Dr. Taiwo Afolabi holds the Canada Research Chair in Socially Engaged Theatre; he is the Director of the Centre for Socially Engaged Theatre (C-SET), and a Full Professor in the Department of Theatre, Faculty of Media, Art and Performance at the University of Regina. He is an artist, qualitative researcher, theatre manager, applied theatre practitioner and educator with a decade of experience working across a variety of creative and community contexts in over a dozen countries across five continents. He researches, creates works, performs, and teaches at the intersection of performance and human ecology. His research interests lie in applied theatre and policing, social justice, decolonization, art leadership and management, creative industries and entrepreneurship, immigration, climate justice, and the ethics of arts-based research. Dr. Afolabi has co-edited five books and published articles in various books and reputable journals. He graduated from the University of Jos (Diploma and B.A (Hons)) University of Ilorin (MA), and the University of Victoria (PhD). He is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg (South Africa) and the founding artistic director of Theatre Emissary International (TEMi). He served as the Vice President of the Canadian Association for Theatre Research (CATR/ACRT) and the Journal of Arts and Community co-editor. He is an associate editor of the Canadian Theatre Review (CTR) and co-editor of Applied Theatre Research (ATR). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), and a member of the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. He is a 3M National Teaching Fellow.