CIDEC Seminar with Dr. Mozynah Nofal: "Guided Acculturation: Belonging, Community and Citizenship in Ontario Islamic Schools"
Guided Acculturation: Belonging, Community and Citizenship in Ontario Islamic Schools
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Online
This study examines the role of Islamic schools in Ontario in facilitating the cultural integration of minority Muslim children within Canadian society. Based on interviews with school leaders, it identifies these schools as environments where young Muslims negotiate integration while maintaining their religious identity. Introducing the concept of 鈥淕uided Acculturation,鈥 the research underscores the schools鈥 function in fostering community, belonging, and academic achievement grounded in an Islamic worldview. This work contributes to the academic understanding of acculturative processes in faith-based educational settings.
果酱视频 the Speaker
Mozynah Nofal
Mozynah Nofal is an 果酱视频 Fellowship recipient. She completed her PhD in the Educational Leadership and Policy program, in the Department of Leadership, Higher, and Adult Education. Mozynah holds a MA.Ed from the University of Ottawa and Hons. BA from Carleton University in Public Affairs and Policy Management; and has also studied in Turkey and Germany. Mozynah recently worked as a UNESCO senior consultant. Her research work focuses on Diversity in Education, Policy and Leadership. Mozynah has extensive professional experience in a number of international agencies including CBIE, the World Bank, CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation (Geneva, Switzerland), and has worked in the field in Turkey, Lebanon and Cairo. Mozynah served as Governor on the Governing Council at the University of Toronto. She has also fenced for the varsity teams at the universities she attended.
