Naved Bakali, PhD
Education
Ph.D. in Educational Studies
McGill University; Montreal, Québec
Dissertation Committee: A. Choudry, A. Asghar, R. Morris
Dissertation title: “Islamophobia and secondary schools in Quebec: Inquiries into the lived experiences of Muslim youth post-9/11.” (Defended 09/08/2015)
GPA: 4.0/4.0
Masters of Arts in Education – Culture and Society
McGill University; Montreal, Québec
Bachelor of Education
McGill University; Montreal, Québec
Secondary History and Moral Education
Dean’s Honor List
Bachelor of Commerce, Accountancy
Concordia University; Montreal, Québec
AWARDS AND HONOURS
Al Qasimi Foundation SEED Grant ($20,000)
Competitive research grant for capacity development in the UAE
American University in Dubai, Faculty Research Grant ($3,500)
Competitive research grant awarded to faculty conducting an innovative research project within their field of expertise.
Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Société et Culture ($60,000)
Province wide doctoral fellowship competition
Graduate Excellence Award, McGill University ($7,360)
McGill University Community Engagement Fellowship ($1,000)
Awarded to students contributing to community engagement and a strong commitment to social justice education
McGill University ABDUL Award ($2,000)
Awarded to PhD students who have successfully defended their candidacy papers by the end of August of their second year in the program
Entrance Scholarship, McGill University ($5,000)
PUBLICATIONS—AUTHORED BOOKS
Bakali, N. (2016). Islamophobia: Understanding anti-Muslim Racism Through the Lived Experiences of Muslim Youth. Rotterdam: Sense Publishing.
PUBLICATIONS—PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Bakali, N. & Wasty, S. (2020). Identity, social mobility, and trauma: Post-conflict educational opportunities for survivors of the Rohingya genocide. Religions 11(5) 241.
Alhashmi, M., Bakali, N., & Baroud, R. (Forthcoming). Tolerance in UAE Islamic Education textbooks. Religions.
Bakali, N. (2020). Muslim youth experiences in Quebec secondary schools: Race, racialization, and the ‘dangerous Muslim man’. Directions: Research and Studies on Race Relations in Canada. 8(1), 110-126.
Bakali, N. (2019). Challenging terrorism as a form of “Otherness”: Exploring the parallels between far-right and Muslim religious extremism. Islamophobia Studies Journal. 5(1), 99-115.
Bakali, N. (2019). The redefining of far-right extremist activism along Islamophobic lines. Islamophobia Studies Yearbook. 10(1), 82-98.
Bakali, N. (2018). Employing a Critical Race Curriculum to Challenge Dominant Discourses in Educational Curricula. Religion and Education. 45(1), 52-72.
Bakali, N. (2015). Contextualizing the Quebec Charter of Values: How the Muslim ‘Other’ is conceptualized in Quebec. Culture and Religion. 16(4), 412-429.
Bakali, N. (2015). Challenging anti-Muslim Racism Through a Critical Race Curriculum in Quebec Secondary Schools.Critical Intersections in Education. 3(1), 19-24.
Bakali, N. (2015). Muslim teachers’ experiences with race and racism in Quebec secondary schools. Canadian Journal of New Scholars in Education. 6(1), 45-54
PUBLICATIONS—PEER-REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS
Bakali, N. (Forthcoming). Seerah (Prophetic History): What’s covered and what could be. In Memon, N., and Alhashmi, M. (Eds), Teaching Islam: A curriculum guide for primary and secondary educators. London: Routledge.
Bakali, N. & Alhashmi, M. (Forthcoming). Islamic Education and youth culture: Exploring the theme of tolerance in UAE Islamic Education classrooms. In Bescumi, E., & Kaposi, I. (Eds), Everyday youth cultures in the Gulf Peninsula. London: Routledge.
Mubarak, H., & Bakali, N. (2020). Experiences of a Muslim American academic, female, and activist. In Davis, C., & Crane, J. (Eds), The Personal is Political: Body Politics in a Trump World. Rotterdam: Brill.
Bakali, N. (2017). Islamophobia in Quebec Secondary Schools: Inquiries into the Experiences of Muslim Male Youth Post-9/11. In Mac an Gaill, M., Haywood, C. (Eds), Schooling a ‘Suspect Community’: Education, neo-liberalism, and Muslim students. London: Palgrave MacMillan.
Bakali, N. (2015). Quebec identity politics and anti-Muslim bias in Quebec secondary schools. In Napier, D. (Ed), International perspectives on race (and racism): Historical and contemporary considerations in education and society (pp. 339-358). New York, NY: Nova Science Publishing.
Mirza, K. & Bakali, N. (2010). Islam: The fundamentals every teacher should know. In Kincheloe, J., Steinberg, S., & Stonebanks, C. (Eds), Teaching against Islamophobia. (pp. 49-64). New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
POLICY PAPERS
Alhashmi, M., & Bakali, N. (2020). Tolerance in the UAE Islamic education curriculum. Ras Al-Khaimah: Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al-Qasimi Foundation for Policy and Research.
Salameh, A., & Bakali, N. (2020). Challenging Islamophobia in public schools. Berkeley: Islamophobia Studies Center, University of California, Berkeley.
Bakali, N. (2018). Parallels between far-right and Muslim religious ideological extremism: Methods, push and pull factors, and ideology. Abu Dhabi: Tabah Foundation.
Bakali, N., Alhashemi, M., Memon, N. (2018). Islamic Education in the United Arab Emirates: An assessment of the challenges, gaps, and opportunities. Abu Dhabi: Tabah Foundation.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS—PEER REVIEWED/NON-PEER REVIEWED
Bakali, N. (2019). Islamophobia and the law: Unpacking structural Islamophobia. Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research
Bakali, N. (2019). The far-right’s love affair with Islamophobia. Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research: Unpacking the Effects of Islamophobia Collection.
Bakali, N. (2019). Islamophobia in American society, culture, and politics. Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research: Unpacking the Effects of Islamophobia Collection.
Bakali, N., Yunas, A. (2018). Diagnosing religion in violent extremism. Tabah Futures Initiative Blog.
Bakali, N. (2017). The Muslim terrorist dialectic. Counterpunch.
Bakali, N. (2017). Gaps and prospects in contemporary Islamic education: The relevance of historical conceptions of Islamic education for the contemporary context. Tabah Futures Initiative Blog.
Bakali, N. (2015). Harper government uses ‘lawfare’ to police Muslims. New Canadian Media.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS—PEER-REVIEWED
Bakali, N. (2020, April). The Rohingya refugee crisis: The consequences of structural Islamophobia in Myanmar and its aftermath. Paper presented at the 11th Annual International Islamophobia Conference: The Imagined, Real, Embraceable, Threatening and the in-Between Muslim Subject. University of California, Berkeley.
Bakali, N. (2019, July). Islamic Education and Youth Culture: Exploring the Theme of Tolerance in UAE Islamic Education Classrooms. Paper presented at the Annual Gulf Research Meeting. Cambridge University, Cambridge.
Bakali, N. (2019, April). Education of Tolerance: An analysis of Islamic Education in the United Arab Emirates. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, 2019 Annual Meeting. Metro Toronto Convention Center, Toronto, Ontario.
Bakali, N. (2018, May). The 'Othering' of Muslims through Discourses on Terrorism: Challenging the Muslim Terrorist Dialectic through a Comparative Analysis of Far-right and Muslim Religious Extremism. Paper presented at the 14thInternational Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
Bakali, N., Salameh, A. (2018, April). Countering Islamophobia in Public Schools. Report presented at the 9th Annual International Islamophobia Conference: Islamophobia and the end of Liberalism? University of California, Berkeley.
Bakali, N., Alhashemi, M. (2018, April). Islamic Education in United Arab Emirates Schools: Challenges and Opportunities. Paper presented at the 8th Biannual Gulf Comparative Education Society Symposium, Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Bakali, N. (2017, September). Takfiri Ideology and its Divergence from Traditional Muslim Views: Understanding the ideological underpinnings of Islamic terrorist networks. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Teaching about Extremism, Terror and Trauma, Montreal: Quebec.
Bakali, N. (2017, April). Far-Right Populism and Islamophobia in Canada. Paper presented at the 8th Annual International Islamophobia Conference: Islamophobia and the end of Liberalism? University of California, Berkeley.
Bakali, N. (2017, February). Engaging in Anti-Racism Education: Possibilities and Limitations for Challenging Islamophobia in a Secondary School Context. Paper presented at the Provoking Curriculum Encounters Symposium, Montreal, Quebec.
Bakali, N. (2016, April). ISIS and the evolution of Muslim youth radicalization: Approaches, techniques, and interventions. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Teaching about Extremism, Terror and Trauma, Montreal: Quebec.
Bakali, N. (2015, April). Quebec Identity Politics and Anti-Muslim bias in Quebec Secondary Schools. Paper presented at the Interuniversity Research Center on Teacher Training and the Teaching Profession, Montreal: Quebec.
Bakali, N. (2012, April). Cultural pedagogy and Islamophobia: Towards a framework for change. Paper presented at the Education Graduate Student Society Annual Conference, McGill University, Montreal: Quebec
UNIVERSITY TEACHING
EDCO 602 Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, American University in Dubai
EDCO 620, Technological Integration in the Classroom, American University in Dubai
EDEL 606, Mathematics and Science Teaching Methods, American University in Dubai
EDCO 630, Elementary and Secondary Practicum, American University in Dubai
EDEC 351 Third Year Professional Seminar, McGill University
INVITED LECTURES
Bakali, N. (February, 2020). Understanding the Rohingya Refugee Crisis and its Educational Implications. Paper presented at New York University, Abu Dhabi, Youth and the Middle East Seminar. NYU Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Alhashmi, M. &, Bakali, N. (November, 2019). Unpacking Discourses of Tolerance in UAE Educational Curricula. Paper presented at the World Tolerance Summit. Madinat Jumeirah Conference and Events Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Alhashmi, M &, Bakali, N. (November, 2019). Pedagogy of Tolerance: Lessons learnt from Observing Islamic Education Classes. Paper presented at Al-Qasimi Foundation Majlis. Al-Qasimi Foundation, Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.
Bakali, N. (October, 2019). Understanding Tolerance in Theory and Practice. Paper presented at the American University in Dubai Tolerance Forum: Bridges to Inclusivity. American University in Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Bakali, N. (April, 2019). Problematizing Countering Violent Extremism Programming. Paper presented at the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium on Countering Violent Extremism in the Middle East and Beyond. NYU Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Bakali, N. (February, 2018). Messaging and Rebranding: What we can Expect from DAESH in the Coming Year. Paper presented at the Inaugural Embassy of Canada Policy Incubator. Canadian Embassy, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Bakali, N. (September, 2017). Putting Islam into Context. Paper presented at New York University, Abu Dhabi, Global Education Seminar. NYU Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Bakali, N. (September, 2017). Extremisms: Parallels Between Far-Right Extremism and Muslim Religious Ideological Extremism. Paper presented at the Tabah Foundation Monthly Lecture Series. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Bakali, N. (May, 2017). Islamophobia in Canada. Paper presented at the Young Academics Forum on Islamophobia. Ankara, Turkey.
Bakali, N. (March, 2017). Coping with Racism: Islamophobia, Anti-Semitism, and Xenophobia in Schools. Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies: Panel Discussion. Lecture conducted at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec.
Bakali, N. (March, 2017). Does Canada have a Racism Problem? Making Sense of the Quebec City Mass-Shooting. McGill University Anti-Racism Speaker Series. Lecture conducted at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
Bakali, N. (October, 2016). Subverting Oppressive Practices in Institutional Structures. EDEC 249 – Global Education and Social Justice. Lecture conducted at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
Bakali, N. (May, 2016). The Anti-Radicalization or Counter Radicalization Discourse, at International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, General Assembly. Lecture conducted at Université du Québec, Montréal, Quebec.
Bakali, N. (March, 2016). Extremism, Radicalization, and Terror: Exploring some of the challenges facing Muslim youth post-9/11, at (DE)Radicalization, challenging the discourse: Panel Discussion. Lecture conducted at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec.
Bakali, N. (October, 2014). Social Justice Education. EDEC 249 – Global Education and Social Justice. Lecture conducted at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Comparative Gulf Education Society (GCES)
Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS)
Interuniversity Research Center on Teacher Training and the Teaching Profession (CRIFPE)
Golden Key Society
LANGUAGE SKILLS
English – mother tongue
French – speak and read
Urdu – speak
Arabic – read and write (beginner)
Ph.D. in Educational Studies
McGill University; Montreal, Québec
Dissertation Committee: A. Choudry, A. Asghar, R. Morris
Dissertation title: “Islamophobia and secondary schools in Quebec: Inquiries into the lived experiences of Muslim youth post-9/11.” (Defended 09/08/2015)
GPA: 4.0/4.0
Masters of Arts in Education – Culture and Society
McGill University; Montreal, Québec
Bachelor of Education
McGill University; Montreal, Québec
Secondary History and Moral Education
Dean’s Honor List
Bachelor of Commerce, Accountancy
Concordia University; Montreal, Québec
AWARDS AND HONOURS
Al Qasimi Foundation SEED Grant ($20,000)
Competitive research grant for capacity development in the UAE
American University in Dubai, Faculty Research Grant ($3,500)
Competitive research grant awarded to faculty conducting an innovative research project within their field of expertise.
Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Société et Culture ($60,000)
Province wide doctoral fellowship competition
Graduate Excellence Award, McGill University ($7,360)
McGill University Community Engagement Fellowship ($1,000)
Awarded to students contributing to community engagement and a strong commitment to social justice education
McGill University ABDUL Award ($2,000)
Awarded to PhD students who have successfully defended their candidacy papers by the end of August of their second year in the program
Entrance Scholarship, McGill University ($5,000)
PUBLICATIONS—AUTHORED BOOKS
Bakali, N. (2016). Islamophobia: Understanding anti-Muslim Racism Through the Lived Experiences of Muslim Youth. Rotterdam: Sense Publishing.
PUBLICATIONS—PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Bakali, N. & Wasty, S. (2020). Identity, social mobility, and trauma: Post-conflict educational opportunities for survivors of the Rohingya genocide. Religions 11(5) 241.
Alhashmi, M., Bakali, N., & Baroud, R. (Forthcoming). Tolerance in UAE Islamic Education textbooks. Religions.
Bakali, N. (2020). Muslim youth experiences in Quebec secondary schools: Race, racialization, and the ‘dangerous Muslim man’. Directions: Research and Studies on Race Relations in Canada. 8(1), 110-126.
Bakali, N. (2019). Challenging terrorism as a form of “Otherness”: Exploring the parallels between far-right and Muslim religious extremism. Islamophobia Studies Journal. 5(1), 99-115.
Bakali, N. (2019). The redefining of far-right extremist activism along Islamophobic lines. Islamophobia Studies Yearbook. 10(1), 82-98.
Bakali, N. (2018). Employing a Critical Race Curriculum to Challenge Dominant Discourses in Educational Curricula. Religion and Education. 45(1), 52-72.
Bakali, N. (2015). Contextualizing the Quebec Charter of Values: How the Muslim ‘Other’ is conceptualized in Quebec. Culture and Religion. 16(4), 412-429.
Bakali, N. (2015). Challenging anti-Muslim Racism Through a Critical Race Curriculum in Quebec Secondary Schools.Critical Intersections in Education. 3(1), 19-24.
Bakali, N. (2015). Muslim teachers’ experiences with race and racism in Quebec secondary schools. Canadian Journal of New Scholars in Education. 6(1), 45-54
PUBLICATIONS—PEER-REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS
Bakali, N. (Forthcoming). Seerah (Prophetic History): What’s covered and what could be. In Memon, N., and Alhashmi, M. (Eds), Teaching Islam: A curriculum guide for primary and secondary educators. London: Routledge.
Bakali, N. & Alhashmi, M. (Forthcoming). Islamic Education and youth culture: Exploring the theme of tolerance in UAE Islamic Education classrooms. In Bescumi, E., & Kaposi, I. (Eds), Everyday youth cultures in the Gulf Peninsula. London: Routledge.
Mubarak, H., & Bakali, N. (2020). Experiences of a Muslim American academic, female, and activist. In Davis, C., & Crane, J. (Eds), The Personal is Political: Body Politics in a Trump World. Rotterdam: Brill.
Bakali, N. (2017). Islamophobia in Quebec Secondary Schools: Inquiries into the Experiences of Muslim Male Youth Post-9/11. In Mac an Gaill, M., Haywood, C. (Eds), Schooling a ‘Suspect Community’: Education, neo-liberalism, and Muslim students. London: Palgrave MacMillan.
Bakali, N. (2015). Quebec identity politics and anti-Muslim bias in Quebec secondary schools. In Napier, D. (Ed), International perspectives on race (and racism): Historical and contemporary considerations in education and society (pp. 339-358). New York, NY: Nova Science Publishing.
Mirza, K. & Bakali, N. (2010). Islam: The fundamentals every teacher should know. In Kincheloe, J., Steinberg, S., & Stonebanks, C. (Eds), Teaching against Islamophobia. (pp. 49-64). New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
POLICY PAPERS
Alhashmi, M., & Bakali, N. (2020). Tolerance in the UAE Islamic education curriculum. Ras Al-Khaimah: Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al-Qasimi Foundation for Policy and Research.
Salameh, A., & Bakali, N. (2020). Challenging Islamophobia in public schools. Berkeley: Islamophobia Studies Center, University of California, Berkeley.
Bakali, N. (2018). Parallels between far-right and Muslim religious ideological extremism: Methods, push and pull factors, and ideology. Abu Dhabi: Tabah Foundation.
Bakali, N., Alhashemi, M., Memon, N. (2018). Islamic Education in the United Arab Emirates: An assessment of the challenges, gaps, and opportunities. Abu Dhabi: Tabah Foundation.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS—PEER REVIEWED/NON-PEER REVIEWED
Bakali, N. (2019). Islamophobia and the law: Unpacking structural Islamophobia. Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research
Bakali, N. (2019). The far-right’s love affair with Islamophobia. Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research: Unpacking the Effects of Islamophobia Collection.
Bakali, N. (2019). Islamophobia in American society, culture, and politics. Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research: Unpacking the Effects of Islamophobia Collection.
Bakali, N., Yunas, A. (2018). Diagnosing religion in violent extremism. Tabah Futures Initiative Blog.
Bakali, N. (2017). The Muslim terrorist dialectic. Counterpunch.
Bakali, N. (2017). Gaps and prospects in contemporary Islamic education: The relevance of historical conceptions of Islamic education for the contemporary context. Tabah Futures Initiative Blog.
Bakali, N. (2015). Harper government uses ‘lawfare’ to police Muslims. New Canadian Media.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS—PEER-REVIEWED
Bakali, N. (2020, April). The Rohingya refugee crisis: The consequences of structural Islamophobia in Myanmar and its aftermath. Paper presented at the 11th Annual International Islamophobia Conference: The Imagined, Real, Embraceable, Threatening and the in-Between Muslim Subject. University of California, Berkeley.
Bakali, N. (2019, July). Islamic Education and Youth Culture: Exploring the Theme of Tolerance in UAE Islamic Education Classrooms. Paper presented at the Annual Gulf Research Meeting. Cambridge University, Cambridge.
Bakali, N. (2019, April). Education of Tolerance: An analysis of Islamic Education in the United Arab Emirates. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, 2019 Annual Meeting. Metro Toronto Convention Center, Toronto, Ontario.
Bakali, N. (2018, May). The 'Othering' of Muslims through Discourses on Terrorism: Challenging the Muslim Terrorist Dialectic through a Comparative Analysis of Far-right and Muslim Religious Extremism. Paper presented at the 14thInternational Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
Bakali, N., Salameh, A. (2018, April). Countering Islamophobia in Public Schools. Report presented at the 9th Annual International Islamophobia Conference: Islamophobia and the end of Liberalism? University of California, Berkeley.
Bakali, N., Alhashemi, M. (2018, April). Islamic Education in United Arab Emirates Schools: Challenges and Opportunities. Paper presented at the 8th Biannual Gulf Comparative Education Society Symposium, Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Bakali, N. (2017, September). Takfiri Ideology and its Divergence from Traditional Muslim Views: Understanding the ideological underpinnings of Islamic terrorist networks. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Teaching about Extremism, Terror and Trauma, Montreal: Quebec.
Bakali, N. (2017, April). Far-Right Populism and Islamophobia in Canada. Paper presented at the 8th Annual International Islamophobia Conference: Islamophobia and the end of Liberalism? University of California, Berkeley.
Bakali, N. (2017, February). Engaging in Anti-Racism Education: Possibilities and Limitations for Challenging Islamophobia in a Secondary School Context. Paper presented at the Provoking Curriculum Encounters Symposium, Montreal, Quebec.
Bakali, N. (2016, April). ISIS and the evolution of Muslim youth radicalization: Approaches, techniques, and interventions. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Teaching about Extremism, Terror and Trauma, Montreal: Quebec.
Bakali, N. (2015, April). Quebec Identity Politics and Anti-Muslim bias in Quebec Secondary Schools. Paper presented at the Interuniversity Research Center on Teacher Training and the Teaching Profession, Montreal: Quebec.
Bakali, N. (2012, April). Cultural pedagogy and Islamophobia: Towards a framework for change. Paper presented at the Education Graduate Student Society Annual Conference, McGill University, Montreal: Quebec
UNIVERSITY TEACHING
EDCO 602 Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, American University in Dubai
EDCO 620, Technological Integration in the Classroom, American University in Dubai
EDEL 606, Mathematics and Science Teaching Methods, American University in Dubai
EDCO 630, Elementary and Secondary Practicum, American University in Dubai
EDEC 351 Third Year Professional Seminar, McGill University
INVITED LECTURES
Bakali, N. (February, 2020). Understanding the Rohingya Refugee Crisis and its Educational Implications. Paper presented at New York University, Abu Dhabi, Youth and the Middle East Seminar. NYU Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Alhashmi, M. &, Bakali, N. (November, 2019). Unpacking Discourses of Tolerance in UAE Educational Curricula. Paper presented at the World Tolerance Summit. Madinat Jumeirah Conference and Events Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Alhashmi, M &, Bakali, N. (November, 2019). Pedagogy of Tolerance: Lessons learnt from Observing Islamic Education Classes. Paper presented at Al-Qasimi Foundation Majlis. Al-Qasimi Foundation, Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.
Bakali, N. (October, 2019). Understanding Tolerance in Theory and Practice. Paper presented at the American University in Dubai Tolerance Forum: Bridges to Inclusivity. American University in Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Bakali, N. (April, 2019). Problematizing Countering Violent Extremism Programming. Paper presented at the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium on Countering Violent Extremism in the Middle East and Beyond. NYU Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Bakali, N. (February, 2018). Messaging and Rebranding: What we can Expect from DAESH in the Coming Year. Paper presented at the Inaugural Embassy of Canada Policy Incubator. Canadian Embassy, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Bakali, N. (September, 2017). Putting Islam into Context. Paper presented at New York University, Abu Dhabi, Global Education Seminar. NYU Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Bakali, N. (September, 2017). Extremisms: Parallels Between Far-Right Extremism and Muslim Religious Ideological Extremism. Paper presented at the Tabah Foundation Monthly Lecture Series. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Bakali, N. (May, 2017). Islamophobia in Canada. Paper presented at the Young Academics Forum on Islamophobia. Ankara, Turkey.
Bakali, N. (March, 2017). Coping with Racism: Islamophobia, Anti-Semitism, and Xenophobia in Schools. Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies: Panel Discussion. Lecture conducted at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec.
Bakali, N. (March, 2017). Does Canada have a Racism Problem? Making Sense of the Quebec City Mass-Shooting. McGill University Anti-Racism Speaker Series. Lecture conducted at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
Bakali, N. (October, 2016). Subverting Oppressive Practices in Institutional Structures. EDEC 249 – Global Education and Social Justice. Lecture conducted at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
Bakali, N. (May, 2016). The Anti-Radicalization or Counter Radicalization Discourse, at International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group, General Assembly. Lecture conducted at Université du Québec, Montréal, Quebec.
Bakali, N. (March, 2016). Extremism, Radicalization, and Terror: Exploring some of the challenges facing Muslim youth post-9/11, at (DE)Radicalization, challenging the discourse: Panel Discussion. Lecture conducted at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec.
Bakali, N. (October, 2014). Social Justice Education. EDEC 249 – Global Education and Social Justice. Lecture conducted at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Comparative Gulf Education Society (GCES)
Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security and Society (TSAS)
Interuniversity Research Center on Teacher Training and the Teaching Profession (CRIFPE)
Golden Key Society
LANGUAGE SKILLS
English – mother tongue
French – speak and read
Urdu – speak
Arabic – read and write (beginner)
