It seemed inevitable that the dynamo that is Professor Shafique Virani, chair of the Department of Historical Studies, would win the University of Toronto’s President’s Teaching Award; the only question was when it would happen. The President’s Teaching Award...
Shafique Virani’s The Ismailis in the Middle Ages: A History of Survival, A Search for Salvation, published by Oxford University Press in 2007, has been well received internationally, with awards from UNESCO and the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural...
UTM alumnus and actor Zaib Shaikh joins students for a discussion on Canadian pluralism last Wednesday in CCT 1080. Matthew Filipowich/The Medium Last Wednesday, Zaib Shaikh, the lead actor from Little Mosque on the Prairie, participated in lecture discussing...
On April 26, in a talk that was both serious and entertaining – and ultimately inspirational — Shafique Virani, University of Toronto Professor of Islamic Studies, told his Academy audience that his goal in life was to “bridge the gap between the West and the...
Professor Deep Saini. Courtesy Colleen McColeman. In his recent trade missions trip to India, professor Deep Saini, vice president of U of T and principal of UIM, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Jamia Millia Islamia University (JMI). The agreement...
