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Curriculum Vitae

AMAL MADIBBO, PhD

Department of Sociology

University of Calgary

2500 University Dr. N.W

Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4

Ph: (403) 220-6512, Fax: (403) 282-9298

amadibbo@ucalgary.ca

Languages

Speaking and Writing Fluency: English, French, and Arabic

Education

PhD, Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, Ontario

Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto (OISE/UT), Toronto

Certificate of Teaching French as a Second Language, l’Université Lumière Lyon 2, Lyon,

France

Master of Arts, Carleton University, Ottawa Specialisation: French Sociolinguistics and

Black Francophone Literature

Bachelor of Arts, Khartoum University, SudanSpecialisation: French Language and

Literature

Areas of Specialization

Global immigration, Black studies, multiculturalism, the Francophonie, race &

antiracism, race & ethnicity in Sub-Saharan Africa, qualitative research methodologies

Teaching Experience

2012-present Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary,

Calgary

2007-2011 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary,

Calgary

2005-2006 Lecturer, Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education,

(OISE/UT), Toronto

2004- 2005 Lecturer, Department of Multidisciplinary Studies, Glendon College, York

University, Toronto

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Grants and Scholarships

Principal Investigator

Transnational Migration and its Impacts on the Sense of Identity for Canada: The Case

of Africans in Calgary. Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

(SSHRC) Insight Development Grants. 2016-2019

Race, Ethnicity, Migration and Identity in the Sudan. Funded by the Social Sciences and

Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). 2009-2013

The Racial and Ethnic Identity of Francophone Immigrants. 2008-2011. Funded by:

The University of Calgary Starter Grants

The Dean of Social Sciences Grants, the University of Calgary

Le Centre canadien de recherche sur les francophonies en milieu minoritaire, the

University of Regina

Co-investigator

Making Life Easier: A Participatory Assessment of Programs and Services for Immigrant

Women in Central Alberta. SSHRC Community and College Social Innovation Fund.

2015-2018

Issues facing Muslims in North America and possible solutions to these issues. (Co-

investigator). Think for Actions: Professional Development and Research Institute,

Calgary. 2015-2016

Collaborator

Canadian Refugee Child, Youth and Family Research Coalition: Using Research to

Inform Best Practices for the Integration of Syrian Refugees. SSHRC Partnership Grants.

2017-2022. $2.5 Million

Visiting Scholarship

2018 Dongola University, Northern Sudan Province, Sudan

2016-17 Al Azhari University, Khartoum, Sudan, December

2015 Almughtariben University, Khartoum, Sudan, December

2014 Department of French, University of Khartoum, Sudan, June

2012 Department of French, University of Khartoum, Sudan, June

2011 The Center for Conflict Management, National University of Rwanda,

June-July

2010 The Institute of Afro-Asian Studies, University of Khartoum, Sudan,

July-August

2009 Omduram Islamic University, Al Daein Branch, Darfur, Sudan. June

2008 L’Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal. June

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2007 Department of French, University of Khartoum, Sudan. December

Awards

The Embassy of Sudan in Canada Award of Recognition. September 2018

Project 150 initiative Award (Offered to 150 immigrant women in celebration of

Canada’s 150th). Gradual Rising of Women (GROW). Edmonton, Alberta. October 2017

Al Azhari University Acknowledgement Award, Al Azhar University Acknowledgement

Award, Al Azhari University, Khartoum, Sudan. December 2016

100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women Award. Initiative led by the Honourable Jean

Augustine Center. June 2016

The Internationalization Award. The Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary. May 2016

Award of Recognition. Almughtariben University, Khartoum, Sudan. December 2015

Award of Excellence on Immigration. L’Association canadienne-française de l’Alberta.

October 2014

Award of Recognition. Le Centre d’accueil pour les nouveaux arrivants francophones de

Calgary. October, 2012

Certificate of Recognition. The International Education Week, the College of Education,

Central Florida University, Orlando, Florida. November, 2011

Nomination for Awards

The University of Calgary’s Graduate Students Association Supervisory Excellence

Awards. 2016

The University of Calgary’s Student Union Teaching Excellence Award. 2015

Publications – Edited books

Madibbo, A. (Ed.). 2015. Canada in Sudan, Sudan in Canada: Migration, Conflict and

Reconstruction. McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal & Kingston

Publications – Books

Madibbo, A. (2006). Minority Within a Minority: Black Francophone Immigrants and the

Dynamics of Power and Resistance. London & New York: Routledge. (241 ps.)

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Publications - Refereed Journal Articles

Madibbo, A. 2018. “L’immigration transnationale africaine francophone en milieu

minoritaire et son impact sur l’intégration dans la société canadienne”. Francophonie

d’Amérique, n. 42.

Madibbo, A. 2016. “The Way Forward: African Francophone immigrants negotiate their

multiple minority identities”. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 17(3):

853-866

Madibbo, A. 2015. “L’état de la reconnaissance et la non-reconnaissance des acquis des

immigrants africains francophones en Alberta ”. Francophonie d’Amérique, 73: 155-171

O’Neill, K. and Madibbo, A. 2014. “The Role of Personal Memoir and Political Accounts

of Genocide and Ethnic Conflict in Creating New Imagined Communities: Rwanda and

Sudan”. World Studies in Education, 15(1): 21-38

Madibbo, A. 2012. “Conflict and the Conceptions of Identities in the Sudan”. Current

Sociology, 60/3: 302-319

Madibbo, A. 2012. “Pratiques identitaires et racialisation des immigrants africains

francophones en Alberta”. Canadian Ethnic Studies, 41-42/3-1: 175-189

Madibbo, A. 2010. “The Management of Ethnicity in the African Contexts: The

Sudanese Case”. The Global Studies Journal, 3/2: 289-296

Madibbo, A. 2008. “The Integration of Black Francophone Immigrant Youth in Ontario:

Challenges and Possibilities”. Canadian Issues, Spring Issue, 45-49

Madibbo, A. 2008. “L’intégration des jeunes immigrants francophones de race noire en

Ontario: Défis et possibilité”. Thèmes Canadiens, 50-54

Madibbo, A. 2007. “Race, Gender, Language and Power Relations: Blacks within

Francophone Communities in Ontario, Canada”. Race, Gender and Class, 14(1-2): 213-

226

Madibbo, A. 2004. “Power, Language and Race Relations within Francophone

Communities in Canada”. Journal of Education and Society, 22/3: 21-34

Madibbo, A. 2003. “L’introduction du français en Afrique non-francophone:

L’expérience soudanaise”. La revue Sudlangues, 107-119.

http://www.sudlangues.sn/article57.html

Madibbo, A., and Maury, J. 2012. (Reprinted). “L’immigration et la communauté franco-

torontoise : le cas des jeunes”. http://www.erudit.org/revue/fa/2001/v/n12/1005150ar

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Soleski, A., and Madibbo, A. 2010. “Canada’s Contributions to the Resolution of the

Darfur, Sudan’s Conflict”. The Asian Journal of Canadian Studies, 16(1-2), 59-87

Madibbo, A., and Labrie, N. 2005. “La transformation des institutions et des

communautés francophones face à l’immigration et à la mondialisation : une étude de

cas ”. La revue ontarienne d’intervention sociale et communautaire, 11: 49-80

Madibbo, A., and Maury, J. 2002. “L’immigration et la communauté franco-

torontoise: le cas des jeunes”. Francophonies d’Amérique, 12: 113-122

Labrie, N. Chambon, A., M. Heller, and A. Madibbo. 2002. “Migrations et santé :

pratiques des communautés francophones à Toronto”. Bulletin suisse de linguistique

appliquée, 74: 209-235

Publications – Book Chapters

Madibbo, A., and Frideres, J. 2018. In P. Albanese (Ed.). “The Settlement of Refugee

Families in Canada: Pre-migration and Post-migration Trajectories and Location in

Canadian Society”, 224-245. Canadian Families Today: New Perspectives. Don Mills,

Onatrio: Oxford University Press.

Madibbo, A. “Introduction”. In A. Madibbo (Ed.). 2015. Canada in Sudan, Sudan in

Canada: Immigration, Conflict and Reconstruction, 3-26. McGill-Queen’s University

Press, Montreal & Kingston

Madibbo, A. “Conclusion”. In A. Madibbo (Ed.). 2015. Canada in Sudan, Sudan in

Canada: Migration, Conflict and Reconstruction, 169-179. McGill-Queen’s University

Press, Montreal & Kingston

Soleski, A., and Madibbo, A. 2015. “Canada’s Contributions to the Resolution of the

Darfur, Sudan’s Conflict”. (Revised, reprinted). In A. Madibbo (Ed.). Canada in Sudan,

Sudan in Canada: Migration, Conflict and Reconstruction, 152-168. McGill-Queen’s

University Press, Montreal & Kingston

Frideres, J., and Madibbo, A. 2013. “Building Bridges: Immigrant, Visible Minority, and

Aboriginal Families in the Twenty-First Century”. In D. Cheal and P. Albanese (Eds.).

Canadian Families Today: New Perspectives, 227-247. Toronto: Oxford University Press

Madibbo, A. 2012. “L’immigration francophone noire et le multiculturalisme”. In G.

Ewin and C. Coates (Eds.). Introduction aux Études Canadiennes: Histoires, identités,

cultures, 121-136. Ottawa: Ottawa University Press

Madibbo, A. 2010. “The African Francophone Identities within the Francophone

Diaspora”. In T. McCauley and J. Hill (Eds.), Canadian Society: Global Perspectives,

87-94. Oshawa: de Sitter Publications

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Madibbo, A. 2010. “Power/knowledge”. Sage Encyclopedia of Case Study Research, 718-

720. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage

Madibbo, A. 2009. (Reprinted). “Power, Language and Race Relations within

Francophone Communities in Canada”. In J. Zajda and K. Freeman (Eds.). Race,

Ethnicity and Gender in Education, Cross-Cultural Understandings, 85-96. New York:

Springer

Madibbo, A. 2007. “Race, Language and la Francophonie: Black Francophones caught

between Racism and Linguicism”. In N. Massaquoi and N. Wane (Eds.). Theorizing

Empowerment: Canadian Perspectives on Black Feminist Thought, 199-227. Toronto:

Inanna Publication and Education Inc.

Madibbo, A. 2007. “Le mouvement associatif des immigrants africains francophones en

Ontario”. In M. Diop and O. Bénois (Eds.). Associations, cultures et développement, 107-

115. Paris: Éditions Karthala

Publications – Conference Proceedings

Madibbo, A. 2017. “Immigration and Development of the Home Country: the Sudanese

Immigrants in Canada”. Proceedings of the Conference of the Sudanese Scientists and

Expert Expatriates abroad, 25-32. Sudan: Republic of Sudan, Ministry of Cabinet,

Secretariat of Sudanese Working abroad.

Publications – Non-refereed Journal Articles

Madibbo, A. 2012. “Contemporary Immigration of Francophones to Ontario”. Heritage

Matters, p. 10, May.

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Madibbo, A. 2012. “L’immigration francophone dans l’Ontario d’aujourd’hui”. Questions

de patrimoine, p. 10, May.

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Madibbo, A. 2011. “On the 45th Anniversary of the Sudanese Poet Tawfig Salih Gibril:

Celebrating the Social and Revolutionary aspects of his work” (In Arabic). Al Sahafa, p. 13,

December 20. (Published in Sudan)

Publications - Research Compendium

Madibbo, A. 2010. “The Racial and Ethnic Identity of African Francophone Immigrants”.

Current Research Compendium on Francophone Immigration in Canada, 14-16. The

Quebec Metropolis Centre - Immigration et métropoles. Montreal.

(http://canada.metropolis.net/publications/francophone_compendium_e.pdf)

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Madibbo, A. 2010. “ L’identité raciale et ethnique des immigrants africains

francophones”. Cahier de la recherche actuelle sur l’immigration francophone au

Canada, 15-17. The Quebec Metropolis Centre - immigrations et métropoles. Montreal.

(http://www.canada.metropolis.net/publications/francophone_compendium_f.pdf)

Publications – Working Papers

Madibbo, A. 2005. Immigration, Race and Language: Black Francophones and the

Challenges of Integration, Racism and Language Discrimination, (46 ps.). The Joint

Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement, Toronto

Publications – Book Reviews

Madibbo, A. 2000. Book review (“Negotiating Language, Constructing Race: Disciplining

Difference in Singapore”, N. S. Purushotam (1998)). The International Journal of

Bilingualism, 4/3: 426-431

Invited keynote speaker at conferences

Madibbo, A. 2016. “L’immigration francophone et le rôle des préjugés et de la

discrimination”. Invited keynote speaker at the Pathways to Prosperity Conference. Ottawa.

November 29-December 2, 2016

Madibbo, A. 2016. “Migration and Development: The Case of the Sudanese in Canada”.

Invited keynote speaker at the 3rd Migration and Development Forum. The Hague, The

Netherlands, October 7-8

Madibbo, A. 2014. “L’immigration francophone dans la perspective du Mois de

l’Histoire des Noirs ”. Celebrations of Black History Month 2014. Organized by Le

Centre canadien de recherche sur les francophonies en milieu minoritaire, University of

Regina; Vues d’Afrique, Montreal; the Saskatchewan Network on Francophone

Immigration, Saskatoon; the Community of Francophone Africans of Saskatchewan,

Saskatoon; and the Regina Public Library Film Theatre, Saskatoon. Regina,

Saskatchewan. February 12-19

Madibbo, A. 2013. “L’identité et l’appartenance chez les immigrants africains

francophones en milieu minoritaire”. The Graduate Students Association of the

University of Ottawa’s 16th Annual Annual Interdisciplinary Conference. Transformative

Research: Creativity, Conversations, and Communities of Change. Ottawa. March 1, 8,

15, and 22

Madibbo, A. 2011. “Sudan: Education and Political Conflict”. The International

Education Week. The College of Education, Central Florida University, Orlando, Florida.

November 14-18

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Madibbo, A. 2009. “L’identité raciale et ethnique de la première génération des

immigrants africains Francophones”. Invited keynote speaker at the Plenary Session:

Immigration et diversité au sein des communautés francophones en situation minoritaire,

Journée de réflexion. The 11th National Metropolis Conference. Calgary. March 19-22

Invited speaker at conferences

Madibbo, A. 2017. “Immigration and Development of the Home Country: the Sudanese

Immigrants in Canada”. Invited speaker at the Conference of the Sudanese Scientists and

Experts Expatriates abroad. Khartoum, Sudan, February 7-9

Madibbo, A. 2016. “How could Canadian Official Bilingualism work better?” Invited

speaker at the Symposium: The effects of official bilingualism and Canadian

multiculturalism on immigrants in Canada, The Canadian Association of Applied

Linguistics Annual Conference, Calgary, May 30-June 1

Madibbo, A. 2015. “The View from Canada: Contributions and Improvements”. The

Knowledge Transfer Conference. Khartoum, Sudan. December 27-28

Madibbo, A. 2008. “Encounters between the African Diaspora and the Francophone

Diaspora”. Conference: Transnational Citizenship and the African Diaspora Conference.

University of Calgary. November 7-8

Madibbo, A. 2008. “Background on Multiculturalism”. Multiculturalism: Breaking Down

Borders colloquium. Organized by the University of Calgary and the Royal Society of

Canada. Calgary. April 24

Madibbo, A. 2003. “Perspectives sur l’avenir des communautés francophones”.

Conference: Défis et opportunités qui se présentent à la francophonie torontoise.

Organized by the Office of the Official Languages Commissioner, Government of

Canada. Toronto. April 7

Madibbo, A. 2001. “L’expérience personnelle des jeunes sur le racisme au Canada”.

Preparatory Conference for the International Conference against Racism, Xenophobia and

Intolerance. Le Groupe Jeunesse, Toronto. May 24-25

Invited speaker

Madibbo, A. 2018. “Social and Economic Status of Immigrants and Refugees”. Workshop:

“brain storming” to determine the objectives and work plan for the Immigration and

Refugee Studies Centre. Organized by the University of Dongola. Khartoum, Sudan.

February 2

Madibbo, A. 2013. “Être et devenir « Canadien » et « francophone » chez les immigrants

Africains en milieu minoritaire ”. Départements d'études françaises et de sociologie,

Université de Moncton. Moncton, New-Brunswick. April 4

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Madibbo, A. 2012. “La dynamique de l’exclusion et l’inclusion identitaire : Le cas des

immigrants africains francophones en milieu minoritaire”. Faculty of Social Work,

University of Ottawa. March 2

Madibbo, A. 2010. “The Contribution of Indigenous Governance to Conflict Resolution in

Darfur, Sudan”. Department of Anthropology, University of Calgary. April 9

Madibbo, A. 2006. “How Can Global Migration be Economically Viable to Sending

Countries in the South?” Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto. March 20

Conference Presentations

Madibbo, A., and Obeng-Akrofi, A. 2018. “The Transnational Identities of Immigrants

and Their Impact on the Sense of Belonging to the Host Society: The Case of Africans in

Canada”. The XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology. Toronto. July 15-21

Choon-Lee, C., A. Madibbo, L. McCoy, and T. Phiri. 2018. “Adaptation of Immigrant

Women Living in Smaller Communities to the Challenge of English Language Barrier”. The

XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology. Toronto. July 15 - 21

Madibbo, A. 2018. “L'immigration des femmes francophones dans un milieu rural : une

réalité émergente”. 86e Congrès de l’Association canadienne-française pour

l’avancement des sciences - ACFAS. Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. Chicoutimi,

Quebec. May 7-11

Zaami, M., and Madibbo, A. 2016. “Black African Immigrant Youth in Alberta:

Experiences of Social inclusion in Calgary”. The Annual Meeting of the Canadian

Sociological Association. Calgary. Mai 30 - June 3

Mennas. K., Camara, M., and Madibbo, A. 2106. “Est-ce un problème de culture?

L’importance des Soft skills”. The 18th Metropolis Conference. Toronto. March 3-5

Madibbo, A. 2015. “Multiculturalism and Canadian Bilingualism: Complementary

Perspectives?” The Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association. Ottawa.

May 31- June 5

Madibbo, A. 2015. “Race, immigration, la francophonie, and the Politics of Resistance”.

Conference: Contesting Canada’s Future. Trent University. May 21-23

Madibbo, A. 2014. “Dealing with the Complexities of Identity Polarization: The Case of

Sudan”. 12th International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities. Madrid,

Spain. June 11-13

Madibbo, A. 2014. “Qu’est-ce qu’être immigrant francophone en milieu minoritaire au

Canada? ” ACFAS 82 Annual conference. Concordia University, Montreal. May 12-16

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Madibbo, A. 2012. “Mapping la francophonie in Alberta”. Session: Transnational

Migrations: Mapping the Movements of Francophones, Africans, and Imperial Subjects

in the West. The third biennial Western Canadian Studies Conference. University of

Calgary. June 20-23

Zaami, M. and Madibbo, A. 2013. “I Fit the Description’: Experiences of Social and

Spatial Exclusion among Ghanaian Immigrant Youth in the Jane and Finch

Neighbourhood in Toronto”. The Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociological

Association. Victoria, British Columbia. June 3-8

Madibbo, A. 2012. “Le renforcement d’une relation complémentaire entre la

francophonie et le multiculturalisme: Besoins et bénéfices”. Session: Les dynamiques de

l’intégration et de l’immigration francophone en milieu minoritaire. Organized by Amal

Madibbo. The 14th National Metropolis Conference. Toronto. February 29 - March 3

Madibbo, A. 2011. “Multiculturalism: today and tomorrow”. Session: Identity and

Belonging in Canada in the wake of the 21st century. Organized by Amal Madibbo. The

Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association. Fredericton. May 31- June 4

Madibbo, A. 2010. “The Management of Ethnicity in Africa in an era of Globalization”.

The Third International Global Studies Conference. Busan, South Korea. June 21-23

Madibbo, A. 2010. “The African Francophone Immigrants Identities and Identification”.

Session: Identity and Belonging in Canada in the wake of the 21st century. Organized by

Amal Madibbo. The Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association.

Montreal. May 31- June 4

Madibbo, A. 2010. “Les multiples identités des immigrants africains francophones:

Formes d’identification et impacts sur les politiques”. Session : De quelques

problématiques de l’intégration sociale et scolaire des immigrants. The 12th National

Metropolis Conference. Montreal. March 18-21

Madibbo, A. 2009. “Ethnicity, Migration, Identity and Conflict in the Sudan”. 3rd

European Conference on African Studies. Leipzig, Germany. June 4-7

Madibbo, A. 2009. “The Racial and Ethnic Identity of African Francophone Immigrants”.

Session: Identity and Belonging in Canada in the wake of the 21st Century. Organized by

Amal Madibbo. The Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association. Ottawa.

May 26-29

Madibbo, A. 2009. “Race, Ethnicity, Identity and Conflict in Sudan”. The 7th Annual

Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. Honolulu, Hawaii. January 9-12

Madibbo, A. 2008. “Towards a Pan-ethnic Identity in Sudan”. Session: Black Canadian

Feminist Thought: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives. Organized by Amal Madibbo.

The Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association. Vancouver. June 3-6

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Madibbo, A. 2008. “Reflections on Ethnicity, Migration, Conflict and Reconstruction in

Africa”. Session: Ethnicity, Migration, Conflict and Reconstruction in Africa. Organized

by Amal Madibbo. Canadian Association for African Studies Annual Conference.

Edmonton. May 1-4

Madibbo, A. 2008. “Francophone Racial Minority Youth, Identity and Belonging”.

Session: Alienation and Engagement for Refugee and Immigrant Youth in Canada.

Organized by Amal Madibbo and Nadia Caidi. The 10th National Metropolis Conference.

Halifax. April 3-6

Madibbo, A. 2007. “African Francophone Immigrant youth: Resisting racism, navigating

racial and linguistic spaces”. Session: Migration and Citizenship in Canada. Organized by

Lloyd Wong. The Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association. Saskatoon.

May 29th-June 01

Madibbo, A. 2007. “Race and Ethnicity in Darfur, Sudan: Between Globalization and

Migration”. Global Studies Association Conference. University of California at Irvine.

May 12-14

Madibbo, A. 2007. “African French-speaking Refugee and Immigrant Youth, Racism and

Violence”. Session: The Challenges Facing Immigrant Youth in Canada. Organized by

Amal Madibbo and Ted Richmond. The 9th National Metropolis Conference. Toronto.

March 1-4

Madibbo, A. 2006. “The Crisis in Darfur, Sudan, Race, Gender, Oil and Weapons.”

Global Studies Association Conference. DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois. May 12-14

Madibbo, A. 2006. “Francophone Migration in Canada: Historical and Contemporary

Perspectives”. The 6th European Social Sciences Historical Conference. Amsterdam, the

Netherlands. March 22-25

Madibbo, A. 2005. “Living on the Border: Migrants as Cultural Mediators”. The 10th

International Metropolis Conference. Toronto. October 17-21

Madibbo, A. 2005. “Black Francophones make Connections within the Black and the

Francophone Communities”. Multicultural Days Conference. Brock University, St.

Catherines. June 23-26

Madibbo, A. 2005. “Toward Building Stronger Black Communities in Canada”. Global

Studies Association Conference. Tennessee University, Knoxville. May 12-15

Madibbo. A. 2003. “Le mouvement associatif des immigrants francophones en Ontario ”.

Colloque des journées scientifiques du Réseau Cultures, identités et dynamiques sociales.

Bamako, Mali. December 1-2

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Madibbo. A. 2003. “Immigration, Race and Language: Black Francophones Quest for a

Social Space in Toronto, Canada”. The American Anthropological Association

Conference. Chigaco, Illinois. November 19-22

Madibbo, A. 2003. “Les immigrants francophones : des minorités raciales et linguistiques

en processus d’intégration”. OISE Annual Student Research Conference. OISE/UT,

Toronto. March 27-28

Madibbo, A. 2002. “Black Immigrants in Canada: Transatlantic Experiences and

Connections”. The Conference: Citizens, Nations and Cultures: Transatlantic Perspectives.

Maastricht University, Holland. October 16-19

Madibbo, A. 2001. “La situation des francophones de l’Afrique et des Caraïbes au sein

des communautés francophones de l’Ontario”. Conférence internationale de l’ARIC.

Geneva, Switzerland. September 24-28

Madibbo, A. 1999. “Minority within a Minority: The Case of African and Haitian

Francophones of Ontario”. Colloquium el Caribe los une. Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. July 3-9

Madibbo, A. and Knight, M. 2002. “Invisible Divides and racism among Francophone

communities”. The first Canadian Critical Race Conference. OISE/UT. April 26

Madibbo, A. and Maury, J. 2001. “L’immigration et la communauté francophone de

Toronto : le cas des jeunes”. L’ACFAS Conference. Sherbrooke. May 13-14

Chambon, A., D. Farmer and A. Madibbo. 2001. “Les immigrants francophones en

Ontario : réalité invisible, défis pour la recherche”. Metropolis National Conference.

Ottawa. October 16-21

Research and Development

2015-present Member of the Canadian Refugee Child, Youth and Family Research

Coalition, headquarter at Dalhousie University, Dalhousie

2009-present Research Affiliate, Le Centre canadien de recherche sur les francophonies

en milieu minoritaire, the University of Regina, Regina

2007-2012 Research Affiliate, the Prairie Metropolis Centre, Edmonton

2004-2007 Research Affiliate, the Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on

Immigration and Settlement, Toronto

2004-2005 Consultant for the project: L’inclusion de la diversité au sein des institutions

francophones, Le Centre des jeunes, Toronto

1999-2004 Research Assistant, Le Centre de recherches en éducation franco-

ontarienne, OISE/UT, Toronto

2001- 2002 Research Assistant, Centre for Women Studies in Education, OISE/UT,

Toronto

2001- 2002 Research Internship, the Quebec Metropolis Centre - immigrations et

métropoles. Montreal

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Graduate Teaching

Courses Taught at the University of Calgary

Soci 667 Seminar on Ethnic Relations

Soci 615 Seminar in Qualitative Research Methods

Courses Taught at OISE/TU

SES3911 Cultural Knowledge, Representation and Colonial Education

SES 2999 Immigration, race et ethnicité au sein de la francophonie

SES1925 Indigenous knowledge and Decolonization

SES1925 01 Savoir indigène et décolonisation

SES1904 Introduction to Sociological Theory in Education

Independent graduate reading courses directed

Animwaa Obeng-Akrofi. Transnationalism in Canada. Department of Sociology,

University of Calgary. January - May 2016

Ali Kamal. The Emergence of Islamic Fundamentalism. Department of Sociology,

University of Calgary. September - December 2009

Raheela Manji. Equity Policies, Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives.

Department of Sociology, University of Calgary. January - May 2009

Geres Koreen. Building Trust with Refugee Youth. Department of Multidisciplinary

Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon. January - May 2008

Gail Russel. The Relationship between Formal and Informal Schooling in Aboriginal

Communities in Canada. Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education,

OISE/UT. January - April 2006

Kaydeene Reddie. Indigenous Medicine and Development in Jamaica. Department of

Sociology and Equity Studies in Education, OISE/UT. January - May 2006

Glynn Sharpe. Bullying by Teachers. Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in

Education, OISE/UT. May - June 2006

Takako Nomura. Race, Gender and Class: East-Asian Immigrant Women in Canada.

Department of Women Studies, University of Toronto. September 2005 - January 2006

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Undergraduate Teaching

Courses Taught at the University of Calgary

Soci 467 Ethnic Relations in Canada

Soci 475 Ethnicity in Africa

Soci 413 Intermediate Qualitative Research Methods

Soci 375 Sociology of Ethnicity and Racialization

Soci 333 Contemporary Sociological Theory

Glendon College, York University

GL/SOSC 3670F.06 Le multiculturalisme et l’ethnicité au Canada

Independent undergraduate reading courses directed

Teressa Hullick. Forced Migration and Displacement. Department of Sociology,

University of Calgary. January - May 2009

Siobhan de Graaf. Sociological Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity. Glendon College,

York University, Toronto. September 2005 - May 2006

PhD theses supervised

Mariama Zaami. Experiences of Social Exclusion and Inclusion among Black African

Immigrant Youth in Calgary, Alberta. PhD Thesis. Department of Sociology, University

of Calgary. September 2012 - August 2017 (Completed)

Animwaa Obeng-Akrofi. Transnationlism among African Youth in Alberta. PhD Thesis.

Department of Sociology, University of Calgary. September 2015 - ongoing

PhD supervisory committee member

Michael Kudi. Poétique des frontières dans le roman francophone africain et caribéen.

School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures, University of Calgary. April

2013 - 2018. (Completed)

Anya Litviniuc. Criticisms of Multiculturalism in France, Germany and Holland. PhD

Thesis. Departement of Sociology, University of Calgary. May 2011- September 2016.

(Completed)

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Samuel Agblorti. Local Integration of Refugees in Ghana. PhD Thesis. Department of

Geography, University of Calgary. September 2012 - September 2016. (Completed)

Tatenda Mambo. Perilous Connections: Poverty, HIV/AIDS, Gender and Food Insecurity

in Lilongwe, Malawi. PhD Thesis. Department of Geography, University of Calgary. June

2011 - September 2016 (Completed)

Sarah Skett. The role of 'mzungu' voluntourism in schools and community development in

rural Mukono, Uganda. PhD Thesis. Department of Geography, University of Calgary.

September 2012 - April 2014 (Completed)

Rita Yembilah. Place, Territory and the Environment: Livelihood Security and Fulani

Herder-Local Community Conflicts in Ghana’s Upper East Region. PhD Thesis.

Department of Geography, University of Calgary. September 2008 - March 2012

(Completed)

Kate O’Neill. Literary Retelling of and Responses to the Rwandan Genocide. PhD

Thesis. Department of English, University of Calgary. April 2009 - September 2011

(Completed)

Koyel Ranu. Mapping the Social Participation of South Asians and Europeans:

A Comparative Study. PhD Thesis. Department of Sociology, University of Calgary.

September 2008- October 2013 (Completed)

Parvinder Hira-Friesen. Precarious Work and Integration of Canadian Immigrants. PhD

Thesis. Department of Sociology, University of Calgary. June 2011 - June 2014

(Completed)

PhD theses examiner, University of Calgary

Patrick Ounlert. Is Accounting a (Fe)Male Profession? PhD Thesis. Haskayne School of

Business, University of Calgary. December 12, 2016

Patrick Ounlert. Gender in Thailand, Accounting is a Profession for (Wo)men? Haskayne

School of Business, University of Calgary. November 5, 2014

Rita Esinu Sewornu. Land Tenure in Ghana. PhD Candidacy Exam. Interdisciplinary

Graduate Program, University of Calgary. November 26, 2013

David Scott. Adolescents Telling the Story of Canada: An Investigation into Collective

Memory, Identity, and Citizenship. PhD Candidacy Exam. Faculty of Education,

University of Calgary. April 23, 2013

Jean Blaise Samou. Historiographies postcoloniales en Afrique noire francophone. PhD

Thesis. Department of French, Italian and Spanish, University of Calgary. June 5, 2012

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Awawou Mfossi. Poétique de la communauté dans les fictions francophones de la

déterritorialisation. Ph.D. Department of French, Italian and Spanish, University of

Calgary. May 31, 2012

Hieu Ngo. Unravelling Identities and Belonging: Criminal Gang Involvement of Youth

from Immigrant Families. PhD Thesis. Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary,

November 4, 2010

PhD theses external examiner, other universities

Amos Nkrumah. Transnational Migration: A Study of Ghanian Immigrant Entrepreneurs’

Socio-economic Activities in the Canadian Prairies. PhD Thesis. Department of Sociology,

University of Saskatchewan. May 25, 2016

Christopher Duncan Brown. Shifting our Focus: Teacher Transformation through Anti-

Oppressive Education. PhD Thesis. Faculty of Education, University of Regina. June 25,

2013

Masters theses supervised

Stephan Lewis. African and Caribbean Immigrant Youth Integration Practices: The Role

of Hip-Hop. MA Thesis. Department of Sociology, University of Calgary. September

2014 - February 2017 (Completed)

Animwaa Obeng-Akrofi. African Immigrants’ Entrepreneurship in Canada, Challenges

and Effects: A Case Study of African Immigrants Residing in Calgary. MA Thesis.

Department of Sociology, University of Calgary. September 2013 - August 2015

(Completed)

Ali Kamal. The Emergence of Islamic Fundamentalism in Pakistan and Sudan. MA

Thesis. Department of Sociology, University of Calgary. September 2009 - September

2011 (Completed)

Raheela Manji. The Ineffectiveness of Employment Equity Programs in Canada. MA

Thesis. Department of Sociology, University of Calgary. September 2008 - September

2010 (Completed)

Masters theses co-supervised

Gail Russel. Decentering Colonial Education: Towards Reforming Indigenous

Education. MA. Thesis. Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education,

OISE/UT. September 2005 - December 2006 (Completed)

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Anna Bowen. The production of race in space, white ethnicity as cultural capital in

gentrification in Toronto. MA. Thesis. Department of Sociology and Equity Studies in

Education, OISE/UT. September 2005 - September 2006 (Completed)

Masters theses examiner

Shannon McIntosh. Social Justice in Clinical Social Work: A Case Study Integrating Theory

and Practice. Master of Social Work Case Study. Faculty of Social Work, University of

Calgary. April 28, 2015

Afriyie Asenso. Voluntary Counselling and Testing for HIV/AIDS in Ghana.

MA Thesis. Department of Geography. University of Calgary. September 28, 2012

Marie-Laure Stanford. Solo d’un revenant et L’ombre des choses à venir de Kossi Efoui.

MA Thesis. Department of French, Italian and Spanish, University of Calgary. September

24, 2012

Yvonne Kwawu. Remittances from Ghanaian Immigrants in Calgary: Stories from Afar.

MA Thesis. Department of Sociology, University of Calgary. August 7, 2009

Emily Harrison. Policy to Practice: Challenging Perceptions of Canadian Refugee

Doctrine. MA Thesis. Department of Sociology, University of Calgary. August 5, 2009

Diane Paquette. Une recherche-action pour mieux comprendre les pratiques en littératie

en milieu minoritaire francophone . MA Thesis. Faculty of Education, University of

Calgary. November 14, 2008

Honors theses supervised

Vanessa Sokal. Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program: A Sociological

Examination. BA Honors Thesis. Department of Sociology, University of Calgary.

September 2014 - May 2015 (Completed)

Diana Castillo. Brazil’s Affirmative Action Policies and the Myth of Racial Democracy.

BA Honors Thesis. Department of Sociology, University of Calgary. September 2014 -

May 2015 (Completed)

Stephanie Solomon. Issues Surrounding Non-Recognition of Credentials: Immigrant

Knowledge and Use of Initiatives. BA Honors Thesis. Department of Sociology,

University of Calgary. September 2012 - 2013 (Completed)

Ashley Soleski. Calgarians’ Contributions to Solving the Darfur Conflict. BA Honors

Thesis. Department of Sociology, University of Calgary. September 2009 - May 2010

(Completed)

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Nidhi Punyarthi. The New English-French bilinguals: Women in the South-Asian

Canadian diaspora. BA Honors Thesis. Department of Women Studies, University of

Toronto. September 2005 – May 2006 (Completed)

Siobhan de Graaf. The Trans-racial Adoption. B.A. Honors Thesis. Glendon College,

York University, Toronto. September 2005 - May 2006 (Completed)

Tenure Reviews

2016 Reviewed a tenure application for Memorial University, Newfoundland

Professional Service and Affiliations

University Service

2018-2019 The Faculty of Arts Internationalization Committee, member

2017 The University of Calgary Research Grants Committee, Invited member.

Evaluated 9 applications

2017 The Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary, SSHRC Mentorship Program

2016 The University of Calgary Research Grants Committee, Invited member.

Evaluated 11 applications

2016 The Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary, SSHRC Mentorship Program

2016 The Department of Sociology rep at the University Convocations

2015 The Communications Committee, Department of Sociology, University of

Calgary, Chair (Fall session)

2014 Committee on Scholarly Events and Presentations, Department of

Sociology, University of Calgary (Chair, Winter session)

2012-2013 University of Calgary Academic Women Committee, elected Member-at-

large

2012-2013 Department of Sociology TUCFA (The Faculty Association of the

University of Calgary) representative, elected

2011-2013 Committee of Academic Promotion and Increment, Department of

Sociology, University of Calgary, elected member

2009-present The University of Calgary March 21 / Stop Racism Committee, member

2010-2011 The Awards Committee, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary,

member

2010-2011 The Communications Committee, Department of Sociology, University of

Calgary, member

2007-2011 Seminar Series Organizer, the University of Calgary African Studies

Research Group, University of Calgary (10 seminars organized)

2009-2010 Committee on Scholarly Events and Presentations, Department of

Sociology, University of Calgary (Chair, Fall session)

2008-2009 The Students Appeals Committee, University of Calgary

2008-2009 The Staff Affairs Committee, University of Calgary

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2008-2009 The Undergraduate Studies Committee, Department of Sociology,

University of Calgary

2007-2008 The Awards Committee, Department of Sociology, University of

Calgary

2006-2007 The Admissions Committee, Department of Sociology and Equity

Studies in Education, OISE/UT, Toronto

2005-2006 The Admissions Committee, Department of Sociology and Equity

Studies in Education, OISE/UT, Toronto

Evaluations

-Chair of SSHRC Social Sciences Insight Development Grants Committee M2, 2017

-Chair of SSHRC Social Sciences Insight Development Grants Committee M2, 2016

-Chair of SSHRC Social Sciences Insight Development Grants Committee 4B, 2015

-Chair of SSHRC Social Sciences Insight Development Grants Committee 4B, 2014

-Member of SSHRC Doctoral Awards Selection Committee, 2013

-Member of SSHRC National Doctoral Awards Committee, 2012

-Evaluated an Insight Programs application for SSHRC, 2017

-Evaluated an Insight Programs application for SSHRC, 2016

-Evaluated an Insight Programs application for SSHRC, 2015

-Evaluated a postdoctoral application for SSHRC, 2013

-Evaluated a Standard Grant Application for SSHRC, February 2010

-Evaluated a Standard Grant Application for SSHRC, February 2009

-Evaluated 19 grant applications for Le Centre canadien de recherche sur les

francophonies en milieu minoritaire, University of Regina, 2010

Community

2011-present Réseau de l'immigration francophone de l’Alberta, Invited member

2011-present Association Canadienne-française de l’Alberta régionale de Calgary,

member

2010-2013 Le Centre d’accueil pour les nouveaux arrivants francophones de

Calgary, member of the Board of Directors

2008-2010 The African and Caribbean Coalition of Calgary, member of the Ad-hoc

ommittee

2007-2012 The Mocombedian Educational Foundation, Inc. Teaching Reading

Strategically, Miami, Florida, USA, member of the Board of Directors

2005-2007 The Steering Committee of the project: The Impact of Slavery on the

Mental Health of Afro-Canadians. The Centre for Addiction and Mental

Health, Toronto & Dalhousie University, Halifax

2004-2007 Policy and Social Inclusion Liaison, the Laidlaw Foundation, Toronto

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Membeship

The Canadian Sociological Association

Ethnic Studies Association (Elected Secretary-treasurer, 2010-2012)

The Canadian African Studies Association

The Global Studies Association

Association canadienne-française pour l’avancement des sciences

Le Centre canadien de recherche sur les francophonies en milieu minoritaire, University

of Regina

Aceh International Journal of Social Sciences, appointed member of Editorial Board

Associate editor, the Global Studies Journal

Reviews

The Canadian Journal of Sociology

The Canadian Review of Sociology

Francophonies d’Amérique

La revue québécoise des sciences politiques

La revue des sciences de l’éducation

Canadian Journal of Ethnic Studies

The International Journal of Migration and Integration

The American Journal of Canadian Studies

The Global Studies Journal

Journal of Social Anthropology

New DAWN: The Journal of Black Canadian Studies

The University of Calgary Press

Oxford University Press, Toronto

Media

A print interview with Dr. Madibbo about the Award of Recognition the Embassy of Sudan

in Canada offered her. “Sociology prof honoured for her work building educational

connections between Canada and Sudan”. UToday, Sept 19, 2018.

A radio and print interview with Dr. Madibbo about the Award of Recognition the Embassy

of Sudan in Canada offered her. CBC French Radio, September 6, 2018.

A radio and print interview with Dr. Madibbo about the International Day of The

Francophnie and what it means to be Francophone in Alberta. CBC Radio-Canada French.

March 20, 2017. http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/la_croisee/2015-

2016/chronique.asp?idChronique=431718

Interview with Dr. Madibbo and commentary about her winning of the 100 Accomplished

Black Canadian Women Award. Network, the Magazine of the British Sociological

Association, UK. February 2017.

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https://soci.ucalgary.ca/sites/soci.ucalgary.ca/files/madibbo_on_the_magazine_of_the_britis

h_sociological_association.pdf

A print interview with Dr. Madibbo about the arrival of refugees to Canada in the aftermath

of the election of Trump president of the USA. Francopresse, the International Forum of the

Canadian Francophonie. January 25, 2017.

https://www.francopresse.ca/2017/02/24/lultime-refuge-au-canada-ou-cest-le-plus-facile-de-

traverser-la-frontiere%E2%80%89/

A radio interview with Dr. Madibbo about the National Immigration Week. CBC Radio-

Canada French. November 3, 2016. http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/la_croisee/2015-

2016/chronique.asp?idChronique=421127

A radio and print interview with Dr. Madibbo about her winning of the 100 Accomplished

Black Canadian Women Achievement Award. CBC Radio-Canada French. July 7, 2016.

http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/la_croisee/2013-2014/archives.asp?date=2016-07-07

Interview with Dr. Madibbo and commentary about her winning of the 100 Accomplished

Black Canadian Women book. June 2016. 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women book.

Toronto, The Jean Augustine Centre

Commentary about Dr. Madibbo’s winning of the 100 Accomplished Black Canadian

Women Award. Wadi Alneil, the Sudanese Arabic online Newspaper

Interview with Dr. Madibbo and commentary about her winning of the 100 Accomplished

Black Canadian Women Award. Uof C UToday, Issue of July 15, 2016. Attach: 21.

Commentary about Dr. Madibbo’s winning of the 100 Accomplished Black Canadian

Women Award. L’Express – Toronto’s weekly Francophone newspaper June 7, 2016

Interview with Dr. Madibbo and commentary about my participation as the only Canadian

academic in the inaugural Knowledge Transfer in Sudan in December 2015. , Uof C

UToday, February 24, 2016

A radio interview with Dr. Madibbo about Denmark's approval of a refugee bill which

allows police to seize the cash and valuables of asylum seekers. AM 770 talk radio. January

26, 2016

A print interview with Dr. Madibbo discussing how Syrian refugees could integrate in

Calgary. CBC News. December 15, 2015. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/refugees-

syria-iraq-integration-settlement-1.3364555

A newspaper interview with Mayor Nenshi, Dr. Madibbo, and others on how to welcome

Syrian Refugees to Calgary. Calgary Herald. November 25,

2015.http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/community-effort-essential-in-welcoming-

syrian-refugees-nenshi

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A newspaper interview with Dr. Madibbo on whether or not visible minority immigrants are

treated equally as Canadians and why so. Calgary Herald. November 23, 2015

A radio interview with Dr. Madibbo about the wearing of Hijab in a Quebec Court.

February 27, 2015. http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/la_croisee/2013-

2014/chronique.asp?idChronique=364943

A radio interview with Dr. Madibbo about the events in Ferguson, Missouri, USA. 660

News Calgary. August 20, 2014

A radio interview with Dr. Madibbo about her news edited book: Canada in Sudan, Sudan in

Canada: Immigration, Conflict and Reconstruction. CBC Radio-Canada French. September

29, 2015

A series of Radio interviews with Dr. Madibbo about Black History Month 2014:

. CBC French Radio Sakatchewan, February 13, 2014. http://ici.radio-

canada.ca/emissions/point_du_jour/2013-2014/chronique.asp?idChronique=328559

.CBC French Radio Toronto (link no longer available)

A series of Radio and TV Interviews with Dr. Amal Madibbo about the passing of Nelson

Mandela:

. CBC French TV evening news. December 06, 2013. www.radio-

canada.ca/emissions/Telejournal_Alberta/2013-2014/index.asp

. CBC English TV evening news. December 06, 2013.

. City TV Channel 8, Morning Breakfast. December 06, 2013.

. Global TV Evening News. December 05, 2013.

. CBC Radio English - Alberta at noon. December 06, 2013.

. Radio AM 660 News. December 05, 2013.

. CBC Radio English. December 05, 2013.

. Radio-Canada French. December 05, 2013. http://www.radio-

canada.ca/regions/alberta/2013/12/06/001-reaction-alison-redford-mort-mandela.shtml

. CBC News. December 05, 2013. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/nelson-mandela-

premier-redford-deeply-saddened-by-death-1.2452656

Interviews with Dr. Amal Madibbo about a former Sudanese Child Soldier graduation from

the University of Calgary:

. CTV Evening News. November 17, 2013. http://video.theloop.ca/news/watch/former-lost-

boy-of-sudan/2849475321001/#.UouGsRXzZdg

. Calgary Herald. November 18, 2013.

http://www2.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/city/story.html?id=db36fa09-04af-44fd-abaf-

dc087eec7439

Madibbo, A. 2013. “Pourquoi manifister au Canada contre le régime soudanais?’’ French

Radio Canada, CBC, Calgary. October 5 ( http://www.radio-

canada.ca/regions/alberta/2013/10/05/002-calgary-manifestation-soudan.shtml)

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Madibbo, A. 2013. “How are Muslims in Canada affected by 9/11?’’ Full Frontal, Shaw

TV. August 6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuUpVlpn8Ps

Madibbo, A. 2009. “Débats sur l’immigration francophone en Alberta”. French Radio

Canada, CBC, Calgary. March 19

Madibbo, A. 2006. “Quel rôle joue le Canada dans la résolution du conflit du Darfur au

Soudan?” French Radio Canada, CBC, Toronto. June 19

Madibbo, A. 2006. “La discrimination dans le discours sur l’immigration dite illégale au

Canada”. French Radio Canada, CBC, Toronto. May 6

Madibbo, A. 2006. “Lors de la journée internationale pour l’élimination de la

discrimination raciale : Comment combattre le racisme?” French Radio Canada, CBC,

Toronto. March 20

Madibbo, A. 2006. “Au mois de l’histoire des Noirs: Re-penser l’éducation des Noirs au

Canada”. French Radio Canada, CBC, Toronto. February 2006

Madibbo, A. 2005. “L’état actuel du multiculturalisme canadien”. French Radio Canada,

CBC, Toronto. November 24

Madibbo, A. 2005. “Discussions au sujet des écoles afro-centriques”. French Radio

Canada, CBC, Toronto. March 4

Madibbo, A. 2003. “Réflexions sur le multiculturalisme canadien”. French Radio

Canada, CBC, Toronto. July 31

Madibbo, A. 2003. ‘‘Francophonies Canadiennes’’. Médiatique TV, Toronto. March 6

References Upon request