Assistant Professor
Office: Scarfe 2219
Phone: 604–822–4808
Research Interests
- Refugee Education
- Democracy and Citizenship
- Multiculturalism
- Pedagogy
- Social Justice Education
- Teacher Education Research
- Ways of Knowing
- Mental Health & Education
- Adolescent Issues
- Curriculum Studies Research
Biography
Dr. Sofia Noori is an Assistant Professor at UBC’s Faculty of Education, Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy. Before coming to K’emk’emeláy̓ (Vancouver), Dr. Noori taught classes ranging from K-12, college courses, undergraduate classes, and professional teacher training courses across the Greater Tkarón:to (Toronto) Area. She received the prestigious President’s University-Wide Teaching Award at York University in 2021.
Dr. Noori’s research and writing focuses on how refugee youth navigate schooling systems in Canada, in the aftermath of living in civil unrest or war, migration, transitory states, refugee camps, and resettlement. Her work is informed by postcolonial theory and developmental psychology. She is working with educators from across the country to develop resources, materials, and strategies to help meet the academic and psychosocial needs of newcomer students from war zones.
Invited Presentations
Noori, S. (2024, October) The Essence of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Fostering Equity and Inclusion in Education Symposium. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Keynote
Noori, S. (2024, October) Canadian Teachers’ Responses to Refugee Students in their Classes. UBC Transformative Education Leadership Program. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Keynote
Noori, S. (2024, June). Challenges and Supports for Canadian Teachers Working with Children from Warzones. Congress of Humanities and Social Science, McGill University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Noori, S. (2024, June). Newcomer Refugee Children and Youth Need to Overcome Hate in Order to Academically Survive. Congress of Humanities and Social Science, McGill University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Noori, S., Qurban, K., Howba, A. (2024, February) Dean’s Community Engagement Series- Supporting Immigrant and Refugee Students. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. https://educ.ubc.ca/supporting-immigrant-refugee-students-february-27-2024/
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Noori, S. (2025) Push-Pull Factors Shaping Access and Participation in Higher Education for Former Refugees. Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry. 16 (1) https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/cpi/index.php/cpi/issue/view/1956
Noori, S. (2024) From a Shattered Self to an Integrated Self: Theoretics of Healthy Refugee Subjectivity. Citizenship Education Research Journal. 1 (1), 11-25 https://ojs-o.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CERJ/article/view/550
Noori, S. (2018) Adolescent Refugees in Canada- Subject Formation, Case Study of Kim Thùy. Political Science Graduate Journal. Concordia University Press. 5, 92-123.
Books
Abdel Shehid, G. & Noori, S. (2021) Partisan Universalism: Essays in Honour of Ato Sekyi-Otu. Daraja Press.
Educational Manual
Noori, S. (2023) Supporting Teachers to Address the Mental Health Needs of Newcomers from War Zones.
Chapters
Noori, S. (2025). Flashpoint of an Educational Crisis- Canadian Teachers’ Responses to Inadequate (Pedagogical) Resources for Students from Warzones. In C. McCarthy, W. Crichlow, and T. Kourkoulou (Eds.) A World of Contradictions: Culture and Identity in the Roiling of Globalization. Common Ground Research Networks
Noori, S. (2023) Decolonizing Displacement. Geographies of the Heart. UBC Press, 79-91.