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Greetings/Salaams! Prior to Laurier, I was pursuing my doctoral studies in Social Work at York University, Toronto, Ontario. My doctoral research critically examined the resistance strategies and agency of LBTQ Muslim women living out their intersectional identities (race, ethnicity, religiosity, spirituality, sexuality, gender identity and expression) in the Global North amongst the hegemonic norms existing in both normative Muslim and LGBTQ communities.
My cumulative social work practice has ranged in interdisciplinary non-profit (community, clinical, youth justice, educational) settings with a myriad of individuals and communities. I bring over 10 years of clinical and community-based expertise in mental health and recovery, substance use and addictions, suicide prevention and crisis management, VAW, poverty, and homelessness with many diverse individuals and communities such as LGBTQ, women, youth, children and adults. I have taught graduate and undergraduate courses at York University in Social Work, and in the Social Service Worker Diploma Programs at Centennial and Seneca Colleges.
In my research and teaching (pedagogically and politically), I draw on interdisciplinary critical perspectives such as: anti-colonial thought and postcolonialism, intersectionality theory, critical race and transnational feminisms, critical social work, structural and AOP social work practice and liberatory/emancipatory approaches. I engage mostly in the qualitative tradition and mixed methods research (ethnographic and narrative; feminist and queer methods). I am also an academic researcher with the Manulife Centre for Community Health Research (MCCHR).
My research interests and areas of expertise include community-based research, community development and clinical counselling with the following individuals and communities: LGBTQ+ Muslims in the Global North; Racialized Trans and gender-variant persons and access to healthcare; Racialized, ethnic, religious and sexual minorities; Violence against women and gender variant persons; Non-normative sexualities, gender identities and expressions; substance use, addictions, mental health and sanism; Visible and invisible (dis)abilities, neurodiversity and ableism; Social policy, service and program provision to gender and sexually diverse persons and communities; Race, racialization and imperialism; Sexual minorities and Islam; Religiosity, spirituality and social work practice; Homeless and street involved persons in sex work; and Intersectional identities, identity politics.
At the present time, I am involved in the following research projects:
Co-Principle Investigator, Exploring the Health, Wellness, Safety, Service Access, and Minority Stressors across the Lifecourse of 2SLGBTQ+ in the Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada: A Mixed-Methods Ecosocial Study, Wilfrid Laurier University
- This community-based research supports the AIDS Committee Of Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo & Area (ACCKWA) undertake a comprehensive qualitative and quantitative data which assesses the health, wellness, intersectional experiences, minority stressors, and social determinants of health of non-binary and racialized persons 2SLGBTQ+ people in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
- Funded by Catalyst Grant: Community-Led Research on LGBTQIA/2S Wellness Through an Intersectional Lens, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) $90, 061
Co-Investigator, Interdisciplinary LGBTQ/2S HEALTH Hub: Healing Through Education and Awareness in Stigma Reduction and Lifecourse Training in Health, Wilfrid Laurier University
- The 2SLGBTQ+ Hub will serve as a national platform for training, mentorship, networking, and capacity-building for diverse early career researchers, trainees, healthcare professionals and service providers, government, and community-based stakeholders
- The aim of the Hub is to tackle a major training and capacity gap in intersectional and community-informed 2SLGBTQ+ health and community interventions, including stigma reduction and health promoting interventions and interventions with and for Indigenous, Black, and People of Colour queer communities across the lifecourse
- My role as mentor is to train 1-3 (fellows, trainees, and mentees) per year for 6 years who will be matched based on shared specific life experiences, identities, or areas of interest related to 2SLGBTQ+ health as it relates to Racialized and Queer Muslim communities in Canada
- Funded by Health Research Training Platform (HRTP) Pilot Competition, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) $399, 277
Principle Investigator, Service Needs of Sexually & Gender Diverse Muslims and Their Families: A Partnership with Salaam Canada, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Qualitative research examining relationships between queer Muslims and their families and kin in Canada; in partnership with Salaam Canada
- Website: https://muslimfamiliesresearch.ca/ ; Funded by SSHRC, Partnership Engage Grant $24, 204
Principle Investigator, Supporting Sexually and Gender Diverse Muslims in Social Work Project, Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Qualitative research examining the unique social service and programming needs of queer Muslims in Canada; in partnership with Salaam Canada
- Website: https://ssgdmuslimssw.ca/ ; Funded by SSHRC, Insight Development Grant $41, 524
- CBRCanada Emerging Community-Based Researcher Award, Community Based Research Canada (CBRCanada) Feb. 2021 -$1000 (Competitive National Award)
I am willing to supervise graduate students in areas related to my research interests. Please contact me by email for more information.
- McKenzie, C., & Khan, M. (2023). The university and social work under neoliberalism: Where’s the social inclusion for disabled faculty? Journal of Social Inclusion 11(2), doi:10.17645/si.v11i2.6241 [Open Access]
- Shah, S. & Khan, M. (2023). The Impact of Systemic Islamophobia on Sexually and Gender Diverse Muslims in Canada. In Emon, A.M. (Ed.), Islamophobia: A Research Agenda (pp. 31-41). UofT Press.
- Khan, M., & Absolon, K. (2023). Meeting on a Bridge: Opposing Whiteness in Social Work Education and Practice. In Y. Akbaba & A. M. B. Heinemann (Eds.), Erziehungswissenschaften dekolonisieren: Theoretische Debatten und praxisorientierte Impulse. Beltz Juventa.
- Khan, M., & Absolon, K. (2023). Begegnung auf einer Brücke: Widerstand gegen die weiße Dominanz in Ausbildung und Praxis der Sozialen Arbeit. In Y. Akbaba & A. M. B. Heinemann (Eds.), Erziehungswissenschaften dekolonisieren: Theoretische Debatten und praxisorientierte Impulse. Beltz Juventa.
- Shah, S. & Khan, M. (2023). The Search for Ethics in Research: Learning from Non-binary, Queer, and Trans Muslims. In (Eds.). J. Jean-Pierre, V. Watts, C. E. James, P. Albanese, X. Chen & M. Graydon, Reading Sociology (4th edition), Unsettling a Settler Colonial Project & Re/writing Sociological Narratives (pp. 140-144). OUP Canada.
- SK 545 Introduction to Ethical Thought and Reflexive Practice
- SK 621 Reflexive Practices
- SK 501 Approaches to Community Organizing and Group Practices
- SK 545 Introduction to Ethical Thought and Reflexive Practice
- SK 508 Reflective Group and Community Practice
Contact Info:
E: mkhan@wlu.ca
Office location: FSW-305
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