Dr. Ghada Sfeir
Dr. Ghada Sfeir holds a doctoral degree in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies, University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Sfeir’s research and publications are in the areas of Cosmopolitanism, Multiculturalism, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Adult Education and Social Studies. She advocates for the revision of the Canadian curricula, particularly social studies and history, to account for the voices of oppressed groups rendered invisible in Canadian social policies and curricula. Recently, she co-authored a chapter, Global Problems Require a Global Citizenry: The Case for Teaching Global Citizenship, in an edited book, Teaching Global Citizenship: A Canadian Perspective (2020, Canadian Scholars’ Press). She serves on the executive editorial board of the International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity and is a reviewer for the Common Ground Research Networks. She is currently completing a book manuscript with the proposed title: Cosmopolitanism and Canada’s Growing Diversity: A Better Strategy Than Multiculturalism.
Dr. Sfeir is a member of various academic and research advocacy groups such as Quebec English-Speaking Community Research Network (QUESCREN), Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (CIESC), Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, and the Montreal Council of Women. Her professional activities also include the organization and facilitation of webinar series on timely and pressing issues facing our society to advocate against systemic racism. She has received the Concordia Volunteer Recognition Award in 2012.
Sessions in which Dr. Ghada Sfeir participates
Talk
Dr. Ghada Sfeir (Moderator)
Maria Giammarco, Business + Higher Education Roundtable (Speaker)
Lucie Roy, Riverside School Board (Speaker)
Sessions in which Dr. Ghada Sfeir attends
Keynote
Angelica Galante, McGill University (Keynote speaker)
Lorraine O’Donnell, QUESCREN, Concordia University (Master of ceremonies)
William Floch, Ministère du Conseil exécutifSecrétariat aux relations avec les Québécois d’expression anglaise (Master of ceremonies)
Brian Lewis, Department of Communications Studies, Concordia University; co-director, QUESCREN (Moderator)
Talk
Richard Schmid, Concordia University (Moderator)
Emilie Bowles, Riverside School Board (Speaker)
Michael Canuel (Speaker)
Talk
ALIX ADRIEN (Moderator)
Désirée Rochat (Panelist)
Clarence Bayne, Black Studies Center Black Community Forum (Panelist)
Keynote
Qaadira De Coteau (Moderator)
ALIX ADRIEN (Keynote speaker)
Talk
Sylvia Martin-Laforge, QCGN (Master of ceremonies)
Marion Sandilands, Conway Litigation (Speaker)
Richard Bourhis, Département de psychologie (Speaker)
Talk
Tino Bordonaro (Panelist)
Debbie Horrocks, LEARN (Panelist)
John Buck, CEDEC (Panelist)
Tino Bordonaro (Moderator)
Sandy Astles (Panelist)
Talk
Dr. Ghada Sfeir (Moderator)
Maria Giammarco, Business + Higher Education Roundtable (Speaker)
Lucie Roy, Riverside School Board (Speaker)
Workshop
Debbie Horrocks, LEARN (Moderator)
Patricia Lamarre (Speaker)
Cindy Finn, Lester B. Pearson School Board (Speaker)
Tino Bordonaro (Speaker)
Kathleen Mulawka (Speaker)
Emma Legault (Moderator)
ALIX ADRIEN (Speaker)
Keynote
Dominique Michaud, Concordia University (Moderator)
Manon Tremblay, Concordia University (Keynote speaker)
Keynote
Dr. Patrick Donovan, QUESCREN (Moderator)
Raymond Theberge, Office of offcial Language (Keynote speaker)