Hiba Zafran

Title:

PhD., Occupational Therapist - Psychotherapist (she/her/elle)

Academic title(s):

Assistant Professor (Professional)

Contact Information

Address:

By appointment

Email address:

hiba.zafran [at] mcgill.ca

Link(s):

Kaleidoscopic Emergence ~ A space that engages with and co-creates a kaleidoscope of worlds, ideas, and ways of being.

Canadian Association of Occupational Therapy Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Practice Network

Teaching areas:

Coordinator, OT Program Indigenous-focused curriculum thread

OCC 618: Applied OT: Psychosocial Theories (Coordinator)

A just and responsible academia must be both a bridge to,

and mirror for,

the kinds of societies we each and everyone have a right to.

Selected publications:

Zafran, H, Beagan BL, Shephard D, Lauckner H, Whalley Hammell K, Lee Bunting K, Grenier ML, Turcotte PL, Abdo S, Jarus T. (2025). Shattering Silence, Inviting Dialogue: Anti-Oppressive Occupational Therapy During the Genocide of Palestinians: Briser le silence, inviter au dialogue : l'ergothérapie anti-oppressive pendant le génocide des Palestiniens. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, July 9.

Zafran, H. (2025). (Im)possibilities: The occupation of storytelling injustice. Journal of Occupational Science, 1–17.

Zafran, H. (2024). “This is the World I Thought It Was.” Working with Emergent Adults Living at the Intersections of Queer and Racialized Identities During a Time of Anti-Trans Politics and Genocide. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 1–31.

Complete scholarship, organized by themes, available here.

Department:

Occupational Therapy

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