Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Citizenship and Human Rights.

Department of Political Science, University of Alberta, Canada

Yasmeen Abu-Laban is Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Citizenship and Human Rights in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta, and a Fellow at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.  The author or editor of ten scholarly books,  she has also published over 150 articles, chapters and reviews. Dr. Abu-Laban’s  research interests centre on the Canadian and comparative dimensions of diversity and representation;  immigration policies and politics; multiculturalism, human rights and anti-racism; as well as surveillance, advanced digital technologies and border control. She has served as President of the Canadian Political Science Association (2016-2017), Vice-President of the International Political Science Association (2018-2021), and President of the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association (2022-2024).  She was also founding and first elected Chair of Research Committee 46 (Migration and Citizenship) in the International Political Science Association.  She is the recipient of the Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring, as well as the Faculty of Arts Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentorship.

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