Using narrative inquiry to understand anti-Muslim racism in Canadian nursing

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dc.contributor.authorSaleh, Nasrin
dc.contributor.authorClark, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorBruce, Anne
dc.contributor.authorMoosa-Mitha, Mehmoona
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-13T06:31:55Z
dc.date.available2025-02-13T06:31:55Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractBackground: Islamophobia or, anti-Muslim racism, and more specifically, gendered islamophobia targeting Muslim women who wear a hijab is rising globally and is aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, anti-Muslim racism is not well understood in Canadian nursing. Purpose: This study utilized narrative inquiry to understand anti-Muslim racism through the experiences of nurses who wear a hijab with the goal of putting forward their counter-narrative that disrupts anti-Muslim racism in Canadian nursing. Methods: Narrative inquiry informed by Critical Race Feminism, care ethics, and intersectionality were used to analyze the factors shaping anti-Muslim racism and composite narratives were used to present the results. Results: The three composite narratives are: ‘This is Who I Am: A Muslim Nurse with a Hijab and an Accent’; ‘I Know What is at Play: Unveiling Operating Power Structures and Power Relations’; and ‘Rewriting the Narrative: Navigating Power Structures and Power Relations’. These composite narratives constituted the nurses’ counter-narrative. They revealed intersections of gendered, racial divisions of labour and religious narratives that shape anti-Muslim racism, as operating power relations in nursing, and how Muslim nurses reclaimed control to resist their racialized stereotypes. Conclusion: Findings suggest that anti-Muslim racism in nursing operates through multiple intersecting power relations. Using stories can mobilize transformational change so that anti-racist practices, policies, and pedagogy can be embraced.
dc.description.reviewstatusReviewed
dc.description.scholarlevelFaculty
dc.identifier.citationSaleh, N., Clark, N., Bruce, A., & Moosa-Mitha, M. (2022b). Using narrative inquiry to understand anti-Muslim racism in Canadian nursing. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 55(3), 292–304. https://doi.org/10.1177/08445621221129689
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/08445621221129689
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/21204
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCanadian Journal of Nursing Research
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectIslamophobia
dc.subjectanti-muslim racism
dc.subjecthijab
dc.subjectnarrative inquiry
dc.subjectcomposite narratives
dc.subjectintersectionality
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Nursing
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Social Work
dc.titleUsing narrative inquiry to understand anti-Muslim racism in Canadian nursing
dc.typeArticle

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