PRESENTATIONS
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Refereed Conference Presentations: (Regional, National and International)
Eizadirad, A., Abawi, Z., & Campbell, A.B. Disrupting the Weaponization of Difference in Canadian Teacher Educator Programs: What it Means to Be Scholar Activists. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. Montreal, QC, 2024
Abawi, Z., Tuters, S., & Startup, A. Discursive Shifts: Regulation 274/12, PPM 165 and the Privileging of Whiteness in Ontario Teacher Hiring. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. Montreal, QC, 2024
Abawi, Z. Double Standards: The Colonial Entanglements of Canada’s Refugee Policies. Crossing Borders: United States-Canada Border Issues. Brock University, St. Catharine’s, ON, 2024
Abawi, Z. Who is Deserving? The Coloniality of Canada’s Response to Afghan and Ukrainian Refugees. Canadian Political Science Association. Montreal, QC, 2024
Abawi, Z., Eizadirad, A., & Campbell, A.B. Enacting Anti-Racism and Activist Pedagogies in Teacher Education. American Educational Research Association. Philadelphia, PA, 2024
Abawi, Z. Visibilizing Hierarchies: The Coloniality of Refugee and Asylum Seekers Access to Education as an Epistemic Good in the Global North. American Educational Research Association. Philadelphia, PA, 2024
Eizadirad, A., Abawi, Z., & Campbell, A.B. Enacting Anti-Racism and Activist Pedagogies in Teacher Education. Annual Decolonizing Conference. Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies, University of Toronto (OISE). Toronto ON, 2023
Abawi, Z., & Davies, A. Trajectories of Normalcy: Developmentalism in Pre-Service Education as Epistemic Injustice Canadian Sociological Association. Toronto, ON, 2023
Eizadirad, A., Abawi, Z., & Campbell, A., B. Enacting Anti-Racism and Activist Pedagogies in Teacher Education. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. York University, Toronto, ON, 2023
Abawi, Z. Strength through Resistance: Drawing Critical Connections between Malalai of Maiwand and Malala Yousafzai to Counter Western Narratives of Muslim Girlhood. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. York University, Toronto, ON, 2023
Abawi, Z. Mind the Gap: Exploring Hiring Practices to Diversifying the Teacher Workforce. American Education Research Association. (AERA). Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. 2023
Abawi, Z., & Eizadirad, A. Neutrality Always Benefits the Oppressor: The Need to Rupture the Normalized Teacher Education Programs to Diversify the Teacher Workforce. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. Virtual. 2022
Abawi, Z., Eizadirad, A., Berman, R. Equity as Praxis in Early Childhood Education and Care Book Panel. Canadian Association for Research in Early Childhood. Virtual. 2022
Abawi, Z. Give Race It’s Place in Early Childhood Spaces. Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges of Teacher Education. New Orleans, LA. 2022
Abawi, Z., Eizadirad, A., & Berman R. Equity as Praxis in Early Childhood Education and Care.
Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education Conference. Virtual. 2022
Abawi, Z. Educational Leadership and Diversity: Challenging the Underrepresentation of Racialized Leaders in Ontario. Reshaping Educational Leadership: Building on Collective Action in Challenging Times. Centre for Leadership and Diversity 2nd Annual International Conference. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Decolonizing Early Childhood Education Curricula: A Canadian Perspective. Pandemic, Protests, Recovery, Opportunity: What’s next for research in education? University of Brighton, School of Education Research and Enterprise Conference, Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Race(ing) Canadian Childhoods: A Reconceptualist Approach to Rethinking Racial Socialization in Early Childhood Education and Care. European Early Childhood Education Research Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi. Z. Race and Representation: Problematizing the Educational Administrator Diversity Gap. British Educational Research Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Racializing Narratives of Bias-Free Teacher Hiring: An Ontario Perspective. British Educational Research Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Reframing Childhoods: Race, Racialization and Early Childhood Education and Care. British Educational Research Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Privileging Power: Early Childhood Educators, Teachers and Racial Socialization in Full Day Kindergarten. Canadian Sociological Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi. Z. Race(ing) to the Top: Interrogating the Underrepresentation of BIPOC Education Leaders in Ontario Public Schools. Canadian Sociological Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Diversity Our Strength? Problematizing the Underrepresentation of BIPOC Teachers in Ontario. World Education Research Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Contesting Belonging: Refugee Students and Ontario Schools. World Education Research Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Unpacking the Salience of Race in Early Childhood Education and Care in Ontario. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. The Don’t See Colour: Dismantling Racial Innocence in Early Childhood Education and Care in Ontario. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. Virtual. 2021
Butler, A., & Abawi, Z. (2021). Canadian Perspectives on Microaggressions in Schools: Understanding and Combatting Covert Violence. Book Symposium with Corkett, J., Cho, C.L., & Steele, A. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. Virtual. 2021
Eizadirad, A., & Abawi, Z. Interrogating the Effectiveness of Bias-Free Hiring Policies in Increasing Diversity of the Ontario Teacher Workforce. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Deconstructing Development: Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education from a Critical Race Approach. International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Who’s Allowed to Teach? Troubling White Privilege in Education Leadership: An Ontario Perspective. International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Equity as Practice in School Leadership: The Equity Hiring Toolkit. World Education Research Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z., Eizadirad, A., & Berman, R. Equity as Praxis in Early Childhood Education and Care. American Educational Research Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z., & Eizadirad, A. Unpacking Teacher Diversity: Race, Racialization and Teacher Hiring in Ontario. American Educational Research Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Deconstructing Racial Innocence: Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education and Care in Ontario. American Educational Research Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Leadership for Representation: Encouraging Self-Reflective Practice for Ontario School Administrators. Centre for Leadership and Diversity 1st Annual International Symposium. OISE/University of Toronto, Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z., & Tuters, S. Deconstructing Educational Leadership: Advocating for Educational Change by Diversifying the Administrator Workforce. International Society for Educational Planning. Virtual 2020
Abawi, Z. Race, Identity and Socialization in Canadian Children. British Educational Research Association. Virtual. 2020.
Abawi, Z. Gendered Layers of Devaluation: Early Childhood Educators and Contract Faculty in the Ontario Context. Gender and Education Association International Conference. (Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
Abawi, Z., Berman, R., & Powell, A. Gendered Devaluation: Positioning the Voices of Early Childhood Educators and Contract Faculty in Dialogue. Canadian Sociological Association. 2020. (Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
Abawi, Z., & Butler, A. Deconstructing Citizenship and Belonging: Refugee Student Integration in Ontario Schools. Canadian Sociological Association. 2020. (Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
Abawi, Z., & Eizadirad, A. Race in Education: Racialized Perspectives on the Teacher Diversity Gap. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. 2020. (Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
Abawi, Z. Berman, R., & Powell, A. Gender, Equity and Education: Situating the Experiences of Early Childhood Educators and Contract Faculty in Ontario. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. 2020. (Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
Abawi, Z., & Eizadirad, A. Bias-Free or Biased Hiring? Racialized Teachers’ Perspectives on Educational Hiring Practices in Ontario. American Educational Research Association. 2020. (Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
Abawi, Z., & Tuters, S. Social Justice Leadership: Encouraging Self Reflective Praxis for Ontario School Leaders. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. 2020
Abawi, Z. Reimagining Girlhood in Early Learning Spaces through a Reconceptualist Framework. The Girl: from Expansive Imaginings to Embodied Experience. York University, Toronto ON. 2019
Berman, R., & Abawi, Z. Thinking and Doing Otherwise: Reconceptualist Contributions to Early Childhood Education and Care. International Reconceptualist Early Childhood Education Conference, Las Cruces, NM. 2019
Wane, N., & Abawi, Z. Navigating the Politics of the Academe. Centre for Interactive Antiracism Conference, OISE/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, 2018
Abawi, Z. Academic Apartheid: The Racialization of Precarious Faculty in Canadian Universities. American Educational Research Association, New York City, NY. 2018
Abawi, Z. Indigenous Educational Policies and the Settler State. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Toronto, ON. 2017
Abawi, Z. Decolonizing Educational Dialogue. Canadian Sociology of Education Conference. Hamilton, ON. 2017
Abawi, Z. Uneven Playing Field: Race and Precarious Faculty in Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions. Addressing Inequalities, Mobility and Dislocation: Insights from International and Domestic Research and Practice. Michigan State University, Lansing, MI. 2017
Abawi, Z. Decolonizing Indigenous Education Policies, VI. International Conference on Critical Education. Middlesex University, London UK. 2016
Brady, J., & Abawi, Z. Re-Imagining Education in Ontario through Decolonial Practice. 10th Annual Decolonizing the Spirit Conference, Embu Kenya. 2016
Abawi, Z. Citizenship and Belonging in the Canadian Education System: Race, Class and Gender. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. 2016
Abawi, Z. Marginal Voices: Immigrant and Indigenous Dialogue in Education. Rosa Bruno Jofre Symposium in Education, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON. 2016
Sinclair, C., Brady, J., & Abawi, Z. Awakening of Sensual Food: Decolonization and Spirituality in an Internationally Diverse Socialization of Learning Experiences from the African Continent to the North American Continent. Decolonizing Conference. Centre for Integrative Antiracism Studies University of Toronto, Toronto ON. 2016
Brady, J., Eizadirad, A.,Villegas, F., & Abawi, Z. Citizenship, Democracy, and Dialogue for whom? Challenging the Colonial Histories and Trajectories of “National” Ideals. Decolonizing Conference. Centre for Integrative Antiracism Studies. University of Toronto, Toronto ON, 2016
Villegas, F., Brady, J., Abawi, Z., & Eizadirad, A. Critical Schooling in Canada Book Symposium. Centre for Integrative Antiracism Studies Decolonizing Conference. OISE/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. 2017
Invited Talks and Professional Presentations:
Abawi, Z. Anti-Racism as a Framework for Reimagining Resettlement Experiences in Education for Refugees. Centre for Integrative Antiracism Studies. University of Toronto, Toronto ON, 2024
Abawi, Z. Leading Schools for Social Justice. Harmony Heights Public School. Durham District School Board. Oshawa, ON, 2023
Abawi, Z. Unpacking Microaggressions in Our Schools. Seneca Trail Public School, Durham District School Board. Oshawa ON, 2023
Abawi, Z. The Ontario Human Rights Code for New Teachers. Teacher Education Conference-Niagara University Ontario. Vaughan ON, 2023
Abawi, Z. Hiring for Representation? Exploring Pandemic Teacher Hiring Practices in Ontario. Research Speaker Series. Centre for Leadership and Diversity, OISE/University of Toronto. Virtual. 2022
Moncrieffe, M., & Abawi, Z. Decolonising Curriculum Knowledge: A Scholarly Journey from the Local to National and International Perspectives. Book Launch. British Educational Research Association. Virtual. 2022
Abawi, Z., Eizadirad, A., & Berman, R. Equity as Praxis Book Launch Talk. Canadian Scholars’ Press. Virtual. 2022
Abawi, Z. Implementing Social Justice Community Circles in the Classroom. Durham District School Board. 2021
Abawi, Z., Ahmed, A., & Androon, S. Dismantling Islamophobia. Critical Conversation Series. Niagara University. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Reflective and Diverse Hiring Panel. Back to Basics: Addressing Racism in Ontario’s School Systems. Coalition for Racial Equity in Education. Virtual. 2021
Tuters, S. & Abawi, Z. Understanding our Identities for Equitable and Inclusive Schools. Blue Water District School Board. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z., & Doyle-Jones, C. Human Rights 101 for School Administrators. Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic School Board. Virtual. 2020
Abawi, Z. Counter Narratives as Resistance in the Teaching Profession. Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) Knowledge of Self-Racialized Members Conference, Toronto, ON, 2019 *Keynote Presentation
Abawi, Z., & Tuters, S. Unpacking Teacher Identities: Locating Ourselves as Pedagogical Practice. Mobilizing for Justice: Developing Social Justice Communities for Women. Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Equity and Women’s Programs, Toronto ON. 2019
Abawi, Z. Beyond Samosas and Cultural Dance: Classroom and Community Transformation for Student Identity through ‘Courageous Conversations' Workshop Educating for Peace and Justice: Action for Safe and Equitable Classrooms, Schools and Communities, OISE/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. 2017
Abawi, Z., Brady, J., & Lafond-Kwan D. Facilitating Courageous Conversations in the Classroom. York University Faculty of Education Summer Institute, Re/defining Educational Success: Purposeful Advocacy for Change. York University Toronto, ON. 2016
Eizadirad, A., Abawi, Z., & Campbell, A.B. Disrupting the Weaponization of Difference in Canadian Teacher Educator Programs: What it Means to Be Scholar Activists. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. Montreal, QC, 2024
Abawi, Z., Tuters, S., & Startup, A. Discursive Shifts: Regulation 274/12, PPM 165 and the Privileging of Whiteness in Ontario Teacher Hiring. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. Montreal, QC, 2024
Abawi, Z. Double Standards: The Colonial Entanglements of Canada’s Refugee Policies. Crossing Borders: United States-Canada Border Issues. Brock University, St. Catharine’s, ON, 2024
Abawi, Z. Who is Deserving? The Coloniality of Canada’s Response to Afghan and Ukrainian Refugees. Canadian Political Science Association. Montreal, QC, 2024
Abawi, Z., Eizadirad, A., & Campbell, A.B. Enacting Anti-Racism and Activist Pedagogies in Teacher Education. American Educational Research Association. Philadelphia, PA, 2024
Abawi, Z. Visibilizing Hierarchies: The Coloniality of Refugee and Asylum Seekers Access to Education as an Epistemic Good in the Global North. American Educational Research Association. Philadelphia, PA, 2024
Eizadirad, A., Abawi, Z., & Campbell, A.B. Enacting Anti-Racism and Activist Pedagogies in Teacher Education. Annual Decolonizing Conference. Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies, University of Toronto (OISE). Toronto ON, 2023
Abawi, Z., & Davies, A. Trajectories of Normalcy: Developmentalism in Pre-Service Education as Epistemic Injustice Canadian Sociological Association. Toronto, ON, 2023
Eizadirad, A., Abawi, Z., & Campbell, A., B. Enacting Anti-Racism and Activist Pedagogies in Teacher Education. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. York University, Toronto, ON, 2023
Abawi, Z. Strength through Resistance: Drawing Critical Connections between Malalai of Maiwand and Malala Yousafzai to Counter Western Narratives of Muslim Girlhood. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. York University, Toronto, ON, 2023
Abawi, Z. Mind the Gap: Exploring Hiring Practices to Diversifying the Teacher Workforce. American Education Research Association. (AERA). Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. 2023
Abawi, Z., & Eizadirad, A. Neutrality Always Benefits the Oppressor: The Need to Rupture the Normalized Teacher Education Programs to Diversify the Teacher Workforce. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. Virtual. 2022
Abawi, Z., Eizadirad, A., Berman, R. Equity as Praxis in Early Childhood Education and Care Book Panel. Canadian Association for Research in Early Childhood. Virtual. 2022
Abawi, Z. Give Race It’s Place in Early Childhood Spaces. Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges of Teacher Education. New Orleans, LA. 2022
Abawi, Z., Eizadirad, A., & Berman R. Equity as Praxis in Early Childhood Education and Care.
Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education Conference. Virtual. 2022
Abawi, Z. Educational Leadership and Diversity: Challenging the Underrepresentation of Racialized Leaders in Ontario. Reshaping Educational Leadership: Building on Collective Action in Challenging Times. Centre for Leadership and Diversity 2nd Annual International Conference. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Decolonizing Early Childhood Education Curricula: A Canadian Perspective. Pandemic, Protests, Recovery, Opportunity: What’s next for research in education? University of Brighton, School of Education Research and Enterprise Conference, Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Race(ing) Canadian Childhoods: A Reconceptualist Approach to Rethinking Racial Socialization in Early Childhood Education and Care. European Early Childhood Education Research Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi. Z. Race and Representation: Problematizing the Educational Administrator Diversity Gap. British Educational Research Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Racializing Narratives of Bias-Free Teacher Hiring: An Ontario Perspective. British Educational Research Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Reframing Childhoods: Race, Racialization and Early Childhood Education and Care. British Educational Research Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Privileging Power: Early Childhood Educators, Teachers and Racial Socialization in Full Day Kindergarten. Canadian Sociological Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi. Z. Race(ing) to the Top: Interrogating the Underrepresentation of BIPOC Education Leaders in Ontario Public Schools. Canadian Sociological Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Diversity Our Strength? Problematizing the Underrepresentation of BIPOC Teachers in Ontario. World Education Research Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Contesting Belonging: Refugee Students and Ontario Schools. World Education Research Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Unpacking the Salience of Race in Early Childhood Education and Care in Ontario. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. The Don’t See Colour: Dismantling Racial Innocence in Early Childhood Education and Care in Ontario. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. Virtual. 2021
Butler, A., & Abawi, Z. (2021). Canadian Perspectives on Microaggressions in Schools: Understanding and Combatting Covert Violence. Book Symposium with Corkett, J., Cho, C.L., & Steele, A. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. Virtual. 2021
Eizadirad, A., & Abawi, Z. Interrogating the Effectiveness of Bias-Free Hiring Policies in Increasing Diversity of the Ontario Teacher Workforce. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Deconstructing Development: Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education from a Critical Race Approach. International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Who’s Allowed to Teach? Troubling White Privilege in Education Leadership: An Ontario Perspective. International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Equity as Practice in School Leadership: The Equity Hiring Toolkit. World Education Research Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z., Eizadirad, A., & Berman, R. Equity as Praxis in Early Childhood Education and Care. American Educational Research Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z., & Eizadirad, A. Unpacking Teacher Diversity: Race, Racialization and Teacher Hiring in Ontario. American Educational Research Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Deconstructing Racial Innocence: Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education and Care in Ontario. American Educational Research Association. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Leadership for Representation: Encouraging Self-Reflective Practice for Ontario School Administrators. Centre for Leadership and Diversity 1st Annual International Symposium. OISE/University of Toronto, Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z., & Tuters, S. Deconstructing Educational Leadership: Advocating for Educational Change by Diversifying the Administrator Workforce. International Society for Educational Planning. Virtual 2020
Abawi, Z. Race, Identity and Socialization in Canadian Children. British Educational Research Association. Virtual. 2020.
Abawi, Z. Gendered Layers of Devaluation: Early Childhood Educators and Contract Faculty in the Ontario Context. Gender and Education Association International Conference. (Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
Abawi, Z., Berman, R., & Powell, A. Gendered Devaluation: Positioning the Voices of Early Childhood Educators and Contract Faculty in Dialogue. Canadian Sociological Association. 2020. (Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
Abawi, Z., & Butler, A. Deconstructing Citizenship and Belonging: Refugee Student Integration in Ontario Schools. Canadian Sociological Association. 2020. (Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
Abawi, Z., & Eizadirad, A. Race in Education: Racialized Perspectives on the Teacher Diversity Gap. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. 2020. (Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
Abawi, Z. Berman, R., & Powell, A. Gender, Equity and Education: Situating the Experiences of Early Childhood Educators and Contract Faculty in Ontario. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. 2020. (Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
Abawi, Z., & Eizadirad, A. Bias-Free or Biased Hiring? Racialized Teachers’ Perspectives on Educational Hiring Practices in Ontario. American Educational Research Association. 2020. (Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic)
Abawi, Z., & Tuters, S. Social Justice Leadership: Encouraging Self Reflective Praxis for Ontario School Leaders. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. 2020
Abawi, Z. Reimagining Girlhood in Early Learning Spaces through a Reconceptualist Framework. The Girl: from Expansive Imaginings to Embodied Experience. York University, Toronto ON. 2019
Berman, R., & Abawi, Z. Thinking and Doing Otherwise: Reconceptualist Contributions to Early Childhood Education and Care. International Reconceptualist Early Childhood Education Conference, Las Cruces, NM. 2019
Wane, N., & Abawi, Z. Navigating the Politics of the Academe. Centre for Interactive Antiracism Conference, OISE/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, 2018
Abawi, Z. Academic Apartheid: The Racialization of Precarious Faculty in Canadian Universities. American Educational Research Association, New York City, NY. 2018
Abawi, Z. Indigenous Educational Policies and the Settler State. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Toronto, ON. 2017
Abawi, Z. Decolonizing Educational Dialogue. Canadian Sociology of Education Conference. Hamilton, ON. 2017
Abawi, Z. Uneven Playing Field: Race and Precarious Faculty in Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions. Addressing Inequalities, Mobility and Dislocation: Insights from International and Domestic Research and Practice. Michigan State University, Lansing, MI. 2017
Abawi, Z. Decolonizing Indigenous Education Policies, VI. International Conference on Critical Education. Middlesex University, London UK. 2016
Brady, J., & Abawi, Z. Re-Imagining Education in Ontario through Decolonial Practice. 10th Annual Decolonizing the Spirit Conference, Embu Kenya. 2016
Abawi, Z. Citizenship and Belonging in the Canadian Education System: Race, Class and Gender. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. 2016
Abawi, Z. Marginal Voices: Immigrant and Indigenous Dialogue in Education. Rosa Bruno Jofre Symposium in Education, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON. 2016
Sinclair, C., Brady, J., & Abawi, Z. Awakening of Sensual Food: Decolonization and Spirituality in an Internationally Diverse Socialization of Learning Experiences from the African Continent to the North American Continent. Decolonizing Conference. Centre for Integrative Antiracism Studies University of Toronto, Toronto ON. 2016
Brady, J., Eizadirad, A.,Villegas, F., & Abawi, Z. Citizenship, Democracy, and Dialogue for whom? Challenging the Colonial Histories and Trajectories of “National” Ideals. Decolonizing Conference. Centre for Integrative Antiracism Studies. University of Toronto, Toronto ON, 2016
Villegas, F., Brady, J., Abawi, Z., & Eizadirad, A. Critical Schooling in Canada Book Symposium. Centre for Integrative Antiracism Studies Decolonizing Conference. OISE/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. 2017
Invited Talks and Professional Presentations:
Abawi, Z. Anti-Racism as a Framework for Reimagining Resettlement Experiences in Education for Refugees. Centre for Integrative Antiracism Studies. University of Toronto, Toronto ON, 2024
Abawi, Z. Leading Schools for Social Justice. Harmony Heights Public School. Durham District School Board. Oshawa, ON, 2023
Abawi, Z. Unpacking Microaggressions in Our Schools. Seneca Trail Public School, Durham District School Board. Oshawa ON, 2023
Abawi, Z. The Ontario Human Rights Code for New Teachers. Teacher Education Conference-Niagara University Ontario. Vaughan ON, 2023
Abawi, Z. Hiring for Representation? Exploring Pandemic Teacher Hiring Practices in Ontario. Research Speaker Series. Centre for Leadership and Diversity, OISE/University of Toronto. Virtual. 2022
Moncrieffe, M., & Abawi, Z. Decolonising Curriculum Knowledge: A Scholarly Journey from the Local to National and International Perspectives. Book Launch. British Educational Research Association. Virtual. 2022
Abawi, Z., Eizadirad, A., & Berman, R. Equity as Praxis Book Launch Talk. Canadian Scholars’ Press. Virtual. 2022
Abawi, Z. Implementing Social Justice Community Circles in the Classroom. Durham District School Board. 2021
Abawi, Z., Ahmed, A., & Androon, S. Dismantling Islamophobia. Critical Conversation Series. Niagara University. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z. Reflective and Diverse Hiring Panel. Back to Basics: Addressing Racism in Ontario’s School Systems. Coalition for Racial Equity in Education. Virtual. 2021
Tuters, S. & Abawi, Z. Understanding our Identities for Equitable and Inclusive Schools. Blue Water District School Board. Virtual. 2021
Abawi, Z., & Doyle-Jones, C. Human Rights 101 for School Administrators. Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic School Board. Virtual. 2020
Abawi, Z. Counter Narratives as Resistance in the Teaching Profession. Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) Knowledge of Self-Racialized Members Conference, Toronto, ON, 2019 *Keynote Presentation
Abawi, Z., & Tuters, S. Unpacking Teacher Identities: Locating Ourselves as Pedagogical Practice. Mobilizing for Justice: Developing Social Justice Communities for Women. Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), Equity and Women’s Programs, Toronto ON. 2019
Abawi, Z. Beyond Samosas and Cultural Dance: Classroom and Community Transformation for Student Identity through ‘Courageous Conversations' Workshop Educating for Peace and Justice: Action for Safe and Equitable Classrooms, Schools and Communities, OISE/University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. 2017
Abawi, Z., Brady, J., & Lafond-Kwan D. Facilitating Courageous Conversations in the Classroom. York University Faculty of Education Summer Institute, Re/defining Educational Success: Purposeful Advocacy for Change. York University Toronto, ON. 2016
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