Congratulations to Taiwo for this important recognition of your work.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Congratulations also to Nicole and Naila! I am proud to acknowledge that you are my colleagues at the University of Waterloo, not Western, as Patrick has communicated.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Cheers,</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 21, 2023 1:01:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Robin Whittaker <rwhit@stu.ca>; candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca <candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Candrama] Celebratory Announcement!</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thanks for sharing, Robin, and for marking this important moment. It was such a pleasure to meet and connect with Taiwo Afolabi at the Royal Society of Canada’s meeting this week in Waterloo.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Allow me to contribute additional congratulations by mentioning that two other theatre scholars, Nicole Nolette and Naila Keleta-Mae, both co-editors of CATR’s
<i>Theatre Research in Canada/Recherches théâtrales au Canada</i>, and both at Western University, were also elected to the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the RSC.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Additionally, Nicole and Naila were part of an essential conversation, on Saturday morning, pertaining to the languages of research and finding proactive, productive ways to break down linguistic and cultural silos
in Canadian research. </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">It is great to see so many theatre and performance scholars recognized this year by the College!
</span><span lang="FR-CA">Toutes mes felicitations à Taiwo, Nicole et Naila!</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">All the best,</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Patrick</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">-- </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Dr. Louis Patrick Leroux</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Professor / Professeur titulaire</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Department of English & Département d'études françaises</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Outgoing Secretary and Member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada</span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Candrama <candrama-bounces@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca> on behalf of Robin Whittaker <rwhit@stu.ca><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 11:33 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca <candrama@artsservices.uwaterloo.ca><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Candrama] Celebratory Announcement!</span></p>
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<p><b><span style="color:#9C0000">Attention</span></b> This email originates from outside the concordia.ca domain. // Ce courriel provient de l'extérieur du domaine de concordia.ca</p>
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<p class="x_elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black">Dear CATR Members, </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black">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><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black">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/">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><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black">Sincerely, </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black">Dr. Robin C. Whittaker </span></p>
<p class="x_elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black">CATR President,
<a href="mailto:rwhit@stu.ca">rwhit@stu.ca</a> </span></p>
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<p class="x_elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black">Chers membres de l’ACRT,</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black">C’est avec enthousiasme que je vous écris pour féliciter le professeur Taiwo Afolabi, PhD, pour son élection au
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#333333; letter-spacing:.35pt; background:white">Collège de nouveaux chercheurs et créateurs en art et en science de la</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black"> 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="x_elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black">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/">
https://www.discoursemagazine.ca/two-u-of-r-researchers-inducted-into-the-royal-society-of-canada/2023/09/05/</a></span><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#0563C1">. </span></u></p>
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<p class="x_elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black">Sincèrement, </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black">Dr Robin C. Whittaker </span></p>
<p class="x_elementtoproof"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black">Président de l’ACRT
<a href="mailto:rwhit@stu.ca">rwhit@stu.ca</a> </span></p>
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