The Role of Intersectionality in Frontline Programming for Racialized Immigrant Women

Join us for a powerful webinar designed to help service providers create more inclusive, responsive, and equitable programs for immigrant communities.

Discover practical strategies that can enhance your frontline work.

We’re excited to feature Dr. Wafaa Hasan, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto’s Women and Gender Studies Institute, who will share her insights on how identity, culture, and lived experience shape access to support services.

We’re pleased to feature Samya Hasan, Executive Director at CASSA, Samya brings years of experience in nonprofit leadership and inclusive programming. She’ll be sharing valuable insights on strengthening support systems for immigrant women through inclusive service models.

Date: Friday, June 27, 2025

* Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EST)
* Location: Zoom

Registration Required

Across Canada, racialized immigrant women often face complex and layered barriers when accessing front-line services. Traditional and present-day service models, even when designed to help, are often built on foundations that do not fully recognize how multiple forms of systemic oppression, including racism, sexism, colonialism, and xenophobia, overlap and shape the experiences of racialized immigrant women. However, feminism, when rooted in intersectionality, offers a critical framework for frontline programming. It addresses that immigrant women are not homogenous group and that programs must address the increasing effects of social, political, and economic marginalization. Without this framework in place, service providers fortify exclusionary practices that may further broaden social inequities. Therefore, this webinar aims to equip service providers with the tools and strategies needed to address feminism and intersectionality into the foundation of frontline programming for immigrant women. It will also explore how adopting these frameworks can better service delivery and meet the diverse needs of immigrant communities.