Abigail B. Bakan

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Abigail B. Bakan is Professor in the Department of Social Justice in Education (SJE), at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), and cross-appointed to the Department of Political Science, University of Toronto. With Yasmeen Abu-Laban, she is co-author of Israel, Palestine and the Politics of Race: Exploring Identity and Power in a Global Context.

Experience

  • 2013–2021
    Professor, OISE, University of Toronto
  • 1998–2013
    Professor, Queen's University
  • 1991–1998
    Associate Professor, Queen's University
  • 1985–1991
    Assistant Professor, Queen's University

Education

  • 1984 
    York University, PhD, Political Science
  • 1978 
    York University, MA, Political Science
  • 1975 
    York University , BAH, Political Science

Publications

  • 2021
    The Israel/Palestine Racial Contract and the Challenge of Anti-Racism: Case Study of the UN World Conference Against Racism, Ethnic and Racial Studies
  • 2020
    Israel, Palestine and the Politics of Race, IB Tauris, Bloomsbury
  • 2020
    Going Flat: Breast Cancer, Mastectomy and the Politics of Choice, Imaginations
  • 2017
    Intersectionality and the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Atlantis
  • 2014
    Theorizing Anti-Racism: Linkages in Marxism and Critical Race Theory, U of Toronto Press
  • 2012
    After 9/11: Canada, Israel/Palestine, and the Surveillance of Public Discourse, Canadian Journal of Law and Society
  • 2012
    Marxism, Feminism and Epistemological Dissonance, Socialist Studies
  • 2010
    Israel/Palestine, South Africa and the 'One-State Solution': The Case for an Apartheid Analysis, Politikon: South African Journal of Political Science
  • 2009
    Palestinian Resistance and International Solidarity: The BDS Campaign, Race and Class
  • 2005
    Negotiating Citizenship: Migrant Women in Canada and the Global System, U of Toronto Press
  • 2002
    Critical Political Studies: Debates and Dialogues from the Left, McGill-Queen's U Press
  • 2000
    Employment Equity Policy in Canada: An Interprovincial Comparison, Status of Women Canada
  • 1990
    Ideology and Class Conflict in Jamaica: The Politics of Rebellion, McGill-Queen's U Press

Grants and Contracts

  • 2018
    UN as Knowledge Producer: World Conferences on Women, Racialized and Indigenous Peoples
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2011
    Debating Racism and Framing Anti-Racism: The Analytical and Policy Implications of UN World Conferences 2001-2009
    Role:
    Co-applicant
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2000
    Employment Equity and the Backlash Effect: The Geography of Political Culture in BC and Ontario
    Role:
    Co-applicant
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 1998
    Systemic Racism and Employment Equity Policy in Canada
    Role:
    Co-PI
    Funding Source:
    Canadian Race Relations Foundation

Professional Memberships

  • Canadian Political Science Association
  • Society for Socialist Studies
  • International Studies Association
  • American Political Science Association
  • International Political Science Association
  • United Jewish People's Order
  • Independent Jewish Voices

Contact Abigail for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision