Yasmin Jiwani

Yasmin Jiwani is a feminist academic and activist. In her research, she examines the intersectionality of race and gender in media narratives of violence against women and representations of racialized peoples. Currently, Dr. Jiwani is a full professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. She is the author of Discourses of Denial: Mediations of Race, Gender and Violence.

Education In 1979, Jiwani graduated from University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology. In 1983, she attained her master's degree in sociology from Simon Fraser University. In 1988, Jiwani received a certificate from the Summer Institute for Semiotic and Structural Studies from UBC. 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, Statistics Canada, in the Pacific Region. From 1991 to 1994, Jiwani was the Coordinator of the Women's Program at the National Film Board of Canada.