Dr. Moussa Magassa

Dr. Moussa Magassa is a specialist in justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, anti-racism education, human rights, social justice, intercultural conflict resolution, immigration & refugee studies, and curriculum development.

Dr. Magassa is the Associate Vice-President, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB. 

Previously, he worked as the Principal Strategist, Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Anti-racism Education and Community Engagement for the University of Victoria. Dr. Magassa is also an associate faculty in both the UVic social justice and intercultural studies & practice program; and the M.A in global leadership program at Royal Roads university. Dr. Magassa is also an instructor at the UBC Centre for intercultural communication.

He holds a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction (UVic) with special focus on critical race theory, anti-racism, Islamophobia, human rights education, and immigrants and refugees’ integration and adaptation in host communities; an MA in human security & peacebuilding (Royal Roads university); a BA (Hons) in conflict resolution and peace studies (Kwazulu Natal University, South Africa); a diploma in forced migration and refugee studies (York University); and various advanced certificates in human rights and humanitarian law (UNITAR), conflict mediation (UNISA). Dr. Magassa is also a qualified administrator of the intercultural competence assessment tool.

Previously, he worked as an immigrant and refugee settlement and integration program coordinator; and as a specialist in non-violence education and research on peace, military spending and the impact of arms trafficking in Africa.

Dr. Magassa is also the CEO and owner of the consulting company, The Intercultural Capacity Building Inc. (www.magassa.ca), specialized in EDI, Intercultural capacity development and anti-racism education. Dr. Moussa Magassa was born in Senegal and speaks many languages in addition to English and French.