The purpose of this project is two-fold. First, the investigator wishes to find out more about how Ismailis in Canada understand and put into practice their cultural and religious identities in multicultural Canadian Society. Second, this project seeks to examine how Ismailis are responding to negative depictions of Islam as individuals and as a community; that is, answering whether Ismailis are attempting to change the way other Canadians view Islam.
Alyshea Cummins is a third year PhD student at the University of Ottawa in Religious Studies under the supervision of Dr. Peter Beyer. She is also a research assistant for Strand One of the Religion and Diversity Project under Dr. Beyer; specifically examining religious identity in Canada. She specializes in Islam, Contemporary Muslim studies, Sociology of Religion, Social/Religious Movements, and Social Change. Cummins’ doctoral research examines the Shi’a Nizari Imami Ismaili Muslim community and how they are redefining Islam in the West.
She is currently conducting research investigating Canadian-Ismaili Identity and Practice.
The Survey Link can be found here with more information:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/CanadianIsmaili
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