In May, I-RSS was happy to host an incredible discussion of two landmark and important studies on Indigenous Muslims in North America. Dr. Tareq Sharawi of I-RSS and Brennan McDaniel of ISPU shared the approaches and thematic findings of their research projects and also discussed the decolonization of methodologies they navigated as they discovered the unique […]
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Last week’s talk with I-RSS Researcher Nuray Catic entitled “Persuaded by the Qur’an” Converting to Islam in Canada” was an illuminating and rich conversation aimed at developing conversion frameworks and helping aid understanding about conversion to Islam in particular. Many of the findings presented by Nuray offered food for thought and presented the voices and experiences […]
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This article was originally published here: https://www.ualberta.ca/chester-ronning-centre/news/2023/indigenous-history-month-is-an-opportunity-to-change-your-perspective.html Nakita Valerio – June 21, 2023 The beginning of June marked the start of Indigenous History Month – an opportunity to listen to, learn from, and amplify Indigenous voices and stories within all families and communities. It’s been two years since the discoveries of mass graves of Indigenous […]
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This past weekend, I-RSS Research Director Nakita Valerio had the pleasure of presenting “Shaping Tomorrow: Understanding Muslim Youth Needs in the Waterloo Region (A Community Needs Assessment)” for the Coalition of Muslim Women – KW and their incredibly talented Muslim Youth Council. The full report will be available on the CMW-KW and I-RSS websites soon. […]
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The concept of community identity within the social sciences and humanities has been understood in a variety of ways. While some authors argue that there are no clear means of measuring a sense of community identity, especially for comparative analysis (Puddifoot 1995), and others have proposed foundations for the development of community identity, especially through […]
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I-RSS is proud to work with a wide network of community and research organizations. Of course, our work includes other important areas of contribution such as advocacy at all levels of government and in the education sphere, as well as creating critical spaces directly in the academic world to amplify and uplift post-disciplinary, decolonial Muslim […]
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I-RSS is pleased to announce two new publications on our website, each of which are part of larger research studies conducted by primary researchers Fatima Chakroun and Nakita Valerio from 2021-2022. Muslim Organizations in Canada Policy Paper: Recommendations for Canadian Muslim Organizations Based on a Composite Picture Study by Fatima Chakroun is a companion policy piece to […]
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The call for papers deadline for the RSS Journal edition on the topic of “Navigating Place as Muslims in Canada” has been extended to September 15, 2022. To submit or for more information, please register at rssjournal.ca The Call for Papers:
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Qualitative research is research that relies on data sources such as interviews, questionnaires, observation, text or image documents, artifacts and more. In other words, any kind of data that cannot be quantified, or measured in numerical terms. Qualitative research typically focuses on understanding concepts, perceptions, and experiences. For example, a quantitative study of the Muslim […]
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Did you know that much of the statistical data on Muslims in Canada that researchers have to work with comes from just a few main sources? Most of the quantitative data we use comes from Statistics Canada and a few large-scale surveys. Each of these sources has provided the data for many high quality studies, […]
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