Aisha Haque
Profile
Ph.D. Education (Western - in progress) Critical Policy, Equity, and Leadership
M.A. English (Western)
B.Ed. Education (UBC)
B.A. English Hons (UBC)
Aisha is an educational developer with a background in culturally relevant teaching, anti-racist education, and post-colonial literature. At the CTL, she develops programs to foster equity in the classroom and supports faculty members in course design (particularly for decolonial and intercultural learning), and coordinates CTL's faculty programs and grants.
Aisha’s research background is in anti-racist, decolonial, and intercultural pedagogies. Her co-authored publication on intercultural teaching competence was recognized with the Christine A. Stanley Award for Research on Diversity and Inclusion from the POD Network (Dimitrov & Haque, 2017). Aisha is a frequent invited speaker who has facilitated over 30 keynotes and workshops across Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, and the US on EDI topics. She has been a guest co-editor for the Canadian Journal of Higher Education (special issue on Teaching Preparation for Graduate Students, 2015) and served on the executive committee for TAGSA (Teaching Assistant and Graduate Student Advancement - a SIG of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education).
Aisha brings a decade of teaching and course-design experience at the post-secondary level to the CTL. She was previously Professor of Writing and Communication at Fanshawe College where she taught over 20 courses (face-to-face, online, and blended) on Bollywood cinema, writing, and professional communication.
