Wed, Jun 07
|University of Regina Education Building
Defeat hate with knowledge and compassion
University of Regina Muslim Students' Association in collaboration with Islamic Association Of Saskatchewan, Islamic SUniversity of Regina Muslim Students' Association in collaboration with Islamic Association Of Saskatchewan, Islamic Social Services Association Inc and Sask Human Rights Commission.
Time & Location
Jun 07, 2023, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
University of Regina Education Building, 3737 Wascana Pkwy, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Canada
About the Event
Speaker: Shahina Siddiqui, LLd.
Shahina Siddiqui is the co-founder of the Islamic Social Services Association (ISSA) of USA and Canada and serves as the volunteer executive director of ISSA Canada. Shahina is an educator, speaker, social justice activist, freelance writer, and author. She has been widely recognized for her work in antiracism advocacy. social justice and combatting extremism and Islamophobia.
For over two decades, Shahina has worked to highlight the growth and impact of Islamophobia by way of her writings, community organizing, media engagement, public speaking and training various sectors of service providers on Islam and Muslims.
Shahina is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013), the Canadian Red Cross Humanitarian of the Year
(2016), and an Honorary Doctorate of Laws, University of Manitoba (2019).