Public Panel Discussion: Student Activism and Islamophobia on Campus

Location: Natalie Zemon Davis Conference Room, Sidney Smith 2098 
Time: 2:30-4:30pm | Date: October 3, 2025 | Event Type: On-site
Refreshments will be served
Register Here
Open to the Public: Registration Required

Student Activism and Islamophobia on Campus is a student-led public panel. It is open to all and will feature four student activists who will discuss the nature of social justice advocacy and activism in academic spaces, drawing from their own experiences at their respective campuses as a result of escalating global tensions and the Palestinian genocide since 2023. Particularly, panelists will focus on Islamophobia in academia, their relationship to anti-Muslim discrimination, advocacy work against Islamophobia on campus, and how they have seen Islamophobia manifest as students.

Panelists: Basmah Ramadan (UofT Alum, NCCM Rep. and Former MSA President); Omar Alshawa (UofT Alum and Lecturer, Palestine Activist); Udi Raz (PhD student at Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, Palestine Advocate); Sait Simsek (UofT Student, Activist and Former Amnesty International UTSC President)

Moderator: Hunain Sindhu (UofT Alum, Former MSA and SCSU President) 

The event is part of a workshop on Islamophobia after October 7, co-sponsored by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Institute of Islamic Studies, the Department for the Study of Religion, the Department of Anthropology, the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, the Department of History, and the Faculty of Arts and Science.