Guest Speaking
Invited Keynote Addresses:
“Colonial Dialogues and Palestinian Solidarity.” International Women’s Day Address. Vanier College, Montreal. March 2023.
“International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.” Parliament Hill, Ottawa. Invited by the National Council of Canadian Muslims. 27 November 2022.
“Social Services, Gendered Oppression and ‘the Canadian Dream.’” Invited as feature speaker by the Canadian Council of Muslim Women. Women Who Inspire: Annual Conference and Awards Ceremony. Novotel Hotel. Toronto. 5 May 2019.
“Feminist Dialogue Boycotts and the Politics of Transnational Feminist Solidarity in Israel and Palestine.” Public Lecture. Invited by the Institute for Gender and Development Studies: Nita Barrow Unit. International Women’s Day Keynote Speaker under theme “Make it Happen.” University of West Indies, Cave Hill. 21 March 2015.
“Eastward Pedagogies: The Case of Israeli-Palestinian Women’s Critical Peace Dialogues.” Public Lecture. Les Cafés Féministes / The Feminist Cafés. Invited by the University of Ottawa’s Institute of Women’s Studies and the Shirley E. Greenberg Chair for Women and the Legal Profession, Speakers Series. University of Ottawa. Ottawa, Canada. January 2012.
Invited Guest Speaker in the University:
“Systemic Islamophobia.” Institute for the Study of Pedagogy, and Institute of Islamic Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga. September, 2023.
“Film Screening and Guided Discussion: Mai Masri’s 3000 Nights.” OPIRG. McMaster University. 19 February 2021.
“Race. Ability, Class and Gender Equity in Histories of Medicine.” McMaster Health Advocacy Symposium. 7 October 2020.
“Locating Ourselves: Islamophobia in Canada.” Challenging Islamophobia. Brock University. Cairns Atrium. 26 March 2019.
Invited Guest Speaker in the University Classroom:
“Knowledge Production in the University: Experiences of Racialized Faculty.” Labour Studies: Gender, Sexuality and Work. Instructor Jessica Franklin. McMaster University. 11 February 2020.
Feminism and the Middle East.” Introduction to Feminist Thought. Instructor Craig Jennex. McMaster University. 4 November 2017.
“Orientalism and Canadian Politics.” Critical Race Theory. Instructor Daniel Coleman. McMaster University. 11 Nov 2015.
“The Politics of International Feminist Alliances in Colonial and Conflict Zones.” Women and Politics. Instructor Jessica Franklin. McMaster University. Hamilton, Canada. Winter 2011.
“On Women in Black.” Graduate level course. Gender and Globalization. Instructor Diane Enns. McMaster University. Hamilton, Canada. Fall 2007.
“Nationalism and Feminism.” Women, Culture, Power. Instructor Shawna Ferris. McMaster University. Hamilton, Canada. Fall 2006.
“Niedzviecki on Individualism and Consumerism.” Economics and Globalization. Instructor Atif Kubursi. McMaster University. Hamilton, Canada. Fall 2006.
“Barthes’s Semiotics Theory: The Hijab and the Nun.” Crusades and Jihad. Instructor Anne Savage. McMaster University. Hamilton, Canada. Fall 2006.
“Three Wishes: Canadian Children’s Literature and the Politics of Childhood.” Writing Diaspora: Literature, Community and Displacement. Instructor Daniel Coleman. McMaster University. Hamilton, Canada. Fall 2006.
Community and Departmental Talks
Keynote speaker at “UofT Muslim Student Association’s Charity Gala Dinner for Palestine.” Chelsea Hotel, Toronto. 24 November 2023.
“Islamophobia in the Classroom.” Royal St. George College. Toronto, Ontario. Spring 2023.
“Overcoming Challenges and Inspiring the Next Generation.” Spill the Tea in Wonderland. NISA Homes. Toronto, Ontario. 4 March, 2023.
Panelist for University of Toronto Scarborough. The Gates 2: Academia and Visa Gate-Keeping in Europe and North America. August 2022.
Panelist for the Cambridge Centre for Palestinian Studies book discussion for Dr. Rana Sukarieh’s dissertation titled “Theorizing Sustained Solidarity: The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement in Toronto.” July 27, 2022.
“Islamophobia and Our Kids.” Muslim Educators Network of Durham. Durham District School Board. 7 July 2021. https://www.durhamregion.com/community-story/10508420-what-does-islamophobia-look-like-in-durham-parents-students-speak-out/.
“Islamophobia and Feminism: A Panel Discussion.” With Ibtihaj Muhammad. Invited by the Bishop Strachan School-Global Learning Initiative and Muslim Students’ Union. 19 May 2021.
“On Entering Academia in the Humanities.” Professional Development Conference for Canadian Arab Youth: Academia. University of Toronto, Canada. Fall 2013.
“The Marginalization of the Canadian Arab Federation: Debates about Dialogue.” Vox Populi Speaker Series. Department of English and Cultural Studies. McMaster University. Hamilton, Canada. Winter 2010.
“Pedagogies in an Islamophobic Classroom: Semiotics Theory and the Hijabi Woman.” A Thousand and One Islamophobes. Arab Community Centre of Toronto. North York Civic Centre, Toronto, Canada. Summer 2008.
“Dilemmas in Arab Feminism.” Panel: Harems, Hijabs and Hijackers: Who is the Arab Woman? Canadian Arab Federation Policy Conference. Toronto, Canada. Summer 2007.
Lecturer and Organizer. “Islamophobia and Feminism." On Local Islamophobia. Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 3906 Equity Workshop. Health Science Building, McMaster University. Hamilton, Canada. Winter 2007.
Speaker, “ ‘I am Who I am’: The Politics of Childhood in Deborah Ellis’s Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak.” Vox Populi Speaker Series. Department of English and Cultural Studies. McMaster University. Hamilton, Canada. Winter 2005.