Dr. Moussa Magassa

Credentials

PhD, MA, BA (Hons)

Biography

Dr. Moussa Magassa is a seasoned instructor in the Intercultural Studies and Practice program. For more than a decade, Dr. Magassa has designed and taught numerous courses for the program. Dr. Magassa is a former UVic human rights educator and principal strategist for community engagement, equity diversity and inclusion, and Anti-racism education. His focus was to enhance understanding of and commitment to the university's human rights and equity goals, increase diversity and create a fair and inclusive work and study environment at UVic. Previously, Moussa worked as an integration program officer for immigrants and refugees in Vancouver.

He has extensive experience researching, designing and facilitating courses and workshops on: intercultural communication, intercultural conflict resolution, welcoming diversity, creating inclusive workplaces, human rights, social justice, anti-oppression education, anti-racism training, and immigrant and refugee integration. Moussa’s PhD research focused on the intersections of human rights, critical race theory, anti-racism education, Islamophobia, and discourses of equity, diversity and inclusion. His MA is in human security and peacebuilding (RRU) and his BA (Hons) is in conflict resolution and peace studies (Kwazulu Natal University).

Formerly, Dr. Magassa was: the co-chair of Resilience BC (an anti-racism advisory committee and strategic planning hub by the BC government), an advisor on the academic and practitioner advisory committee for Simon Fraser University's Migrant Systems Change Leadership Certificate program, an advisor to the National Table of Community Cooperation in Francophone Immigration, the former president of the Francophone Society of Victoria and a board director for the BC Francophone Federation. 

Learn more about Moussa in the article "Social Change Depends on Ubuntu."