About
Research Interests
- Social (In)Equality
- ‘Race’, Racialization, and Racism
- Critical Human Rights Education
- Intergroup Relations and Dynamics
- Critical Intergroup Competencies and Anti-Racist Leadership Capacities
- Pedagogies for Competency Development/Capacity Building
- Organizational Behaviour (OD) and EDI Change Management
- Critical Policy and Discourse Analysis
- Educational Administration for Social Justice
Research Supervision Interests
Supervision of topics within the following programs:
- Educational Administration and Leadership (EDAL)
- Higher Education (HIED)
- Society, Culture and Politics in Education (SCPE)
Individual research Interests
Bio
Dr. Arig al Shaibah is UBC’s Associate-Vice President, Equity & Inclusion (AVPEI). As a member of the President’s and Provosts’ leadership teams, the AVPEI has a broad mandate to champion inclusive excellence and lead pan-institutional efforts to action UBC’s commitments to equity, inclusion, and antiracism priorities, as well as to promote and support university-wide capacity building for sustained systems change across both Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. Dr. al Shaibah has amassed over two decades of experience working in higher education, with over 15 years as a senior administrator in three Canadian research-intensive universities. Most recently, she served as McMaster University’s inaugural Associate Vice-President Equity & Inclusion, as Dalhousie University’s Vice-Provost Student Affairs and Interim Executive Director for Human Rights & Equity Services, and as Queen’s University’s Assistant Dean Student Life and Learning, as well as Assistant Dean Residence Life, Diversity, and Community Development. Prior to her work in higher education, Dr. al Shaibah spent nearly a decade working in number of community-based not-for-profit organizations serving a diversity of marginalized communities. Holding a PhD in Education (Cultural and Policy Studies) and a Master’s degree in Public Administration, Dr. al Shaibah describes herself as a scholar-practitioner. She has taught courses on ‘Race’ and Racism, Feminist Pedagogy, and Diversity & Human Rights Inquiry, and she has been actively engaged in EDI-related research and scholarly activities, examining questions of how to effectively build individual and institutional capacity for equitable, inclusive and anti-racist leadership and organizational change in higher education. In 2021, Dr. al Shaibah’s EDI leadership was recognized with the 2021 Angela Hildyard Award in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion granted by the Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada.
Research and Education
Education
Research Projects
Tri-agency EDI Stipend ($50,000) | 2020 – 2021 | Principal Investigator, McMaster University
- Inclusive Excellence in the Academic and Research Ecosystem
McMaster University ($45,000) | 2019 – 2022 | Principal Investigator, McMaster University
- Inclusive Excellence in Faculty Hiring: A Faculty of Science Case Study
- Inclusive Excellence in Faculty Hiring 2.0: A Faculty of Science Case Study
- Inclusive Excellence in the Academic Ecosystem: Faculty Retention and Promotion
Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario ($50,000) | 2015, Principal Investigator, Queen’s University
Private Donor ($1M) | 2014, Collaborator, Queen’s University
Selected Publications
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
- al Shaibah, A. (2023). EDI leadership and change agency in Canadian academe: An analysis of democratic discourses of senior leaders, Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal, 55:1, 99 – 122.
- al Shaibah, A. and Poinar, S. (2021). Managing campus expression and equality rights: Contemporary considerations for Canadian universities, Canadian Journal of Human Rights, 10:1, 71 – 121.
Articles and Opinion Pieces
- al Shaibah, A. (August 11, 2020). How to mobilize and sustain EDI change in the academy. University Affairs.
Strategic Reports and Guides
- al Shaibah, A. (July 2022). Building a Race-Conscious Institution: A Guide and Toolkit for Executives and Senior University Administrators Enacting Anti-Racist Organizational Change, Ottawa, ON: Universities Canada.
- al Shaibah, A. & Barnett, R. (2022). Inclusive excellence in the research ecosystem: A guide for researchers. McMaster University.
- al Shaibah, A. (July 2021). EDI benefits, barriers, and best practices in Canadian academe: A systematic review of the literature making the case for inclusive excellence. McMaster University.
- al Shaibah, A. (2020). Towards Inclusive Excellence: A Report on McMaster’s EDI Strategy.
al Shaibah, A. (2019). Towards Inclusive Excellence: McMaster University’s EDI Strategy.
EDST Activity
Students Supervised
Courses taught
Additional
Courses previously taught at other universities:
- ARTSSCI 4C13–Diversity & Human Rights (2020/21, 2021/22), Arts & Science Program, McMaster University
- IDIS 302–Race & Racism (2014/15, 2015/16), Interdisciplinary Studies, Queen’s University
- GNDS 315–Feminist Pedagogies (2014/15), Gender Studies, Queen’s University
Students previously supervised as other universities:
Supervision of Undergraduate Student Thesis Projects
ARTSSCI 4C06–Individual Thesis, Arts & Science, McMaster University
- Rabeeyah Ahmed; Research Project: Citizenship Education (2020/2021)
- Faris Maklei; Research Project: Racialized Queer Resiliency (2020/2021)
- Sophie Poinar; Research Project: Free Speech vs. Hate Speech (2019/2020)
Supervision of Graduate Student Research Assistants
Inclusive Excellence in the Academic Ecosystem: Faculty Retention and Promotion, McMaster, 2021/22
- Sumangala Sasudevan, PhD Sociology candidate
- Zoe Lea, PhD Sociology candidate
Inclusive Excellence in Faculty Hiring 2.0: A Faculty of Science Case Study, McMaster, 2021/22
- Sumangala Sasudevan, PhD candidate
- Zoe Lea, PhD Sociology candidate
Inclusive Excellence in the Research Ecosystem: A Guide for Researchers, McMaster, 2021/22
- Rachel Barnett, PhD Political Science candidate
Inclusive Excellence in Faculty Hiring: A Faculty of Science Case Study, McMaster, 2019/20, 2020/21
- MijiaMurong, MD candidate
- Sumangala Sasudevan, PhD candidate