Uzma Jamil
Biographic Data
| ID | 143042 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Uzma Jamil |
| GIVEN NAMES | Uzma |
| FAMILY NAME | Jamil |
| SIGNATURE | JAMIL U |
| AFFILIATIONS | McGill University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9313-5080 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 52 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Off-White
This paper focuses on the internal tensions of Whiteness in the dual settler colonial contexts of Quebec and Canada through the relationship between the province as a White, francophone minority/majority and White anglophone Canada. Whiteness in Quebec is mediated through its settler colonial history, language and complexity of its minority/majority position to create an off-white Quebec national identity. It operates through the racialization of…
Exchanges with Schirin Amir-Moazami
Multiculturalism and the Muslim Question
Impact of the Charter of Quebec Values on psychological well-being of francophone university students
This paper discusses results from a pilot study conducted in the spring of 2014 among young adults living in Montreal. The main objective of this study was to assess the relation between perception of the Charter of Quebec Values, 1 self-identification, perception of intercommunity relations, perceived discrimination, and psychological well-being in young students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs of a francophone university in Montr…
How Muslims Became Corn
Over the past 16 years, the global “war on terror” has expanded in scope, ranging from US-led military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan, domestic counter-terrorism and counter-radicalization legislation, and mass surveillance of Muslim communities to the “Muslim ban” on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US. This expansion in scope has normalized the idea of Muslims as threats to and within Western societies. This …
Can Muslims Fly? The No Fly List as a Tool of the “War on Terror”
The securitization phenomenon is based on a racialized logic that predates 9/11 and has roots in the discourse of Orientalism, the practices of European colonialism and, in the more recent times of the 20th century, the internment of Japanese Canadians during World War II. This article analyzes the “no fly list” as a counter-terrorism tool used by the Canadian government in the “war on terror.” It situates the analysis in the political context of…
The War on Terror in Canada
The securitization of Muslims has been an ongoing process in the “war on terror” discourse of the past 15 years. It has solidified the perception of Muslims as enemies in and of the West through a logic which creates hierarchies of belonging and undermines their claims to citizenship. In addition, securitization has expanded to include not only the state, but also members of society to be vigilant about threats and to protect the country through …
Making place
Reading Power
This paper analyzes the relationship between Muslims and the west defined at a particular moment in post 9/11 America and the war on terror context through a conversation in the novel The Submission (2011) by Amy Waldman. It critiques the construction of knowledge about Muslims and how this knowledge functions as part of a hegemonic discourse of Orientalism. The novel is about a public competition for an architectural design for a memorial markin…
Religious Radicalization and Securitization in Canada and Beyond
Religious Radicalization and Securitization in Canada and Beyond is an ideal guide to the ongoing debates on how best to respond to radicalization without sacrificing the commitments to multiculturalism and social justice that many Canadians hold dear."--pub. desc
National minority and racialized minorities
Canada is often characterized as a multicultural country with two official languages associated with two official population groups: the national majority of white, anglophone Canadians and the national minority of white, francophone Quebecers. Racialized minorities, including immigrants, are situated as the third node in the construction of Canada as a multicultural society. While there is often discussion of the minority/ majority relationship …
North African Muslim Immigrant Families in Canada Giving Meaning to and Coping With the War on Terror
This article documents North African Muslim parent and youth perceptions about the war on terror, along with the relationship between families’ assignation of meaning and coping strategies and Algerian and Moroccan histories. Results confirm the hurt associated with the negative representations of Muslims and Arabs in North America. Parents try to protect their children through avoidance and through the transmission of pride about their identitie…
Subject Positioning, Fear, and Insecurity in South Asian Muslim Communities in the War on Terror Context
Cette étude porte sur la position de sujet de personnes appartenant à des communautés musulmanes du sud asiatique vivant à Montréal, dans le contexte de la guerre au terrorisme prévalant au Canada, après le 11 septembre 2001. En se fondant sur les résultats de plusieurs études en population générale, il démontre comment le climat de peur et de suspicion associé à la sécurisation accrue, façonne la vie et les stratégies quotidiennes des répondants…
Challenging the ‘official’ story of 9/11
This article examines the gap in meaning systems between the dominant mainstream understanding in North America of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the meaning given to it within different Pakistani communities in Canada and in Pakistan. It describes the emergence of 9/11 conspiracy theory discourses in three different studies involving Pakistani immigrants in Montreal and Pakistanis in Karachi, carried out at three different points in time over th…
Grandir et vivre ensemble dans un contexte de mondialisation conflictuelle
Le contexte international, marqué par la mondialisation, est traversé de tensions qui influencent les relations entre les minorités immigrantes et les majorités des pays qui les accueillent. En présentant sommairement les résultats de recherches portant sur le rapport des familles immigrantes à l’adversité qui caractérise ce contexte, cet article propose une réflexion sur le rôle protecteur ou vulnérabilisant de la transmission familiale du sens …
Muslim families’ understanding of, and reaction to, ‘the war on terror’
In multiethnic societies, the consequences of the war on terror (WOT) for Muslim youth are still not well understood and the school's role remains to be defined. This article documents the parent-child transmission of understanding and emotional reaction to the WOT in South Asian Muslim families in Montreal, Canada. For this qualitative study, the researchers interviewed 20 families. Results indicated that the families' emotional reactions and co…
Meaning of 9/11 for two Pakistani communities
Since September 11, the increase in international tensions and the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have created turmoil and fears in immigrant communities, fanned by the media in the context of the war against terrorism. This paper aims to compare the meaning systems evoked around 9/11 within two Pakistani groups-an immigrant community in Montreal and a group in Karachi. It also intends to examine the representation of themselves and of t…
Subject Positioning, Fear, and Insecurity in South Asian Muslim Communities in the War on Terror Context
Cette étude porte sur la position de sujet de personnes appartenant à des communautés musulmanes du sud asiatique vivant à Montréal, dans le contexte de la guerre au terrorisme prévalant au Canada, après le 11 septembre 2001. En se fondant sur les résultats de plusieurs études en population générale, il démontre comment le climat de peur et de suspicion associé à la sécurisation accrue, façonne la vie et les stratégies quotidiennes des répondants…
Impact of the Charter of Quebec Values on psychological well-being of francophone university students
This paper discusses results from a pilot study conducted in the spring of 2014 among young adults living in Montreal. The main objective of this study was to assess the relation between perception of the Charter of Quebec Values, 1 self-identification, perception of intercommunity relations, perceived discrimination, and psychological well-being in young students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs of a francophone university in Montr…
Challenging the ‘official’ story of 9/11
This article examines the gap in meaning systems between the dominant mainstream understanding in North America of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the meaning given to it within different Pakistani communities in Canada and in Pakistan. It describes the emergence of 9/11 conspiracy theory discourses in three different studies involving Pakistani immigrants in Montreal and Pakistanis in Karachi, carried out at three different points in time over th…
North African Muslim Immigrant Families in Canada Giving Meaning to and Coping With the War on Terror
This article documents North African Muslim parent and youth perceptions about the war on terror, along with the relationship between families’ assignation of meaning and coping strategies and Algerian and Moroccan histories. Results confirm the hurt associated with the negative representations of Muslims and Arabs in North America. Parents try to protect their children through avoidance and through the transmission of pride about their identitie…
Meaning of 9/11 for two Pakistani communities
Since September 11, the increase in international tensions and the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have created turmoil and fears in immigrant communities, fanned by the media in the context of the war against terrorism. This paper aims to compare the meaning systems evoked around 9/11 within two Pakistani groups-an immigrant community in Montreal and a group in Karachi. It also intends to examine the representation of themselves and of t…
National minority and racialized minorities
Canada is often characterized as a multicultural country with two official languages associated with two official population groups: the national majority of white, anglophone Canadians and the national minority of white, francophone Quebecers. Racialized minorities, including immigrants, are situated as the third node in the construction of Canada as a multicultural society. While there is often discussion of the minority/ majority relationship …
The War on Terror in Canada
The securitization of Muslims has been an ongoing process in the “war on terror” discourse of the past 15 years. It has solidified the perception of Muslims as enemies in and of the West through a logic which creates hierarchies of belonging and undermines their claims to citizenship. In addition, securitization has expanded to include not only the state, but also members of society to be vigilant about threats and to protect the country through …
Making place
Meaning of 9/11 for two Pakistani communities
Since September 11, the increase in international tensions and the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have created turmoil and fears in immigrant communities, fanned by the media in the context of the war against terrorism. This paper aims to compare the meaning systems evoked around 9/11 within two Pakistani groups-an immigrant community in Montreal and a group in Karachi. It also intends to examine the representation of themselves and of t…
Grandir et vivre ensemble dans un contexte de mondialisation conflictuelle
Le contexte international, marqué par la mondialisation, est traversé de tensions qui influencent les relations entre les minorités immigrantes et les majorités des pays qui les accueillent. En présentant sommairement les résultats de recherches portant sur le rapport des familles immigrantes à l’adversité qui caractérise ce contexte, cet article propose une réflexion sur le rôle protecteur ou vulnérabilisant de la transmission familiale du sens …
Muslim families’ understanding of, and reaction to, ‘the war on terror’
In multiethnic societies, the consequences of the war on terror (WOT) for Muslim youth are still not well understood and the school's role remains to be defined. This article documents the parent-child transmission of understanding and emotional reaction to the WOT in South Asian Muslim families in Montreal, Canada. For this qualitative study, the researchers interviewed 20 families. Results indicated that the families' emotional reactions and co…
Challenging the ‘official’ story of 9/11
This article examines the gap in meaning systems between the dominant mainstream understanding in North America of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the meaning given to it within different Pakistani communities in Canada and in Pakistan. It describes the emergence of 9/11 conspiracy theory discourses in three different studies involving Pakistani immigrants in Montreal and Pakistanis in Karachi, carried out at three different points in time over th…
Subject Positioning, Fear, and Insecurity in South Asian Muslim Communities in the War on Terror Context
Cette étude porte sur la position de sujet de personnes appartenant à des communautés musulmanes du sud asiatique vivant à Montréal, dans le contexte de la guerre au terrorisme prévalant au Canada, après le 11 septembre 2001. En se fondant sur les résultats de plusieurs études en population générale, il démontre comment le climat de peur et de suspicion associé à la sécurisation accrue, façonne la vie et les stratégies quotidiennes des répondants…
National minority and racialized minorities
Canada is often characterized as a multicultural country with two official languages associated with two official population groups: the national majority of white, anglophone Canadians and the national minority of white, francophone Quebecers. Racialized minorities, including immigrants, are situated as the third node in the construction of Canada as a multicultural society. While there is often discussion of the minority/ majority relationship …
North African Muslim Immigrant Families in Canada Giving Meaning to and Coping With the War on Terror
This article documents North African Muslim parent and youth perceptions about the war on terror, along with the relationship between families’ assignation of meaning and coping strategies and Algerian and Moroccan histories. Results confirm the hurt associated with the negative representations of Muslims and Arabs in North America. Parents try to protect their children through avoidance and through the transmission of pride about their identitie…
Reading Power
This paper analyzes the relationship between Muslims and the west defined at a particular moment in post 9/11 America and the war on terror context through a conversation in the novel The Submission (2011) by Amy Waldman. It critiques the construction of knowledge about Muslims and how this knowledge functions as part of a hegemonic discourse of Orientalism. The novel is about a public competition for an architectural design for a memorial markin…
Religious Radicalization and Securitization in Canada and Beyond
Religious Radicalization and Securitization in Canada and Beyond is an ideal guide to the ongoing debates on how best to respond to radicalization without sacrificing the commitments to multiculturalism and social justice that many Canadians hold dear."--pub. desc
Making place
The War on Terror in Canada
The securitization of Muslims has been an ongoing process in the “war on terror” discourse of the past 15 years. It has solidified the perception of Muslims as enemies in and of the West through a logic which creates hierarchies of belonging and undermines their claims to citizenship. In addition, securitization has expanded to include not only the state, but also members of society to be vigilant about threats and to protect the country through …
How Muslims Became Corn
Over the past 16 years, the global “war on terror” has expanded in scope, ranging from US-led military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan, domestic counter-terrorism and counter-radicalization legislation, and mass surveillance of Muslim communities to the “Muslim ban” on citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US. This expansion in scope has normalized the idea of Muslims as threats to and within Western societies. This …
Can Muslims Fly? The No Fly List as a Tool of the “War on Terror”
The securitization phenomenon is based on a racialized logic that predates 9/11 and has roots in the discourse of Orientalism, the practices of European colonialism and, in the more recent times of the 20th century, the internment of Japanese Canadians during World War II. This article analyzes the “no fly list” as a counter-terrorism tool used by the Canadian government in the “war on terror.” It situates the analysis in the political context of…
Impact of the Charter of Quebec Values on psychological well-being of francophone university students
This paper discusses results from a pilot study conducted in the spring of 2014 among young adults living in Montreal. The main objective of this study was to assess the relation between perception of the Charter of Quebec Values, 1 self-identification, perception of intercommunity relations, perceived discrimination, and psychological well-being in young students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs of a francophone university in Montr…
Multiculturalism and the Muslim Question
Exchanges with Schirin Amir-Moazami
Off-White
This paper focuses on the internal tensions of Whiteness in the dual settler colonial contexts of Quebec and Canada through the relationship between the province as a White, francophone minority/majority and White anglophone Canada. Whiteness in Quebec is mediated through its settler colonial history, language and complexity of its minority/majority position to create an off-white Quebec national identity. It operates through the racialization of…
Political science (15 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Law (11 works) · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (9 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Immigration (7 works) · Terrorism (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · History (5 works)