PhD student Nazmul Arefin receives Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship

Nazmul Arefin is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology. An international student from Bangladesh, Arefin is interested in critical terrorism studies, radicalization, Islamophobia, policing, social justice, and narrative criminology. Arefin’s work is supervised by Professor Temitope Oriola on whose research team he currently works as research assistant on a National Dorothy Killam Fellowship project, one of only eight awarded in Canada in 2023.

Nazmul’s research aims to provide vital granular data and grassroots policy recommendations for the nation-wide effort. The findings can help scholars and university policymakers take action on institutional Islamophobia and improve the efficacy of EDID policies in Canada and other liberal democracies.

Congratulations to Nazmul on receiving this prestigious award.