Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University
of Toronto (Leadership, Higher and Adult Education).
Master of Science (MSc), University of Alberta, Edmonton (Family Studies): Thesis
Stream.
Master of Public Health (MPH), American University of Beirut, Lebanon. One Year Research
Internship completed at: School of Health Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax,
Nova Scotia (funded by: Community Action Program of the National Drug Strategy, Health
and Welfare Canada).
Bachelor of Education (BEd), OISE, University of Toronto (Intermediate/Senior qualifications
in Family Studies & General Science; Basic qualifications in Junior Division; Ontario
Principal Qualifications).
Professional Designations: Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) & Professional Home Economist
(PHEc).
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor (tenure-stream), Brescia University College at Western University,
Family Studies and Human Development, School of Behavioural and Social Sciences, London,
Ontario. July 2020 – present.
Assistant Professor (tenure-stream). Thompson Rivers University, School of Education,
Faculty of Education and Social Work, Kamloops, British Columbia. December, 2019-June,
2020.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College
Hospital, University of Toronto. Funding: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
funded research. Research Focus: Assessment of mental health and resilience amongst
women living with HIV, the Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort
Study. 2016-2018.
Ontario Secondary School Teacher and Department Head, Family Studies Department, Catholic
and Public Boards of Education, Greater Toronto Area. 2001 – 2016.
Awards
2021 Judges Choice Award, CityStudio London, Hubbub, Fall, 2021. Supervised the winning student project in
the Diversity and the Canadian Family course: Housing and Homelessness Crisis among Women in London, Ontario.
2017 Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) Annual Conference Scholarship:
Best paper for an oral presentation in Community-Based Research and Participative
Approaches at the Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research Paper presentation, CAHR,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Awarded
2015 Healthy Schools and Workplaces Champion Award: 7 years of service and commitment
to Healthy Schools, York Region Public Health, Ontario. Awarded.
Current and Previous Teaching
FSHD 2240A Special Topics: Early Childhood
FSHD 3325A/B Diversity and the Canadian Family
FSHD 3350B Special Topics: Human Sexuality
EDUC 5010 Graduate Research Methods
EDUC 5400 Principles and Processes of Educational Leadership
EDUC 5440 Understanding and Managing Conflict
FSHD 2245A/B: Early childhood Development
FSHD 3352A/B: Human Sexuality Across the Life Span
Additional Teacher Qualifications: Family Studies Part I
Additional Teacher Qualifications: Intermediate Family Studies
Contemporary Family Issues I
Diversity in Canadian Families
Families, Power and Social Change
Research Activities and Grant Funding ($697,344 awarded as Principal Investigator & 4,307,525 as Co-Investigator)
Current
2021-2025 Kteily-Hawa, R. (Co-Investigator), Vahabi, M. (Nominated Principal Investigator). Co-Principal Investigators: Wong,
J., Lofters, A., & Rayner, J. Co-Investigators: Damba, C., Fung, K, Narushima, M.,
& Tharao, W. $426,640. Awarded. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Operating Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps & Priorities. Compounding Disadvantage: Impact of
COVID-19 among Immigrants Living with Cancers and with Mental Health & Addictions
Disorders in Ontario.
2022-2024 Kteily-Hawa, R. (Nominated Principal Investigator), Wong, J., & Bayoumi, A. (Co-Principal Investigators); Salam, K. (Principal Knowledge
User); Saleib, K., El-Tal, J., Abdallah, N. & Ezzeddine, A. (Knowledge Users); Boake,
P., & Eloulabi, R. (Co-Investigators). $50,000. Awarded. CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network (CTN) Pilot Study Funding. Promoting Mental Health and Reducing HIV Risk Behaviours through Self-compassion,
Mindful Acceptance & Resilience Transformation (SMART): An Evidence-informed Pilot
Randomized Trial with Diaspora MENA Gay, Bisexual and Trans Youth in Ontario.
2022-2023 Kteily-Hawa, R. (Nominated Principal Investigator). $2000. Awarded. Brescia University College Internal Research Grant. Community-Based Participatory Research: Engaging Vulnerable Youth Populations through
Innovative, Youth-Driven and Resilience-Based Sexual Health Interventions.
2021-2023 Kteily-Hawa, R. (Nominated Principal Investigator), Ongoiba, F. (Principal Knowledge User), Wong, J., & Vahabi, M. (Co-Principal Investigators).
$40,000. Awarded. The Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) Innovation Grant. Developing an Innovative, Youth-Driven and Resilience-Based HIV Prevention Intervention
for Young People from Middle Eastern and North African Communities (MENA) in Canada.
2021-2023 Kteily-Hawa, R. (Co-Applicant), Fournier, B. (Principal Applicant). $65,000. Awarded. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant.
The New Wang Oo: Intergenerational Knowledge Transfer in Northern Uganda Using Theatre
for Living.
2020-2022 Kteily-Hawa, R. (Co-Principal Investigator), Gillis, R.J. (Nominated Principal Investigator). C Ahmed, SI (Co-PI), Goldstein,
A. (Co-PI), Logie, C. (Co-PI) & Xu, Y (Co-PI). $467, 844. Awarded. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Operating Grant: COVID-19 Social
dynamics, communication and trust. Responding to the Stigma, Fear, Discrimination, and Misinformation Related to the
COVID-19 Disease Outbreak: A Novel Analyses and Intervention for a Novel Coronavirus.
Completed
2019-2021 Kteily-Hawa, R. (Nominated Principal Investigator), Loutfy, M. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Vijayanathan, H. (Principal Knowledge User).
$39, 000. Awarded. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), HIV/AIDS CBR Catalyst Grant. Youth Sexual Health and HIV/STI Prevention in Middle Eastern and North African Communities
Globally and in Ontario (YSMENA Study): Community-Engaged, Youth-Driven Catalyst Intervention.
2019-2021 Kteily-Hawa, R. (Nominated Principal Investigator), Loutfy, M. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Vijayanathan, H. (Principal Knowledge User).
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), HIV/AIDS Planning and Dissemination
Grant. $18,500. Awarded. Exploring Youth Sexual Health Needs in Middle Eastern and North African Communities
(YSMENA Study): A Planning and Knowledge Exchange Initiative to Develop a Research
Network to Address Barriers in HIV Prevention.
2017-2025 Hawa, R. (Co-Investigator and Program Expert). Loutfy, M., (Nominated Principal Investigator). Canadian Institutes of Health Research
(CIHR) Foundation Grant. $3,780,885. Awarded.Impactful Research with Diverse Women Living with and at Risk of HIV in Canada: Women
Centred HIV Care Policy for Young Women Living with HIV.
2017-2018 Hawa, R. (Co-Investigator), Andani, N. (Nominated Principal Investigator), Loutfy, M. (Co-Principal Investigator).
$20,000. Awarded. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Planning and Dissemination Grant.
Review of New Research Opportunities Related to Healthy Aging in the Community in
Women with HIV Infection Living in Canada.
2014-2016 Kteily-Hawa, R. (Principal Investigator). $50,000. Awarded. Ontario Ministry of Education. Building Capacity in Food Security, Healthier Food Choices and Mental Health for High
School Students.
2014-2015 Kteily-Hawa, R. (Co-Investigator), Chikermane, V. (Principal Investigator) & Wong, JPH (Co-Principal Investigator).
$15,000. Awarded. Women's Xchange Program at the Women's College Research Institute, University of
Toronto. Story-Sharing for Sexual Health: A Pilot Study Exploring Story-Sharing as a Culturally-Relevant
Intervention to Promote Women-Centered Sexual Health.
2012-15 Kteily-Hawa, R. (Principal Investigator). $30,000. Awarded. Ontario Ministry of Education, Blue Print Grant. Integrating Technology in the Classroom,
Modern Learning, Teacher Professional Development and Youth Engagement.
Publications
Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
O'Neil, P., Janzen Le Ber, M., Kteily-Hawa, R. Portraiture Expanded: A New Approach to Participatory Action Research in Women’s Education. Paper accepted in the special issue of the Canadian Journal of Action Research. In Press.
Kteily-Hawa, R., Hawa, A.C., Gogolishvili, D., Al Akel, M., Andruszkiewicz, N., Vijayanathan, H.,
Loutfy, M. (2022). Understanding the Epidemiological HIV Risk Factors and Underlying
Risk Context for Youth Residing in or Originating from the Middle East and North Africa
(MENA) Region: A Scoping Review of the Literature. PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260935.
McMaughan, DJ, Dolwick Grieb, S., Kteily-Hawa, R., Key, K. (2021). Promoting and Advocating for Ethical Community Engagement: Transparency
in the Community-engaged Research Spectrum. Editorial. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, Johns
Hopkins University Press, 15 (4), 419-424. https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2021.0054.
Strelnick, H., Grieb, S.M.D., McMaughan, D.J., Key, K.D., & Kteily-Hawa, R. (2021). Beyond the Manuscript: Promoting and Advocating for Ethical Community Engagement:
Transparency in the Community-engaged Research Spectrum. Progress in Community Health
Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action 15(4), 425-429. https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2021.0055.
Kteily-Hawa, R., Hari, S., Wong, J.P., Chikermane, V., Chambers, L., Vahabi, M. (2021). Designing
A Peer Leader Training Manual for Community-Based Sexual Health Research: Action-Oriented
Implications for Adult Education. Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 33 (1), 19-34. https://cjsae.library.dal.ca/index.php/cjsae/article/view/5566.
Kteily-Hawa, R., Hari, S., Soor, J., Wong, J.P., Chikermane, V., Chambers, L.A., Vahabi, M. (2020).
Paradigm Shifts in Sexual Health: Quantitative Analysis of Story and Fact-Based Health
Education Interventions. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality (CJHS), 29 (1), 45-56. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.2018-0037.
Hawa, R.N., Underhill, A., Logie, C., Islam, S., & Loutfy, M. (2019). South Asian Immigrant
Women's Suggestions for Culturally-Tailored HIV Education and Prevention Programs.
Ethnicity & Health, 24 (8), 945-959. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2017.1378806.
Kteily-Hawa, R., Hari, S., Wong, J.P.H., Chikermane, V., & Chambers, L.(2019). Development and Implementation
of Peer Leader Training for Community-Based Participatory Sexual Health Research.
Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 13 (3), 303-319. https://doi.org/10.1353/cpr.2019.0058.
Kteily-Hawa, R., Warren, L., Kazemi, M., Logie, C. H., Islam, S., Kaida, A., ... & Loutfy, M. (2019).
Examining Multilevel Factors Associated with the Process of Resilience among Women
Living with HIV in a Large Canadian Cohort Study: A Structural Equation Modeling Approach.
Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC), 18, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1177/2325958219871289.
Kteily-Hawa, R.N., Islam, S. & Loutfy, M. (2019). Immigration as a Crisis Tendency for HIV Vulnerability
among Racialized Women Living with HIV in Ontario Canada: An Anti-Oppressive Lens.
Culture, Health and Sexuality, 21 (2), 121-133. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2018.1453087.
Kteily-Hawa, R., Andany, N., Wang, Y, Logie, C.H., Tharao, W., Conway, T., Webster, K., de Pokomandy,
A., Kaida, A., Hogg, B., & Loutfy, M. (2019). Quality of Life of Women Living with
HIV: Comparative Assessment of Physical and Mental Health-Related Markers in Younger
and Older Women Using a Large Canadian Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study.
HIV Research & Clinical Practice, 20(2), 35-47. https://doi.org/10.1080/15284336.2018.1554373.
Wong, J.P., Kteily-Hawa, R., Chambers, L.A., Hari, S., Chikermane, V., Ragulan, S., Islam, S., Vahabi. M (2019).
Exploring the Use of Fact-Based and Story-Based Learning Materials for HIV/STI Prevention
and Sexual Health Promotion with South Asian Women in Toronto, Canada. Health Education Research, 34 (1), 27–37. https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyy042.
Hawa, R., Underhill, A., Logie, C. & Loutfy, M. (2018). Social contexts and HIV Vulnerabilities
among South Asian Women in the Greater Toronto Area: Examining Social Norms. Health Care for Women International, 39 (2), 129-153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07399332.2017.1397157.
Logie, C., Wang, Y., Kazemi, M., Hawa, R., Islam, S., Kaida, A, Conway, T., Webster, K., Pokomandy, A., Loutfy, M. (2018).
Exploring Social Ecological Pathways from Resilience to Quality of Life among Women
Living with HIV in Canada. AIDS Care, 30 (S5), p.S67-S75. https://10.1080/09540121.2018.1488031.
Zhang, P., Kteily-Hawa, R. (2018). Poetry, prose, and personhood: Storytelling as mental health care for homeless
persons. Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 30 (2), p. 69-79. https://cjsae.library.dal.ca/index.php/cjsae/article/view/5438.
Kteily-Hawa, R. & Underhill, A. (2017). Examining Gender Relations among South Asian Immigrant Women
Living with HIV in the Greater Toronto Area: Theoretical Implications. Études critiques sur le genre, la culture, et la justice/Critical Studies in Gender,
Culture, and Social Justice, 38.2, 205-218. http://journals.msvu.ca/index.php/atlantis/article/view/3402/205-218%20PDF.
Kteily-Hawa, R., Chikermane, V., Vahabi, M., Vijayantahn, H., Soor, J.K., Chambers, L. & Wong, J.P.
(2020). Story sharing as a culturally relevant approach in adult sexual health education. In J.P. Egan (Ed.), 2020 Proceeding of the Adult Education in Global Times: An International Research Conference (pp. 385-392). University of British Columbia, Canada, June 4-7.
Kteily-Hawa, R. & Anderson, C. (2022). Feminist Aesthetics, Intertwined Indigenous and Immigrant
Life Narratives, and Teaching Practises (pp. 165-181). In H. Mreiwed, M. R. Carter,
S. Hashem, & C. Blake-Amarenti (Eds), Looking back to look forward: Making connections in and through arts-based educational
research. U.S.: SpringerBriefs Series. Fall, 2022. In Press.
Kteily-Hawa, R. (2022). Invited Reviewer. Book review, Walk a Mile: A Journey Towards Justice and Equity in Canadian Society. Top Hat Publishing. In Press.
Hawa, R. (2022). Editor, Proceedings, Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education
(CASAE) 2022 Conference (pp. 1-389). In Roula Hawa, Editor.
Kteily-Hawa, R. (2022). HIV Prevention and Community Engagement in a Canadian Context. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Sexuality Education. Palgrave Macmillan. Invited entry to 1st Sexuality Education Encyclopedia in the
world. In Press.
Kteily-Hawa, R., Walker, M., Dunn, J., Coulter, SL, Chopra, R. (2022). Bringing Communities into the Family Studies/Home Economics Classroom: A Canadian
Experience. Paper presentation at the International Federation for Home Economics (IFHE), XXIV
World Congress 2022, Atlanta, Georgia, US, September 4-9.
Heydon R., Sakr, M., da Silva, V. Invited Spotlight Session: The Promises of Intergenerational Art. (2022). (2022). In R. Kteily-Hawa (Chair). Symposium conducted at the 91st Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Canadian Society for the Study of Education, May 15 – 20 (virtual).
Gillis, J.R., Kteily-Hawa, R., Goldstein, A., & Ahmed, I. (2021). Sequential Focus Group Approaches to Examining Experiences of Stigma and Discrimination. In Y. Xu (Chair), Social media platforms and stigma, discrimination and misinformation concerning COVID-19. Symposium conducted at the 32nd International Congress of Psychology in Prague, Czech
Republic, July 19-24 (virtual); video: (19:54 min – 35:45).
Kteily-Hawa, R., Wong, J.P., Vijayanathan, H., Soor, J., Chikermane, V., Chambers, L. (2021). Culturally Relevant Approaches to Sexual Health Education: Story Sharing as an Adult
Education, Family-Centred Approach. Paper presentation at the Adult Education in Global Times: An International Research
Conference (AEGT2021), University of British Columbia, Canada, June 3-6 (virtual).
Kteily-Hawa, R. & Anderson, C. (2021). Shared Storytelling: Indigenous and Immigrant Women Life Stories Performed in Community
and Classroom Settings. Paper presentation at the 90th Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Canadian
Society for the Study of Education, University of Alberta, May 30 – June 3 (virtual).
Selected Peer-Refereed Poster Presentations
Kteily-Hawa, R., Hawa, A.C., Gogolishvili, D. Andruszkiewicz, N., Al Akel, M., Vijayanathan, H.,
Mona Loutfy, M. (2021). Examining Epidemiological HIV Risk Factors and Underlying Risk Context for Youth from
the Middle East and North Africa within a Canadian Context (YSMENA Study): A Scoping
Review of the Literature. Poster presentation, Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) Virtual Conference,
May 5-7.
Kteily-Hawa, R., Hawa, A.C., Gogolishvili, D., Al Akel, M., Andruszkiewicz, N., Vijayanathan, H.,
Loutfy, M. (2020). Understanding HIV Risk Behaviors among Youth from the Middle East and North Africa
(MENA): A Scoping Review. Poster presentation at the 2020 National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Conference:
Family Expansions, Expanding Families: Contouring Family Science’s Negative Spaces.
Human Development and Family Science, University of Missouri, U.S., November 10 –
November 13 (Virtual).
Family and community resilience; social ecological framework of resilience.
HIV prevention intervention involving racialized and immigrant women and youth groups
Youth sexual health and HIV prevention
Women's sexual and reproductive health
Health and well-being of vulnerable populations
Selected Professional Leadership and Service
2020– present. Associate Editor, Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, Johns Hopkins University Press.
2022-2024. President, Arts Researchers and Teachers Society Special Interest Group
(ARTS SIG), Canadian Association of Curriculum Studies, Canadian Society for the Study
of Education (CSSE).
2022- 2023. President-Elect, Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education
(CASAE).
2021-2022. Editor, 2022 Conference Proceedings, Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE) Annual Conference.
2020-2022. Vice-President, Arts Researchers and Teachers Society Special Interest
Group (ARTS SIG), Canadian Association of Curriculum Studies, Canadian Society for
the Study of Education (CSSE).
2020-2022. Ontario Regional Director, Board of Directors, Canadian Association for
the Study of Adult Education (CASAE).
2021- 2023. Awards Chair, Arts-Based Educational Research (ABER) Special Interest Group, American Educational Research Association.
2021-2022. Conference Chair, The Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE)
Annual Conference, in conjunction with the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
May, 2022.
2020-2021. Conference Chair, The Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE)
Annual Conference, in conjunction with the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
May 2021.
2021. Summit Chair, YSMENA research summit, ‘Being Seen and Heard: Middle Eastern and North African Diaspora (MENA) Youth on the
Intersections of Community, Race, Sex and Sexuality’, hosted by Brescia University College and funded by CIHR.
2020 & 2021. Chair, The Alan Thomas Best Graduate Student Paper Award Committee, Conference
Planning Team, Adult Education in Global Times: An International Research Conference
(AEGT2020), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June, 2020 & 2021.
2020 and 2022. Reviewer, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Funding grant
applications.
2019-2020. Editorial Team, Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education.