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Lori Gail BeamanFRSC(born 1963) is a Canadian academic. She is a professor in the Department ofClassicsandReligious Studiesof theUniversity of Ottawa, and holder of theCanada Research Chairin Religious Diversity and Social Change.[2]She has published work on religious diversity, religious freedom, and the intersections of religion and law. She was made afellowof the Academy of the Arts and Humanities of theRoyal Society of Canadain 2015,[3]received an Insight Award from theSocial Sciences and Humanities Research Councilin 2017[4]and received an honorary doctorate fromUppsala Universityin 2018. Beaman earned herBachelor of Artsdegree in philosophy (1985),Bachelor of Lawsdegree (1987),Master of Artsdegree in sociology (1992), andDoctor of Philosophydegree in sociology (1996) at theUniversity of New BrunswickinFredericton,New Brunswick, Canada. She was admitted to theLaw Society of New Brunswickin 1988 and practiced law for five years before her postgraduate studies.[citation needed] Beaman has held faculty positions at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec and The University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta. She is the Canada Research Chair in Religious Diversity and Social Change and full professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Ottawa. She teaches Religion and Law, Theory and Method, and Religion in Contemporary Canada.[citation needed]