Nazmul Arefin

Nazmul is a PhD candidate and Killam Scholar in Sociology at the University of Alberta,

Canada. He is also an ex-Fellow of the University of Kassel, Germany, where he served as a

Visiting Scientist. Currently, Nazmul works as a research coordinator on a National Dorothy

Killam Fellowship project focused on BIPOC officials in the Canadian Criminal Justice System.

Nazmul’s academic achievements have been recognized with several prestigious awards,

including the GSA International Student Award (2025), the Dorothy J. Killam Memorial Graduate

Prize (2024), the ASC-DIC Best Student Paper Award (2024), and the Izaak Walton Killam

Memorial Scholarship (2024), Dr. Gordon Hirabasyashi human rights award (2023) among

many others.