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Mehrunnisa Ahmad Ali

Professor of Early Childhood Studies, Faculty of Community Services

Mehrunnisa Ahmad Ali teaches research design in three graduate programs at Toronto Metropolitan University. Her research is about immigrant children, youth and families. Her most recent project was to document Syrian refugee children's memories of their lives in Syria, a transition country, and their early days in Canada. Her most recent publications include Documenting Syrian Refugee Children’s Memories: Methodological Insights and Further Questions (forthcoming) in International Journal of Qualitative Methods, and three chapters in the book Putting Family First(edited by H. Bauder, 2019 UBC Press). Her forthcoming books are: Colonization of Immigrant Families (UBC Press), and an edited volume called Ethical Issues in Research with Refugee Children and Youth.

Prior to her migration to Canada, Mehrunnisa worked in Pakistan on designing and evaluating national projects on teacher education and girls’ education funded by the World Bank, UNICEF, the Asian Development Bank, the Aga Khan Development Network and others.