Founding Artistic Director of Theatre Emissary International, Dr Taiwo Afolabi, has been inducted into Royal Society of Canada (RSC) as a member of the RSC College.

According to the President and Vice-Chancellor of University of Regina, Dr Jeff Keshen, Afolabi’s successful nomination as a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada is a testament to the significant impact of his work in socially engaged theatre in Canada and around the world.

“Through his practice as an artist and scholar, Taiwo provides a safe and brave space to share participants’ cultures and stories and to collectively envision a positive shared future,” says Keshen.

Afolabi’s successful nomination as a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada is a testament to the significant impact of his work in socially-engaged theatre in Canada and around the world.

“Through his practice as an artist and scholar, Taiwo provides a safe and brave space to share participants’ cultures and stories and to collectively envision a positive shared future,” says Keshen.

Afolabi is a Nigerian-born-Canadian interdisciplinary artist-researcher, who is internationally recognised for his research-based theatre, focusing on social justice, human rights, and anti-racism education among indigenous, immigrant, and marginalised communities.

The mandate of the Royal Society of Canada is to serve Canada and Canadians by recognising Canada’s leading intellectuals, scholars, researchers, and artists and by mobilising them in open discussion and debate to advance knowledge, encourage integrated interdisciplinary understandings, and address issues that are critical to Canada and Canadians.