[Candrama] Celebratory Announcement!

[Patrick Leroux]

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.

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 Theatre Research in Canada/Recherches théâtrales au Canada, and both at Western University, were also elected to the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the RSC.

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.

It is great to see so many theatre and performance scholars recognized this year by the College! Toutes mes felicitations à Taiwo, Nicole et Naila!

All the best,
Patrick

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Dr. Louis Patrick Leroux
Professor / Professeur titulaire
Department of English & Département d'études françaises
Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Outgoing Secretary and Member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada


From: Candrama <candrama-bounces at artsservices.uwaterloo.ca> on behalf of Robin Whittaker <rwhit at stu.ca>
Date: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 11:33 AM
To: candrama at artsservices.uwaterloo.ca <candrama at artsservices.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: [Candrama] Celebratory Announcement!

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Dear CATR Members,



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.



For more, see the University of Regina’s Discourse magazine:

https://www.discoursemagazine.ca/two-u-of-r-researchers-inducted-into-the-royal-society-of-canada/2023/09/05/



Sincerely,



Dr. Robin C. Whittaker

CATR President, rwhit at stu.ca<mailto:rwhit at stu.ca>



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Chers membres de l’ACRT,



C’est avec enthousiasme que je vous écris pour féliciter le professeur Taiwo Afolabi, PhD, pour son élection au Collège de nouveaux chercheurs et créateurs en art et en science de la 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.



Pour en savoir plus, visitez le site du magazine Discourse de l’Université de Régina : https://www.discoursemagazine.ca/two-u-of-r-researchers-inducted-into-the-royal-society-of-canada/2023/09/05/.



Sincèrement,



Dr Robin C. Whittaker

Président de l’ACRT rwhit at stu.ca<mailto:rwhit at stu.ca>
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