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Dr. Malinda S. Smith

Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President Research (EDI) Office

Dr. Malinda S. Smith

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 BAÌýmagna cum laudeÌýin political science and criminal justice from Western Michigan University.Ìý

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 DevelopmentÌýCanada (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 ForceÌýon EDIA (PTF-EDIA)
  • General Faculties Council, APPC
  • Senior Leadership Team (SLT)
  • Provost TeamÌý
  • Vice President Research – Operations
  • Chair, Faculty Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (FEDI) Leads
  • Chair, EDI Data GroupÌý
  • Chair, Dimensions EDI Executive and Steering Committee


National Advisory Committees

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


Selected Webinars and Podcasts

  • Ìý(Kome Odoko, Dr. Bukola Salami, Dr. Gregor Wolbring, Dr. Malinda Smith), July 22, 2021.
  • ,ÌýREDI@WorkÌýPodcastÌý(Dr. Malinda Smith and Ruth A. Mojeed), May 6, 2021.
  • ,ÌýPluralism InitiativeÌý(Meredith Preston McGhie and Dr. Malinda Smith), April 14, 2021.
  • ,Ìý(Dr. Shelia Cote-Meek and Dr. Malinda Smith), Western University, March 23, 2021.Ìý
  • Ìý(Dr. Malinda Smith),ÌýNational Dialogues and Action for Inclusive Higher Education and Communities,ÌýUniversity of Toronto Scarborough, October 1, 2020.
  • Episode 2: Unlearning racism.ÌýÁù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Podcasts, September 23, 2020.
  • Ìý(The Honourable Bardish Chagger, Dr. Kofi Campbell, Dr. Malinda Smith, Dr. Jasmin Zine, Jean Becker), Renison College, September 1,Ìý2020.
  • Ìý(Dr. Malinda Smith and Dr. Imogen Coe), Canadian Science Policy Centre EDI Panel, July 20, 2020.
  • Ìý(Co-Chairs Coun. Gian-Carlo Carra and Dr. Malinda S. Smith),ÌýJuly 7-9, 2020.
  • Ìý(Dr. Malinda S Smith with Alex Usher),ÌýHigher Education Strategy Associates, June 12, 2020.
  • , (Dr. Malinda Smith, Dr. George Elliot Clarke, Dr. Afua Cooper, Idil Issa,ÌýRas Rico,ÌýNeil Donaldson,ÌýDr. Handel Kashope Wright,ÌýMatt Thomas,ÌýLauren Carter), June 7, 2020.


Selected Articles

  • .ÌýIdeas-Idees Blog. June 3, 2021.Ìý
  • Ìý(Malinda Smith, Chair), Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, March 8, 2021.
  • ,ÌýUAffairs Magazine, Feb, 25, 2021.
  • .ÌýOctober 2020.ÌýUAlberta News.
  • .ÌýOctober 2020.ÌýRonFanFair.
  • .ÌýIdeas-Idees Blog, February 18, 2020.


Books

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