Anti-Muslim Racism Unpacked: Understanding Bias & Building Inclusive Communities

Designed for service providers, educators, and community organizations, this workshop provides participants with a foundational understanding of anti-Muslim racism, equipping them to recognize, name, and respond to Islamophobia in everyday contexts.

Through guided discussion, participants will deconstruct dominant myths and stereotypes about Islam and Muslim communities. The workshop explores practical tools for identifying Islamophobic attitudes and behaviours in real-world settings, including the media, workplace, community interactions, and personal relationships. Finally, the session concludes with actionable strategies for combating anti-Muslim racism across multiple contexts.

Learning Outcomes

• Define Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism, and distinguish between the two concepts using relevant terminology.
• Identify and deconstruct common myths and stereotypes about Islam and Muslim communities, encouraging participants to directly engage with the community to cultivate relationships.
• Recognize Islamophobic attitudes, behaviours, and microaggressions across real-world settings, including the media, workplace, community interactions, and personal relationships.
• Critically evaluate media sources and social media content for misinformation, bias, and distorted narratives about Muslims.
• Apply practical intervention strategies to address Islamophobia between colleagues, within the community, and among friends and family.
• Demonstrate the use of inclusive, anti-racist language when discussing issues affecting Muslim communities in professional and personal contexts.

Facilitator Bios

Eve Sotiriadou is the Executive Director of the Canadian Muslim Women's Institute Family Resource Center, where she oversees essential services that foster well-being, safety, and belonging in Winnipeg. Her work is driven by public safety, educational policy, anti-hate education, and community organizing. She earned a Master's researching Canada's repatriation and reintegration of Muslim women and children from the Islamic State, emphasizing Islamophobia's role in their migration. Eve created a virtual toolkit on classroom Islamophobia, now part of the Manitoba curriculum, and contributed to the Manitoba Anti-Islamophobia Working Group, developing anti-racism policies for schools. She is pursuing a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies at Queen's University, exploring gender-affirming education in Canada.

Zebiba Ibrahim is a community and human resource development professional with over 15 years of experience dedicated to capacity building, workplace wellness, and DEIB. Centered on psychological health and safety, she takes a holistic, people-first approach to creating inclusive, equitable environments where individuals, teams, and organizations thrive. As a Chartered Professional in Human Resource (CPHR), Certified DEIB Specialist, Certified Organization Development Practitioner, she integrates adult learning principles, coaching, and equity frameworks to cultivate inclusive environments, systems design, and community capacity-building programs that advance community and employee wellbeing and inclusive culture. Zebiba holds a BA in Management and a Post-Degree Diploma in Human Resources Management, combining deep strategic expertise with a passion for building healthier, high performing workplaces.

• This is an online event. You will need to have access to a computer/ laptop or other devices with a webcam & microphone, as well as an internet connection. 

• Accessibility accommodations are available on advance request. If you have any questions, concerns or inquiries, please send us an email at info@mansomanitoba.ca or call 204-272-0872.