Sheila Margaret Embleton FRSC (born 1954) is a Canadian and British linguist. She is a Distinguished Research Professor of Linguistics at York University. Embleton is a Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland.
Sheila Embleton | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1954 (age 69–70) |
| Spouse |
Wolfgang Ahrens (m. 1981) |
| Children | 1 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Toronto (Bsc., MSc., PhD) |
| Thesis | Incorporating borrowing rates in lexicostatistical tree reconstruction (1982) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | York University |
Career
editEmbleton joined the faculty at York University in 1980. She served various academic roles such as Undergraduate Program Director, Graduate Program Director, Associate Dean, and Vice-President Academic and Provost.[1] As an Associate Dean, Embleton was awarded a Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland. She also served as president of the Canadian Friends of Finland Education Foundation, where she led a campaign to create a Chair in Finnish Studies at the University of Toronto.[2]
While in her role as vice-president academic and Provost, she helped create York's first-ever India strategy and eventually served as president of the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute.[3] Embleton also Chaired the Ontario Council of Academic Vice-Presidents and sat on the Board of the Ontario Universities Application Centre.[4]
In 2010, Embleton was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[5]
Personal life
editEmbleton married Wolfgang Ahrens in 1981, but chose to keep her last name. When their daughter was born in 1989, she took Embleton's name.[6]
Selected publications
edit- Statistics in historical linguistics (1986)
- Names and Their Substitutes: Onomastic Observations on Astérix and Its Translations (1991)
- Lexicostatistics/glottochronology: from Swadesh to Sankoff to Starostin to future horizons (2000)
References
edit- ^ "Sheila Embleton's statement". yufa.ca. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ Carlyle, Cathy. "Embleton receives prestigious White Rose of Finland medal". yorku.ca. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ Drolet, Daniel (January 11, 2010). "A confident India beckons Canada's universities". universityaffairs.ca. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ "DR. SHEILA EMBLETON". yorku.ca. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ "THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA (RSC) NEW FELLOWS 2010" (PDF). mcgill.ca. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ Szlarski, Cassandra (October 9, 2017). "Double-barrelled surnames pose dilemma for new parents naming their kids". toronto.citynews.ca/. Retrieved October 30, 2019.