Amal Elsana Alh’jooj

Amal Elsana Alh’jooj, PhD, is an Associate Professor at McGill University’s School of Social Work and the Founding Executive Director of the nonprofit organization PLEDJ (Promoting Leadership for Empowerment, Development, and Justice). For over three decades, she has advanced feminist, Indigenous, and community-driven organizing in the Middle East and Canada, bridging academia and grassroots activism. Amal has received numerous honours, including the King Charles III Coronation Medal, Genius 100 Visionaries of the Future, the New Israel Fund’s Human Rights Award, and the Victor J. Goldberg Prize for Peace in the Middle East. In 2005, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize as part of the 1000 PeaceWomen initiative.