She teaches courses in the areas of critical race, gender, ethnic and postcolonial studies, education, and Muslim cultural politics in Canada. Her Canada-wide study of Muslim youth and the politics of empire, citizenship and belonging post 9/11 was funded by SSHRC. She participated in an expert working group to develop educational guidelines for combating discrimination against Muslims – part of an inter-governmental initiative spearheaded by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Council of Europe. In 2008, she published Canadian Islamic Schools: Unraveling the Politics of Faith, Gender, Knowledge and Identity.