Three Brock University professors have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC).
Professors Fiona Blaikie, Robert Dimand and Allison Glazebrook are being recognized for their exceptional contributions in the arts, humanities and sciences, and Canadian public life.
"Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada reflects the collective judgement of leading scholars that a Canadian researcher has made remarkable contributions in their discipline, developing new knowledge, understanding and insights," said Brock University Vice-President, Research Tim Kenyon.
"The fact that three of our scholars were chosen by their peers to be leaders in their fields shows the tremendous impact Brock research has on a national level," he says. "I look forward to the contributions Drs. Blaikie, Dimand and Glazebrook will make through this honour."
Among her many research interests, Blaikie has examined how youth and young adults construct and express their shifting identities within subcultures through popular culture, art making and social media.
"Asserting identity raises issues of class, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, religion and politics," says Blaikie, one of the themes explored in her 2021 edited collection, Visual and Cultural Identity Constructs of Global Youth and Young Adults: Situated, Embodied and Performed Ways of Being, Engaging and Belonging.
Blaikie, a recent co-chair of the global think tank the Art Education Research Institute (AERI) and Associate Director of Brock University's Posthumanism Research Institute, received the 2021 USSEA/InSEA International Ziegfeld Award, which recognizes leaders making significant contributions to art education globally.
"I am committed to making an impact that is scholarly, relational, and personal," says the Professor of Educational Studies. "Issues of belonging and relevance in and beyond the academy are key, along with nurturing integral relationships with my students and colleagues."
The issue of gender is also a theme in Dimand's scholarship, including the 2004 co-edited book The Status of Women in Classical Economic Thought, the 2000 co-edited book A Biographical Dictionary of Women Economists and the 2018 co-edited book The Routledge Handbook of the History of Women's Economic Thought.
"Recovering the neglected record of women's contributions to economics shows that, despite obstacles and discrimination, women have a long and distinguished history of contributing to economic analysis and of critiquing economic and social oppression," he says.
In addition to the history of women in economics, the Professor of Economics has published more than 120 refereed journal articles primarily on the history of macroeconomics and the early history of game theory.
In books such as The Origins of the Keynesian Revolution: The Development of Keynes' Theory of Employment and Output, Dimand documents the emergence of macroeconomics as a distinct field of economics.
Dimand, former Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Economics Association and former President of the History of Economics Society, is the 2017 recipient of Brock University's Distinguished Research and Creative Activity Award and was named Distinguished Researcher in the Faculty of Social Sciences in 2021.
Equity, diversity and privilege are also top of mind for Glazebrook, whose research focuses on women, gender, sexuality and slavery in ancient Greece.
Through publications, conference panels and edited volumes, Glazebrook has brought scholars together to carve out a subfield in Greek history that explores sexual labour in ancient Greece, an area of study "largely taboo when I first graduated with my PhD," she says.
"When we're doing archaeology, we also need to look for marginalized communities," says the Professor of Classics and Archaeology. "Centering the individuals marginalized in the evidence uncovers new perspectives and alternate histories to reveal the complexities of ancient Greek society."
Glazebrook received the Classical Association of Canada's (CAC) 2025 Award of Merit and was a past president of The Classical Association of Canada. She authored the 2021 book Sexual Labour in the Athenian Courts and co-edited the 2016 book Houses of Ill Repute: The Archaeology of Brothels, Houses, and Taverns in the Greek World and the 2011 book Greek Prostitutes in the Ancient Mediterranean, 800 BCE-200 CE.
"When we're learning about sexual labour in the ancient world, it's an opportunity to reflect on present-day discourses around sexuality and sexual relations particularly in our court system," she says. "It helps to expose unfair power structures still at play."
