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Du samedi 5 octobre au mardi 8 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu’aux étudiants et aux membres du personnel de l’Université ƻԺ, ainsi qu’aux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler à distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la prévention pour plus de détails.

Hiba Zafran

Title: 
PhD., Occupational Therapist - Psychotherapist (she/her/elle)
Academic title(s): 

Assistant Professor (Professional)


A just and responsible academia must be both a bridge to,

and mirror for,

the kinds of societies we each and everyone have a right to.


Hiba Zafran
Contact Information
Address: 

By appointment

Phone: 
514 396 2710
Email address: 
hiba.zafran [at] mcgill.ca
Teaching areas: 
Current research: 

Please note that I am a part-time academic and do not take on graduate thesis supervision. I am open to being a member on thedoctoral committees ofhistorically excluded students whose projects are within my sphere of values and commitments.

Professional activities: 
Selected publications: 

Equity & Accountability

Zafran, H. (Accepted-minor revisions). The occupation of story-telling injustice.Journal of Occupational Science.

Falcicchio, K., Schmitz, C, Zafran, H., Lysaught, R., & Jarus, T. (2022). JEDI in Fieldwork Supervision: The Next Frontier. 27-29.

Razek, L., Zafran, H., Shankland, B. & Storr, C. (2022). . ƻԺ Journal of Global Health, XI.

Whalley-Hammell, K., Laliberte-Rudman, D., Zafran, H., Schmidt, J., Bunting, K.L., Bulk, L.Y., Grenier, M-L, Désormeaux-Moreau, M., Lee, M., Jarus, T. & Mortenson, W.B. (2022). Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. [Editorial-Advance Online] DOI: 10.1177/00084174221089708

Zafran, H. & Hazlett, N. (2022). This house is not a home: Rebuilding an occupational therapy with and for us. Occupational Therapy Now, 25(2), 5-7. [Editorial for the special issue: ].

Anand,H., Baird, M., Boniface,G., Jafry, F., Leclair, L., Mahipaul, S., Omar, S., Pooley, E., Sabourin, H., Sangrar, R., & Zafran, H. (2022). Living social accountability as praxis: A working group’s narratives. Occupational Therapy Now, 25(2), 21-24. [Special issue: ].

Zafran, H. (2021). Lost in translation: The languages of a critical occupational therapy. Occupational Therapy Now, 23(6). 23-25. [Inaugural article, Topic Critical OT: Occupational Consciousness and Rights]

Anand, H., Mahipaul, S., Montour, E., Sangrar, R., & Zafran, H. (2021). What do we have to say about centering equity & justice in our professional lives? A Conversation that Matters. Occupational Therapy Now, 23(5). 11-13.

Indigenous Engagement

Zafran, H., Valavaara, K., Phenix, A. (2024). Challenges Faced by Practitioners Accessing Jordan’s Principle: A Commentary. Health Reform Observer - Observatoire des Réformes de Santé,11 (3): Article 3.

Bhanji, R., Chen, Y.L., Kerr, C., Mendez, I. &, Zafran, H. (2023). “Burying in Itself”: Challenges faced by practitioners accessing Jordan’s Principle across provinces and territories in Canada. Occupational Therapy Program, ƻԺ, Montréal, QC.

Zafran, H. (2021). Echopoetics and unbelonging: Making sense of reconciliation in academia. Transcultural Psychiatry 60(5),866-876. [Special Issue: Cultural poetics of illness and healing].

Byrne, H ., Cirillo, A ., Murphy- Gelderman, W., Petrucci, D., Gamondele, N . & Zafran, H . (2020). Stories of Paediatric Rehabilitation Practitioners with/in Indigenous Communities. A Guide to Becoming Culturally Safer. Occupational Therapy Program, ƻԺ, Montréal, QC. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.28446.56641

Barudin, J. & Zafran. H. (2019). Introduction to trauma-informed rehabilitation with Indigenous communities. 18-21. [Special issue: Indigenous Health].

Zafran, H. (2019). Occupational Therapy Now, 21(4), 18-19 [Special Issue: Time for action: Occupational therapy responses to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission].

Zafran, H. Barudin, J., Saunders, S., & Kasperski, J. (2019). . Occupational Therapy Now, 21(4), 28-29 [Special Issue: Time for action: Occupational therapy responses to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission].

Zafran, H., Barudin, J., Saunders, S., & Kasperski, J. (2018). Occupational Therapy Program, ƻԺ, Montréal, QC.

Teaching & Learning

Nguyen, A. X-L, Xiang, L., Chhibber, R., Blanchard, H., Tikhonova, S., Zafran, H., Miller, C-A., & Bergevin, Y. (2023). Student-Led Interprofessional Global Health Course: Learning Impacts During a Global Crisis. BMC Medical Education. 23:166

Zafran, H., Park, M., Rouleau, S., Lenchuca, R., Everitt, S & Clement, M-A. (2021). “Just 8 minutes”: The experience of occupational therapy educators designing and teaching virtual occupation-based groups for psychosocial issues. Occupational Therapy Now, 23(4), 28-30. []

Grenier, M-L., Zafran, H., & Roy, L. (2020). The current landscape of teaching diversity in occupational therapy education: A scoping review. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 74(6).

Zafran, H. (2020). American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 74(1), 1-6.

Mental Health & Psychiatry

Zafran, H. (Under review). "This is the world I thought it was". Working with QTBIPOC emergent adults during a time of anti-trans politics and genocide.Occupational Therapy in Mental Health.

Zafran, H. (2020). . Occupational Therapy Now, 22(4), 5-6.

Ash-Maheux, R., Bartczak, M., Monteferrante, J., Nurse, A., Persad, S., Zafran, H., & Lambert, H. (2018). [Publicly available upon request]

Zafran, H., Tallant, B., Gelinas, I., & Jordan, S. (2018). Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 34(1), 3-31.

Zafran, H., Mazer, B., Tallant, B., Chilingaryan, G., & Gelinas, I. (2017). . Psychiatric Quarterly, 88(3), 585-602. []

Solomon, G. & Zafran, H. (2016). Occupational Therapy Now, 18(5), 13-14 [Special issue: Recovery-oriented psychosocial rehabilitation practice].

Zafran, H. (2016).. (Doctoral Thesis). ƻԺ, Montreal, Canada.

Zafran, H. (2015). International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 19(2), 75-82.

Park, M.M., Lencucha, R., Mattingly, C., Zafran, H. & Kirmayer, L.J. (2015). . Implementation Science, 10, 121-130.

Zafran, H. & Tallant, B. (2015). Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 31(4), 328-365.

Zafran, H. & Tallant, B. (2015). Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 31(3), 187-210.

Park, M.M., Zafran, H., Stewart, J., Salsberg, J., Ells, C., Rouleau, S., Estein, O., & Valente, T.W. (2014). . Implementation Science, 9, 119-130.

Zafran, H., Tallant, B., & Gelinas, I. (2012). . International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 16(1), 27-43.

Research Methodology

Zafran, H. (2020). . Sage Research Methods Cases - Medicine & Health.

Park, M. & Zafran, H. (2018). Qualitative Health Research, 28(3), 408-417 [Special Issue: Methods].

Open Access Presentations​

Zafran, H.(2022).Towards Justice: Equity and Accountability in Rehabilitation..University of Alberta, Virtual Speaker Series. [Open access content and learning resources].

Zafran, H. (2021) Canadian Association Occupational Therapists Virtual Conference, May 2021.

Zafran, H.(2021).[Panel]. SciComm Collective

Zafran, H. (2021). [Panel].

Grenier, M-L & Zafran, H.(2020). [Workshop] CAOT Virtual 2020 Conference.

Razack, S., Grenier, M-L.,Zafran, H., & Legare-Tremblay, E. (2020).Honouring my Identity: Navigating Healthcare Training as a 2sLGBTQIA+ Learner. WELL Office, ƻԺ

Department: 
Occupational Therapy
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