Guest Speaking

Invited Keynote Addresses:

  • “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:

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.