On January 28, 2025, Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo held a memorial service for Arab Canadian Dr. Hind Al-Abadleh, who was an award-winning faculty member in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry for almost 20 years, focusing on the chemistry of climate change.

Toronto - May 26, 2022

As a researcher of Muslim superheroes, I’ve learned about the many ways Islamophobia manifests. Because Islam is racialized in the west, Arab Christians, Hindus and Sikhs have been implicated in Islamophobic political discourses, making them victims of Islamophobia.

Canada's Kids Help Phone is running a pilot project until December 31, 2020 offering services to Arabic-speaking callers through an Arabic interpreter. 

In 2019, Egyptian Canadian Salma Hindy spoke at TEDxUofT in Toronto, Ontario.

In 2014, Arab Canadian Chemistry Professor Hind Al-Abadleh spoke at TEDxLaurierUniversity, in Waterloo, Ontario.

In 2016, Dr. Maria Assif was a speaker at TEDxUTSC (University of Toronto Scarborough Campus) in Toronto, Ontario.

In 2018, Najwa Zebian was a speaker at TEDxCentennialCollege in Toronto, Ontario.

In 2019, Amira Elghawaby was a speaker for TEDxOttawa in Ottawa, Ontario.

In early November 2019, Thunder Bay Mayor Bill Mauro presented 18 year old Jordanian Canadian Yamaan Alsumadi with the 2019 Youth Leader Award, one of six Community Safety Awards granted each year, for her work as co-president of the city's Regional Multicultural Youth Council.