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Vice-Provost, Associate Vice-President Research (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion), and a professor of political science at the Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ.

Email: vpedi@ucalgary.ca
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Dr. Smith holds a PhD in political science from the University of Alberta, an MA, an MDA, and a BA magna cum laude in political science and criminal justice from Western Michigan University. 

Dr. Smith serves on several national bodies, including SSHRC Council and Executive, Statistics Canada’s Immigration and Ethnocultural Statistics Advisory Committee, and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) External EDI Advisory Board.

Dr. Smith is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, from Simon Fraser University (2021), Compelling Calgarians (2021), Susan S. Northcutt Award from the International Studies Association (2020), 100 Accomplished Black Women Honouree (2020), Rosalind Smith Professional Award (2020), Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellowship (2018), ISA-Canada Distinguished Scholar Award (2018-19), HSBC Community Contributor of the Year Award (2016); and the Equity Award from the Canadian Association of University Teachers (2015).

UCalgary Committees

• Co-Chair, President's Task Force on EDIA (PTF-EDIA)
• General Faculties Council, APPC
• Senior Leadership Team (SLT)
• Provost Team 
• Vice President Research – Operations
• Chair, Faculty Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (FEDI) Leads
• Chair, EDI Data Group 
• Chair, Dimensions EDI Executive and Steering Committee

National Advisory Committees

• Member, External EDI Advisory Board, Innovation, Science and Economic Development
• Governor, 
• Member, , Statistics Canada
• Member, Inter-Institutional Advisory Committee for the Scarborough Charter 
• Member, Education Committee, 
• Chair, , Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (2020-2021)
• Former Member, Canada Research Chairs 
• Working Group on Black Communities in Canada, Statistics Canada

Selected Webinars and Podcasts

•  (Kome Odoko, Dr. Bukola Salami, Dr. Gregor Wolbring, Dr. Malinda Smith), July 22, 2021.
• , REDI@Work Podcast (Dr. Malinda Smith and Ruth A. Mojeed), May 6, 2021.
• , Pluralism Initiative (Meredith Preston McGhie and Dr. Malinda Smith), April 14, 2021.
• , (Dr. Shelia Cote-Meek and Dr. Malinda Smith), Western University, March 23, 2021. 
•  (Dr. Malinda Smith), National Dialogues and Action for Inclusive Higher Education and Communities, University of Toronto Scarborough, October 1, 2020.
• Episode 2: Unlearning racism. Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Podcasts, September 23, 2020.
•  (The Honourable Bardish Chagger, Dr. Kofi Campbell, Dr. Malinda Smith, Dr. Jasmin Zine, Jean Becker), Renison College, September 1, 2020.
•  (Dr. Malinda Smith and Dr. Imogen Coe), Canadian Science Policy Centre EDI Panel, July 20, 2020.
•  (Co-Chairs Coun. Gian-Carlo Carra and Dr. Malinda S. Smith), July 7-9, 2020.
•  (Dr. Malinda S Smith with Alex Usher), Higher Education Strategy Associates, June 12, 2020.
• , (Dr. Malinda Smith, Dr. George Elliot Clarke, Dr. Afua Cooper, Idil Issa, Ras Rico, Neil Donaldson, Dr. Handel Kashope Wright, Matt Thomas, Lauren Carter), June 7, 2020.

Selected Articles

• . Ideas-Idees Blog. June 3, 2021. 
•  (Malinda Smith, Chair), Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, March 8, 2021.
• , UAffairs Magazine, Feb, 25, 2021.
• . October 2020. UAlberta News.
• . October 2020. RonFanFair.
• . Ideas-Idees Blog, February 18, 2020.

Books

• Co-Editor. , with Awad Ibrahim, Tamari Kitossa, and Handel K. Wright (UofT Press, 2022).
• Co-Author, T, with F. Henry, E. Dua, C. James, P. Li, and H. Ramos  (UBC Press, 2017).
• Editor, . (Routledge, 2016).
• Co-Editor, , S. Razack and S. Thobani (BTL, 2010). 
• Editor,  (Routledge, 2006). 
• Editor, , (Third World Press, 2003). 
• Co-Editor,  with Janine Brodie and Sandra Rein), 5/E (Pearson, 2013); 6/E (revised and updated, in-process, with Oxford University Press).