Yasmin Jiwani is a feminist academic and activist. In her research, she examines the

intersectionality Intersectionality is an analytical framework for understanding how aspects of a person's social and political identities combine to create different modes of discrimination and privilege. Intersectionality identifies multiple factors of adva ...

of race and gender in media narratives of

violence against women Violence against women (VAW), also known as gender-based violence and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), are violent acts primarily or exclusively committed against women or girls, usually by men or boys. Such violence is often consi ...

and representations of

racialized In sociology, racialization or ethnicization is a political process of ascribing ethnic or racial identities to a relationship, social practice, or group that did not identify itself as such. Racialization or ethnicization often arises out of th ...

peoples. Currently, Dr. Jiwani is a full professor in the Department of Communication Studies at

Concordia University Concordia University ( French: ''Université Concordia'') is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, Concordia is one of the t ...

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. She is the author of Discourses of Denial: Mediations of Race, Gender and Violence.

Education

In 1979, Jiwani graduated from

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology. In 1983, she attained her master's degree in sociology from

Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with three campuses, all in Greater Vancouver: Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, and Vancouver. The main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain, located from ...

. Her thesis topic was entitled “The Forms of Jah: The Mystic Collectivity of the Rastafarians.” In 1988, Jiwani received a certificate from the Summer Institute for Semiotic and Structural Studies from UBC. Four years later, she also obtained a certificate from the New Initiatives in Film & Video Program, Studio D, from the

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...

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. In 1993, Jiwani completed a PhD in communication studies at Simon Fraser. Her doctoral dissertation was entitled “By Omission and Commission: ‘Race’ and Representation in Canadian Television News.”

Work Experience

Academic career

From 1978 to 1980, Jiwani was a teaching assistant (TA) in the Department of Psychology at UBC. For the next few years, she worked as a TA and guest lecturer at both Simon Fraser and

McMaster University McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood and Westdale, adjacent to the Royal Botanical Ga ...

. From 1986 to 1988, Jiwani became a sessional instructor in the School of Communication at SFU. From 1995 to 1998, Jiwani became a lecturer in

Women's Studies Women's studies is an academic field that draws on feminist and interdisciplinary methods to place women's lives and experiences at the center of study, while examining social and cultural constructs of gender; systems of privilege and oppress ...

at UBC. In addition, she was a research scholar for the Centre for Research in Women's Studies and Gender Relations. From 1997 to 2001, Jiwani worked as an adjunct professor at Simon Fraser in the School of Criminology. Since 2003, she has been a research fellow at the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at

. In addition, Jiwani is an academic research associate for the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children at

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by resident ...

. From 2001 to 2005, Jiwani was an assistant professor in Communication Studies at Concordia. From 2005 to 2012, she became an associate professor in the same department. In 2012, Jiwani was made a full professor. In 2017, Jiwani became the Concordia University Research Chair in Intersectionality, Violence and Resistance.

Other work experience

From 1989 to 1990, Jiwani worked as the communications director for the In Visible Colours International Film and Video Society. For the next year, she was the Ethnic Liaison Officer for Canada's national statistical agency,

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, in the Pacific Region. From 1991 to 1994, Jiwani was the Coordinator of the Women's Program at the

Bibliography

Books

* Berman, Helene and Yasmin Jiwani, eds. Faces of Violence in the Lives of Girls. London: Althouse Press, 2014. * Jiwani, Yasmin. Discourses of Denial: Mediations of Race, Gender and Violence. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2006. * Jiwani, Yasmin, Candis Steenbergen, and Claudia Mitchell, eds. Girlhood: Redefining the Limits. Montreal: Black Rose Books, 2006.

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References

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