Palestine and Critical Pedagogy: Considerations for the Classroom

The Canadian Sociological Association's Anti-Islamophobia Subcommittee hosted this event on December 6, 2023 co-sponsored by the Decolonization Subcommittee, Equity Issues Subcommittee, Student Concerns Subcommittee, and the Women's, Gender and Social Justice Association.

This webinar featured a panel of expert Palestinian scholars and educators based in Canada. Panelists explored and offered pedagogical considerations for faculty and students in building anti-colonial strategies for engaging learners on Palestine, coloniality, and the interconnected global order. Emphasizing local and global connections, this session aims to equip members of the Canadian Sociological Association, and other educators in attendance, with the sociological underpinnings necessary to activate the classroom as a decolonial space for pedagogical solidarity.

Panelists:

Dr. Muhannad Ayyash: Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Mount Royal University

Dr. Ghada Ageel: Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Alberta

Dr. Muna Saleh: Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Concordia University of Edmonton

Aida Al-Thayabeh: PhD Student, Department of Social Justice Education at OISE, University of Toronto

Moderator:

Dr. Lucy El-Sherif: Consultative Member, CSA - Anti-Islamophobia Subcommittee. Assistant Professor in the Global Peace & Social Justice and the Gender & Social Justice programs, McMaster University

Discussant:

Dr. Yvonne Sherwood: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto and the Co-chair of the CSA Decolonization Subcommittee

Introduction:

Dr. Temitope Oriola: Professor and Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta and the President of the CSA