September 7th, 2021
A total of ten UBC faculty members have been announced by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) as new Fellows and as new Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Among them is Dr. Sheryl Lightfoot, Canada Research Chair of Global Indigenous Rights and Politics and FNIS Professor.
Dr. Lightfoot has been named as a new Member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists is Canada’s first national system of multidisciplinary recognition for the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership.
Dr. Lightfoot is internationally recognized for her expertise and groundbreaking research on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and its implementation as well as its wider impacts on theory and practice at the international level. A globally recognized expert in international Indigenous politics, her research addresses the complex issues underlying the claims and negotiation of the rights of Indigenous peoples in various political spaces.
Read the RSC release here.
Congratulations Dr. Lightfoot!