Challenging Islamophobia Through Visual Media Studies: Inquiring Into a Photograph of Muslim Women on the Cover of Canada's National News Magazine

Abstract

Diane Watt is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. She spent much of the decade of the 1990's living with her husband and children in Pakistan, Syria, and Iran. Her research interests include intercultural education, curriculum studies, and media education. Funding for her research has been provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.