About

Rania Mirza is a Toronto-based writer and educator. She has written for the Toronto Star, Teachers of English as a Second Language (TESL) Journal, and authored a book chapter in, Identity texts:  The collaborative creation of power in multilingual schools. 

Rania also co-wrote an equity workshop for the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) entitled “Addressing Islamophobia: A Discussion for Educators”. She presented this workshop to public school boards across Ontario for over 6 years.

Rania holds a Masters in Education from Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. She has also completed courses from the Creative Writing Certificate Program at the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies.

Rania has worked as an educator with an Ontario public school board the assuming various lead roles for 20 years. As an educator, Rania has taken an active role in building strong school and community partnerships, and integrating students’ cultural and linguistic identity into the school curriculum. Rania has presented at international conferences on topics related to equity in the public education system. Her work focuses on issues pertaining to identity, language, and the power of multicultural education as a learning approach that helps students understand and appreciate the global society.

Rania is actively engaged in community and national initiatives. Formerly, she served as the education advisor for the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM).