Congratulations to Sameena Karim Jamal on receiving the Patricia Dyer Memorial Award!
Sameena is known far beyond Vancouver for her extensive community-building work. She draws upon her academic research and extensive experience as an educator from the primary to university levels. Sameena is committed to equity and diversity in all she does. She bring s what she learns through her research to her work with the Ismaili community and what she learns from the Ismaili community to her understandings of pluralism and equity.
Currently, she is developing media literacy modules and anti-oppression resources to be used by K-12 educators and their students for the Access to Media Education Society (AMES). Sameena is also known as a creative and committed teacher in teacher education.
Sameena exemplifies community building within diverse educational settings that is informed by her research.