Nahla Abdo Wins National Medal for Excellence for Feminist Scholarship in Canada

Nahla Abdo, Professor of Sociology, has been named the winner of the inaugural National Medal for Excellence for Feminist Scholarship in Canada. The Medal for Excellence in Feminist Scholarship is awarded annually by the Centre for Feminist Research and honours the outstanding contributions of York University faculty Ena Dua, Bonita Lawrence and Meg Luxton. Through their anti-racist, Indigenous feminist and feminist scholarship, they have transformed our understanding of women’s everyday realities and struggles for more just relationships.

Nahla was recognized for her strong intellectual presence and policy and activist engagement. Her research on race, gender, class, and anti-colonial studies with a specific focus on Palestinian and comparative settler-colonial studies, racial capitalism, and the dynamics of gendered resistance was found to be very impressive by the committee.