Prophetic Pedagogy Saturday Sessions
The Center is pleased to offer a Saturday workshop for Islamic School Educators and Leaders at no charge. Please register using the google form below. For any questions, please contact us at [email protected]
“Relationship between Parents and the School”
with Shaykh Abdalla Idris Ali
Saturday, January 25
11:00 am - 12:30 pm EST
Online Workshop
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Dr. Abdalla Idris Ali was born in Sudan and immigrated to Canada in 1977 as a graduate student at the University of Toronto, pursuing his Ph.D. in International Relations. His work in education began as a teacher of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Islamic Centre of Toronto. He was then appointed as director of education, and later became Imam and director for twenty years. In 1982, he laid down the foundation of the first full-time Islamic school in Canada and served as the Principal of the Islamic Community School For more than 19 years. He was later appointed to the Executive Council of the Islamic Society of North America and then elected to its consultative body. This led him to serving as President of ISNA from 1992 through 1997. He is also a founding Board member of the Council of Islamic Schools in North America where he developed and implemented Islamic and Arabic Studies curricula for elementary and junior high students. In 1998, he moved to the United States as a curriculum consultant to the Universal Foundation, and then was appointed Director at the Center for Islamic Education in North America (CIENA) in Kansas City, Missouri. He also became a member of the Board of Trustees I.B.E.R.R., a unique organization headed by Yusuf Islam,which served minority communities in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Britain, South Africa and Nigeria. Upon returning to Canada in 2008, he started serving as the Secretary General of ISNA Canada. He previously chaired the ISNA Education Forum that attracts more than 250 schools and close to a thousand teachers every year. In 2017 became the Director of Outreach and Community Development. Currently, he serves as the Senior Community and Religious Adviser at ISNA Canada.
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