

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Quebec Mosque Attack: A Community Commemoration
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 29 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 29 Jan, 2026 at 08:00 pm
- **Event Description**: On Jan. 29, join ILAH &amp; CCMS for an event commemorating the shooting in 2017 at a  Quebec City mosque, which claimed the lives of 6.About this EventThe Quebec Mosque Attack: A Community CommemorationWosk Centre | Room 420January 29 | 6 PMLight refreshments will be provided!On January 29, join the Islamophobia Legal Assistance Hotline and the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies at SFU for an event commemorating the shooting in 2017 at a Quebec City mosque.In January 2017, forty-six people were attacked in the Great Mosque of Quebec during evening prayer, which killed six people, seriously injured five and left many others traumatized. As the phenomenon of Islamophobia continues to grow across Canada, it is in encumbent upon all of us to continue to note, combat, and educate against this trend.This discussion with our esteemed speakers will delve into the legacies of this violence and how we can continue to combat it.Featured Speakers:Hasan Alam is a labour and human rights lawyer. He co-founded the Islamophobia Legal Assistance Hotline, which provides free and confidential legal support to those impacted by Islamophobia in British Columbia. Additionally, Hasan serves as the Vice President of the BC Civil Liberties Association. He is one of many members of the Muslim Community who made submissions on Islamophobia at the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights.Adel Iskandar is an Associate Professor of Global Communication at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver/Burnaby, Canada. He is the author, co-author, and editor of several works including "Egypt In Flux: Essays on an Unfinished Revolution" (AUCP/OUP); "Al-Jazeera: The Story of the Network that is Rattling Governments and Redefining Modern Journalism" (Basic Books); "Edward Said: A Legacy of Emancipation and Representation" (University of California Press); "Mediating the Arab Uprisings" (Tadween Publishing); and "Media Evolution on the Eve of the Arab Spring" (Palgrave Macmillan). Iskandar's work deals with media, identity and politics; and he has lectured extensively on these topics at universities worldwide. His forthcoming publications are two monographs, one addressing the political role of memes and digital satire and the other about contemporary forms of imperial transculturalism. Iskandar's engaged participatory research includes supporting knowledge production through scholarly digital publishing such as "Jadaliyya" and academic podcasting such as "Status." His community research agenda involves showcasing local grassroots participatory creative production by communities in the Middle East to confront the rise of extremism. Iskandar's work also involves the autobiographical documentation and self-representation of Syrian newcomer women in the Lower Mainland illustrates their ingenuity in the face adversity. Prior to his arrival at SFU, Iskandar taught at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies and the Communication, Culture, and Technology Program at Georgetown University, in Washington, DC.Itrath Syed is a member of the local Muslim community and an Instructor of Women’s Studies at Langara College. Her MA in Gender Studies from UBC explored the gendered and racialized construction of the Muslim community in the media discourse surrounding the Islamic Arbitration or “Shariah” debate in Ontario.
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Vancouver
- **state**: BC
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue
- **lat**: 49.284364
- **long**: -123.1128291
- **full address**: Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue, 580 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, Canada

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: SFU Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies (https://allevents.in/org/sfu-centre-for-comparative-muslim-studies/27284083)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 29 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue, 580 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, Canada
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- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** SFU Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** sports, art, literary-art, nonprofit
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