{"id":4437,"date":"2010-08-06T09:59:09","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T14:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=4437"},"modified":"2010-08-06T10:10:35","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T15:10:35","slug":"grant-receives-countrys-top-academic-nod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2010\/08\/grant-receives-countrys-top-academic-nod\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant receives country’s top academic nod"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Barry Grant says he feels "honoured and flattered\u201d to be elected to the Royal Society of Canada.<\/p><\/div>\n

A Brock professor has received Canada\u2019s highest academic honour by being elected to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC).<\/p>\n

Barry Grant, a Film Studies professor, has been named a Fellow to the country\u2019s oldest society of scientists and scholars. With his election into the society, Grant has received the highest honour a scholar can achieve and earns the right to use the postnomial FRSC (Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada).<\/p>\n

The RSC<\/a> was founded in 1882 by the Marquesse of Lorne, then Canada\u2019s Governor-General. Since then, about 2,000 Fellows have been named. The society serves three purposes: to recognize outstanding contributions to Canada\u2019s\u00a0 intellectual culture; to promote Canadian culture abroad; and to advise\u00a0 governments and organizations.<\/p>\n

Elections of new Fellows must be supported by three existing members of the society. Grant said he was \u201chonoured and flattered\u201d to hear of his inclusion, particularly for his involvement in the fields of film studies and popular culture. He welcomes the chance to represent his field.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good for the discipline of film studies,\u201d he said. \u201cIt gives it more visibility. What I would hope is, because there is as of yet no other Fellows from my fields in the Royal Society, that I\u2019ll be able to give informed input into the development of relevant official policy, such as copyright and censorship.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brock is proud of Grant\u2019s many accomplishments, said Murray Knuttila, Provost and Vice-President Academic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe national and international recognition that accompanies membership in the Royal Society speaks to the quality and stature of the faculty at Brock,\u201d he said. \u201cBarry is one of many distinguished teachers and researchers who have made their careers in Niagara and who contribute to our community in a variety of ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBarry Grant is a world renowned expert in the history of film and an all round stellar academic,\u201d said Thomas Dunk, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences. \u201cHe is a great teacher, as well as a fantastic researcher and prolific writer.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been an accomplished year for Grant, who has taught at Brock since 1975. He recently received the Canadian Association of University Teachers Distinguished Academic Award, the national association’s highest academic award, as well as the Pedagogy Award for outstanding contributions to the teaching of film studies from the international Society for Cinema and Media Studies.<\/p>\n

With adjunct professor Joan Nicks, he recently edited the book Covering Niagara: Studies in Local Popular Culture, which was launched in June. This Halloween, the British Film Institute will publish his monograph on the horror film classic, Invasion of the Body Snatchers.<\/p>\n

Grant is the fourth Brock academic to be named to the RSC. The others are Sandra Beckett (French, 2004), Kenneth Kernaghan (Political Science, 1998) and Richard Rand (Biological Sciences, 1993).<\/p>\n

Grant will attend the Annual General Meeting of the RSC from Nov. 26 to 28 in Ottawa.<\/p>\n

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\n\u2022 Grant receiving national award for teaching, overall service | The Brock News<\/em><\/a>
\n\u2022 Niagara culture celebrated at book launch | The Brock News<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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