Selected Talks

Lakehead University, Department of Visual Arts Lecture Series – Curating a Sense of Place: Reflections on Art and Community, 2022.

fORUM: let it matter what we call a thing – a secret in the image, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON. Organized by Nasrin Himada, 2022.

Reflections on Art and Design: Canadian Muslim Women’s Perspectives, Aga Khan Museum, Canadian Council for Muslim Women, and the Global Centre for Pluralism, Online, 2021.

A Mosque on Treaty 6: The Al-Rashid and the Making of Muslim Heritage in Canada, Islamic Heritage Month, ICOMOS Canada, Online, 2020.

In Conversation: Nadia Kurd and Manar Moursi, USask Art Galleries & Collections, Saskatoon, SK. Online, 2020.

Visiting Faculty Lecture, Winter Session, Banff Centre, Banff, AB, 2020.

Artist-Run Centres and Collectives of Ontario (ARCOO), Members Summit, Online, 2020.

PowerLines: Morrisseau and the Influence of the Indian Group of Seven, Wanuskewin Centre, Saskatoon, SK, 2020.

First Friday Lecture: Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA), Winnipeg, MB, 2018.

71st Annual Society of Architectural Historians Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, 2018.

Process in Modern and Contemporary Islamic Art: University of Michigan History of Art Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2018.

106th Annual College Art Association Conference, Los Angeles, California, 2018.

105Th Annual College Art Association Conference, New York City, New York, 2017.

Toward the Future: Diversity and Inclusion – Ontario Museums Association Annual Conference, Peel Museum of Art, Brampton, ON.

Annual Universities Art Association of Canada Conference – Université du Québec à Montréal, PQ.

British Association for Islamic Studies (BRAIS), University of London, UK.

AHCS Career Panel at McGill University, Montréal, QC.

Dream Big North– White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON.

Gathering for Indigenous Arts – Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres- Thunder Bay Art Gallery, ON.

Curating in the Haze of Empires – Ontario Association of Art Galleries- Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON.

SmackDown: Historical VS Contemporary, Ontario Association of Art Galleries. Panel Discussion, University of Toronto, ON.

Censorship and the Muslim Artist– in conjunction with the screening of Taqwacore: Birth of Punk Islam at the Mayfair Theatre, Ottawa, ON.

Annual Universities Art Association of Canada Conference– University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.

Breaking Down the Barriers– Canadian Artists Without Borders Symposium- Varley Art Gallery, Unionville, ON.

Expressions of Belonging: What Does It Mean to Be Canadian? – 9th National Metropolis Conference, Toronto, ON.

June 2005- October 2006: DEFINE INDIAN. Joint panel discussion between SAVAC and TRIBE, Inc. This panel began in Vancouver at Emily Carr Institute for Fine Arts (2005) and traveled to the University of Saskatoon (2005) and the Ontario College of Art and Design (2006).

Noor Cultural Centre, 2004 Lecture Series. Toronto, ON.

Young Muslim Women Speak Out – Canadian Council of Muslim Women Seventeenth Annual National Conference. Calgary, AB.