The Olive Tree Foundation is pleased to announce that a grant of $100,000 has been awarded to Edmonton’s Canadian Islamic Centre (Al Rashid Mosque) for a project that will support victims of Islamophobia.

Since December 2020, there has been assaults and attacks on Black and racialized Muslim women in Edmonton, Alberta, most of which go unreported.

Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatu Allahi Wa Barakatuh,

Food banks and social services are preparing for an increase in demand as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.

In 2019, Rahma Mohamed was a speaker at TEDxUAlberta in Edmonton, Alberta.

In 2019, Omar Farah was a speaker at TEDxUAlberta in Edmonton, Alberta.

Imagine going through a panic attack one evening, and not knowing where to turn for help.

Edmonton is a city with a small town reputation, and yet it is home to North America’s one and only Muslim Film Festival.

Somali Canadian Asmaa Ali represented the riding of Edmonton Griesbach, Alberta at Equal Voice’s second Daughters of the Vote gathering in early April 2019, which brought together 338 young women between the ages of 18 and 23, representing each Canadian riding and take their seat in the House of Commons during a historic sitting of the House of Commons. They were addressed by every federal party leader, and engaged with an array of Ministers, critics and advocates.

I was a full-time high school teacher in an Ontario Islamic school in 2008 when I noticed that my Arab Muslim students led lives of religious conformity at school that reflected their Islamic values at home but did not necessarily define their full selves.