Muslim Employee Community Network

Students are encouraged to contact the Centre for Student Development and Counselling

The department of Community Safety and Security can help you file a report if you have been involved in a security incident related to Islamophobia, be it a verbal or physical attack.

Consent Comes First can support you with referrals, advocacy and advice if you have faced gender-based violence including gendered Islamophobia and sexual violence.

Employees can reach out to the Employee and Family Assistance Program for confidential and voluntary support. The program is administered by Shepell (external link)  and services are entirely anonymous.

As part of the Office of the Vice-President, Equity and Community Inclusion (OVPECI), Human Rights Services can: 

• provide advice and coaching on responding to Islamophobia on campus
• guide you through the process to report an incident or make a complaint related to Islamophobia

As part of Human Resources, Workplace Wellbeing Services can provide support with workplace accommodation requests and questions about sick leave for individuals who require time off or modified duties resulting from Islamophobia.

In this two-part series, learn about the challenges and issues facing Muslims with Jasmine Zine (professor of sociology and Muslim studies at Wilfrid Laurier) and Sakeena Mihar (former co-chair of the Muslim Employee Community Network):

• Listen to Islamophobia 101 (Part 1)
• Listen to Islamophobia 101 (Part 2)

The CBC’s Little Mosque on the Prairie television program (external link)  is a sitcom about a Muslim community living in Saskatchewan. The show was created by Toronto Metropolitan University journalism graduate Zarqa Nawaz.

MENA is a research centre at TMU devoted to studying the culture, history, literature, politics and societies in the region of the Middle East and North Africa. Check out the MENA event archives page for upcoming events on campus focused on Islamic and Middle Eastern heritage.

The Sisters Project (external link)  is a photo-based series by Alia Youssef, a graduate student in Toronto Metropolitan University’s master’s of fine arts in documentary media program. Youssef’s work combats negative stereotypes of Muslim women by showcasing and creating space for Muslim women identities.

The Chang School offers a course, CSOC 885 - Women and Islam, that will explore the position of women and gender relations in contemporary Muslim societies and North American Muslim communities.

Co-founded by TMU community members, Savyn (external link)  is a digital mental health platform, simulating post traumatic stress disorder therapies clinically proven to be effective treatments for managing panic attacks, triggers and other symptoms of trauma.