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 | |
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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 |
Embleton 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]
Embleton 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]