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Laura Huey named among emerging generation of scholarly, scientific and artistic leadership in Canada.
September 13, 2017
Laura Huey, Professor in the Department of Sociology has been named a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
Laura Huey is a leading internationally known researcher in the areas of criminology, policing, surveillance and homelessness. A highly regarded leader of policing research in Canada, she is acknowledged to be an international influence in the field of public security. Huey’s research is praised for its theoretical and methodological rigour and her early work on surveillance is widely regarded as a classic foundation on which research in the field continues to build.
Those named to the College represent the emerging generation of scholarly, scientific and artistic leadership in Canada.
Together, the members of the College will address issues of particular concern to new scholars, artists and scientists, for the advancement of understanding and the benefit of society, taking advantage of the interdisciplinary approaches fostered by the establishment of the College.
The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, created in 2014, is Canada’s first national system of multidisciplinary recognition for the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership. Up to 100 Members may be elected each year and membership is for seven years.
Other Faculty members previously named to the College include:
- Bipasha Baruah, Women’s Studies and Feminist Research (2015)
- Joanna Quinn, Political Science (2015)
- Chantelle Richmond, Geography (2015)
- Daniel Ansari, Psychology (2014)
- Isaac Luginaah, Geography (2014)
