Aaida Mamuji

Company: York University

Title: Associate Professor, Disaster & Emergency Management University

Expert Overview

Dr. Aaida A. Mamuji is an expert on issues of emergency management, disaster response and social vulnerability.

Aaida A. Mamuji is an Associate Professor of Disaster & Emergency Management at York University (Toronto, Canada) and has been at the university since 2015.

Prior to this she was working in the Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Response Group of Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and International Development (now Global Affairs Canada), and was the 2013–2014 Cadieux-Léger Fellow. She completed her PhD in Public Administration at the University of Ottawa, with a major in Public Policy.

Dr. Mamuji is currently working on a book that amplifies the voices of diverse victims of disasters in Canada in order to move emergency management beyond the status-quo. Her work includes research on hate-crimes faced by specific faith groups, labour market integration of refugees resettling in Canada, anti-Asian hate during the COVID-19 pandemic, and hosting of visible minorities during wildfire evacuation, to name a few.