Maryam Khan

Maryam Khan is an Associate Professor at the Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo campus. She specializes in community-based research, clinical counselling, and critical social work with LGBTQ+ Muslims, racialized trans/gender-variant communities, and marginalized groups facing sanism, ableism, and violence.

• PhD in Social Work (York University, Toronto)

Her research integrates decolonial, intersectional, and feminist frameworks to address systemic inequities in healthcare, social policy, and identity politics. Current projects focus on sexual/reproductive health of Two-Spirit and LGBTQQIA+ populations in Canada, funded by CIHR and SSHRC.

Recent publications include the co-edited volume Queer/Muslim/Canadian: Identities, Experiences and Belonging (2024), analyzing intersectional resistance strategies of LBTQ Muslim women. Her work employs qualitative and mixed-methods approaches rooted in standpoint theory and liberatory practices.

Key grants include:

• 2024-2028: Co-Principal Investigator, CIHR - $2,610,366
• 2024-2026: Co-Investigator, CIHR - $309,826
• 2023-2024: Nominated Principal Investigator, CIHR - $99,810