{"id":46594,"date":"2017-09-12T14:58:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T18:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=46594"},"modified":"2017-09-13T08:49:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T12:49:07","slug":"brock-labour-expert-receives-national-honour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/09\/brock-labour-expert-receives-national-honour\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock labour expert receives national honour"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/b>Canada\u2019s top academic body has elected Brock University labour expert Kendra Coulter into its College for emerging intellectual leaders across the country.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Coulter is one of 70 scholars chosen by their peers to be a member of the Royal Society of Canada\u2019s (RSC) <\/span>College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an honour to have my scholarship recognized by Canada\u2019s premier academic society, particularly since the inductees are selected from across disciplines,\u201d Coulter said after the news was announced by the RSC Tuesday, Sept. 12.\u00a0<\/span>\u201cI hope a distinction like this will inspire students and other scholars to be bold and generative in their own work, particularly young women.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

University President Gervan Fearon said Brock is elated by the news, and extended warm congratulations to Coulter.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Brock is extremely proud of Dr. Coulter\u2019s accomplishments,\u201d Fearon said. \u201cKendra has established a reputation across Canada and around the world for insightful and groundbreaking work. It is a well-deserved honour for her to be in this prestigious body of some of Canada\u2019s very best scholars. It speaks well about the calibre of outstanding scholars at Brock.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Coulter, an associate professor in the Department of Labour Studies, has carved out a global reputation for her analyses of animals and labour, and is at the forefront of reshaping how we think about other species, as well as human-animal relations. <\/span><\/p>\n

Her research on gender and labour, particularly in the retail sector, has also garnered national and international attention.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of particular note are her <\/span>first-of-its-kind study of animal cruelty investigators<\/span><\/a> and their work in Ontario, and her <\/span>gender wage gap report<\/span><\/a> focused on retail workers in Ontario.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of Coulter\u2019s work can be found on her website,\u00a0<\/span>Revolutionizing Retail<\/span><\/a>, which is also the title of her book that captured the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies 2015 Book Prize.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her latest project, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, is developing the revolutionary concept of <\/span>humane jobs<\/span><\/a> \u2014 jobs that are beneficial to both people and animals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Coulter supports student learning and experiences in this area through the <\/span>Promise Prize for Top Achievement in the Study of Animals at Work<\/span><\/a> and the Humane Jobs MA Fellowships.<\/span><\/p>\n

“The College (of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists) is a unique institution that is able to respond to the challenges of today through broad creativity and innovation, cutting\u00a0across the traditional divisions of sciences, social sciences, arts and the humanities as well as across the diverse linguistic and cultural map of Canadian institutions of higher learning and beyond,\u201d said College President Cynthia Milton. \u201cThe incoming cohort reflects this vision of engaged knowledge for the social good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Coulter\u00a0said her election into the\u00a0College has reaffirmed her “<\/span>commitment to innovative and ambitious intellectual contributions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy scholarship helps us better understand the realities of work, but is also about possibilities and about how work-lives and our multi-species societies could become more just and ethical.\u00a0<\/span>I am relishing this recognition, while also thinking ahead.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The RSC will honour Coulter and the other inductees at a ceremony in Winnipeg in November. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists has three goals:<\/span><\/p>\n