Sylvia Bashevkin Receives the RSC Award in Gender Studies

September 23, 2014

The Award in Gender Studies was established by the Royal Society of Canada in 1999, through the generous donation of Fellows, to recognize significant contributions by a Canadian scholar in the humanities and social sciences to furthering our understanding of issues concerning gender.

From the Royal Society of Canada:

“Sylvia Bashevkin is our nation’s top authority in the study of women and politics. By employing a comparative framework and innovative research design, she has illuminated women’s political struggles and triumphs and promoted a lively public discussion of women in political life. Wide-ranging, interdisciplinary, and methodologically sophisticated, her work has made a significant contribution to political science, women’s studies, sociology, and public policy.”