We’re excited to share with you a new article from the Reading Muslims project.
This entry – written by Jeffrey G. Reitz and co-authors Patrick Simon and Emily Laxer – outlines the findings from a comparative study on Canada’s and France’s effectiveness in integrating their Muslim minorities.
The study questioned the narrative of Canada’s presumed success in integrating large numbers of immigrants by examining both countries’ policies on immigration, integration, labour market participation, etc. The results show similar experiences among Canada’s and France’s Muslim minorities across a range of metrics.
This article ‘Does Diversity Discourse Matter in the Integration of Muslim Minorities?‘ – surveys the authors multi-article studies that call into question how Canadian narratives of immigrant inclusion and integration fall short.
The Systemic Islamophobia Research Lab (SIRL) Fellowship The Systemic Islamophobia Research Lab (SIRL) – at the Institute of Islamic Studies (IIS), University of Toronto – supports the best and brightest minds committed to examining institutionally entrenched modes of Islamophobia. This call for applications is for candidates committed to interdisciplinary research on Children’s Aid Societies (CAS) […]
August 31, 2023
Postdoctoral Fellow Sana Patel was recently featured on The Scope (BritishMuslimTV) alongside Leila Bdeir to discuss Islamophobia in Canada. Sana explained that Canada has a long history of Islamophobia which includes American influence. She also described the ways in which online spaces allow Islamophobia to prevail due to their unregulated characteristics. You can view the full episode at: […]
February 12, 2023
We’re excited to share with you a new article from the Reading Muslims project. This entry – written by Jeffrey G. Reitz and co-authors Patrick Simon and Emily Laxer – outlines the findings from a comparative study on Canada’s and France’s effectiveness in integrating their Muslim minorities. The study questioned the narrative of Canada’s presumed […]
February 3, 2023