Yasmeen Abu-Laban is Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Citizenship and Human Rights in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta, and a Fellow at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.  The author or editor of nine scholarly books,  she has also published over 150 articles, chapters and reviews. Dr. Abu-Laban’s  research interests centre on the Canadian and comparative dimensions of diversity and representation;  immigration policies and politics; multiculturalism, human rights and anti-racism; as well as surveillance, advanced digital technologies and border control. She has served as President of the Canadian Political Science Association (2016-2017), Vice-President of the International Political Science Association (2018-2021), and President of the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association (2022-2024).  She is the recipient of the Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring, as well as the Faculty of Arts Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentorship.