
Hanaa SFEIR
Part-time professor | Faculty staff
E-mail : Hanaa.sfeir@ustpaul.ca
Phone : 438 507 9606
Profile
Hanaa Sfeir holds a Ph.D. in Contemporary Religious Studies from the Universit茅 de Sherbrooke, a doctorate in Pharmacy, and a Master鈥檚 degree in Philosophy from the Lebanese University. She teaches part-time at the Faculty of Theology and the Faculty of Human Sciences and Philosophy at 性爱学堂 in Ottawa. She is also a lecturer at the Universit茅 de Sherbrooke, where she is pursuing postdoctoral research. Her research focuses on the dialectic between unity and diversity, which she explores through philosophical, psychoanalytic, sociological, and theological approaches. She leads a wide range of projects that reflect the breadth of her interests: Islamophobia and cultural wars; resilience among youth placed in intermediate resources; the study of essential skills for fostering interprofessional collaboration in the fields of social services, education, and health; critical analysis of the Culture et citoyennet茅 qu茅b茅coises program; examination of Nicolas Berdiaeff鈥檚 personalist philosophy; francophone theology in Canada; the role of Catholic heritage in the collective imagination of Sherbrooke; cultural and religious cosmologies; the concept of the Trinity in philosophy and theology; the question of evil and suffering in counseling from both spiritual and psychoanalytic perspectives; issues of secularism and cultural diversity; as well as Quebec pilgrim studies.
She is a partner member of SoDRUS (Centre de recherche Soci茅t茅, Droit et Religions at the Universit茅 de Sherbrooke), a member of the Institute for Theological Study and Research in Interculturality, Migration and Mission (IERTIMM) in Quebec, a regular member of the Marie-Fitzbach Chair in Teaching Leadership in Pastoral and Social Ethics at Universit茅 Laval, a research member of the Quebec Network for Pilgrim Studies (RQ脡P), a member of the Famille Godin Research Chair on the placement of children and youth in intermediate resources at the Universit茅 de Sherbrooke, a postdoctoral research member of the Research and Intervention Group on Social Adaptation in Childhood (GRISE) at Universit茅 de Sherbrooke, and a member of the editorial board of Histoire Engag茅e. Since 2025, she has also collaborated with the intellectual organization Taqueen Al-Fikr Al-Araby, founded in Egypt, which works toward reforming religious discourse and promoting intercultural dialogue. In this capacity, she regularly publishes articles and monthly columns on contemporary philosophical, social, and religious issues, and actively participates in conferences organized by the network.
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- 2024: Ph.D. in Contemporary Religious Studies. University of Sherbrooke.
- 2021: Master’s in Philosophy (equivalent to Bac+5). Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Department of Philosophy. Lebanese University (Lebanon).
- 2011: Doctorate in Pharmacy. Faculty of Pharmacy. Lebanese University (Lebanon).
- Contemporary Religious Studies 鈥 comparative theologies, religious phenomenology, pluralism, secularism, anthropology of religion, and epistemologies of the religious in contemporary fiction.
- Contemporary Philosophy 鈥 modern French thought, phenomenology, philosophy of religion, interpretive pluralism, critiques of dogmatism and atheism.
- Psychoanalysis and Existential Psychology 鈥 Lacanian psychoanalysis, Jungian psychology, symbolism, individuation, psychospiritual counseling.
- Resilience and the Transition to Adulthood 鈥 trajectories of youth in intermediate residential resources, vulnerability, adaptation, protective factors.
- Education, Ethics, and Living-Together 鈥 school curricula, ethical education, citizenship, interprofessional collaboration, curriculum analysis.
- Spirituality, Health, and Aging 鈥 spirituality among older adults, meaning of life and death, psychosocial impacts of the pandemic, existential suffering.
- Communication, Media, and Religious Representations 鈥 public discourse, stereotypes, Islamophobia, mediatization of religion.
- Clinical Pharmacy and Public Health 鈥 pharmacist鈥檚 role, clinical services, patient perceptions and needs.
Book and book chapter
- Sfeir, Hanaa, 芦 Une figure de la diversit茅 au-del脿 de la neutralit茅 : la la茂cit茅 脿 travers le concept de third-culture building 禄, dans Pluralisme, justice et la茂cit茅 au Qu茅bec : perspectives critiques pour un 茅tat de droit renforc茅. Dirig茅 par Rapha毛l-Mathieu Legault Laberge, Claude G茅linas et Mounia Ait Kabboura, Sherbrooke, Qu茅bec, Canada, 脡ditions juste titre, 2026. (脌 para卯tre)
- Sfeir, Hanaa, 芦 La place des suicid茅s dans les cimeti猫res catholiques 禄, dans Cadavres, cimeti猫res et s茅pultures. Les enjeux sociojuridiques et religieux de la mort. Dirig茅 par Rapha毛l Mathieu Legault-Laberge, Marie-Pierre Robert et Pierre C. No毛l, Qu茅bec, Canada, Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 Laval, (collection Sciences religieuses), 2025, pp. 277-306.
- Hanaa Sfeir, 芦 Gaston Berger et la philosophie de la prospective : de la ph茅nom茅nologie 脿 l鈥檃nthropologie de l鈥檃venir 禄, in Mouchir Basile Aoun (dir.), La philosophie fran莽aise contemporaine : ses orientations, ses doctrines et ses contributions. Tome VIII : Les philosophies sociales, 茅thiques, 茅ducatives et psychologiques. Kowe茂t : Dar Sophia. (Manuscrit soumis)
Peer-reviewed journal article
- Sfeir, Hanaa, 芦 Une approche psychanalytique de la figure du diable et de l鈥檕rigine du mal : un pilier dans le processus d鈥檕mniscience divine 脿 partir de l鈥檌ndividuation humaine 禄, Revue de Th茅ologie et de Philosophie, 2026. (脌 para卯tre)
- Sfeir, Hanaa (Printemps 2026). 芦 L鈥檌slamophobie comme m茅canisme syst茅mique de comp茅tition religieuse : enjeux de rivalit茅 culturelle dans l鈥檈space public occidental 禄, Ittijah, no 68, p. 1-22.
- Sfeir, Hanaa, 芦 Le concept de la Trinit茅 entre la th茅ologie orthodoxe et la th茅ologie latine : Gr茅goire Palamas et Jean Duns Scot comme mod猫les 禄, Taqueen, mars 2026.
- Sfeir, Hanaa, 芦 L鈥檜nit茅 et la pluralit茅 dans la psychanalyse structurale chez Jacques Lacan 禄, Taqueen, f茅vrier 2026.
- Sfeir, Hanaa, 芦 G茅n茅alogie de l鈥橴n et du Multiple chez Lacan : la formation de 鈥渓鈥橝utre鈥 comme sujet de l鈥檌nconscient 脿 partir de la pluralit茅 des sujets du cogito 禄, Taqueen, f茅vrier 2026.
- Sfeir, Hanaa, 芦 La libert茅 m茅onique, l鈥檈sprit et la personne dans la philosophie existentialiste de Nicolas Berdiaeff 禄, Revue des Sciences philosophiques et th茅ologiques, 2025, vol. 109, n. 3, pp. 527-560.
- Sfeir, Hanaa, 芦 L鈥檜nit茅 existentielle et la l茅gitimit茅 de la pluralit茅 interpr茅tative dans la pens茅e de Michel de Certeau 禄, Taqueen, d茅cembre 2025.
- Sfeir, Hanaa, 芦 La probl茅matique du pragmatisme et du pluralisme dans la philosophie de William James 禄, Taqueen, d茅cembre 2025.
- Sfeir, Hanaa, 芦 La vie spirituelle dans la perspective pragmatique de William James 禄, Taqueen, d茅cembre 2025.
- Sfeir, Hanaa, 芦 Islamophobie : origines, probl茅matique et concept 禄, Taqueen, novembre 2025.
- Sfeir, Hanaa, 芦 La personne et l鈥檌ndividu dans la dialectique entre l鈥檌dentit茅 id茅ologique et l鈥檌dentit茅 humaine authentique 禄, Taqueen, 15 octobre 2025.
- McMahon-Morin, Pam茅la, Am茅lie Richard, Hanaa Sfeir et Anne Lessard. 芦 Preservice interprofessional education activities among education, special education and speech-language pathology: A scoping review 禄, Educational Research Review, 2025. (Article soumis)
- Sfeir, Hanaa, Marie-No毛lle B茅langer-Levesque et Jean-Charles Pasquier. 芦 L鈥檈xp茅rience spirituelle des seniors pendant la pand茅mie du covid-19 : revue int茅grative et analyse th茅matique de donn茅es qualitatives 禄. Revue Sciences Religieuses, 24 f茅vrier 2024, vol. 53, n.3, pp. 432-449.
- Sfeir, Hanaa (Automne 2020). 芦 Une anthropologie feuerbachienne 脿 la limite de la m茅taphysique 禄. Ittijah, no 50, pp. 18-37.
- McMahon-Morin, P., Richard, A., Sfeir, H., & Lessard, A. (2024). Preservice interprofessional education activities among education, special education and speech-language therapy: A protocol for a scoping review.
Conference proceeding
- Baba, Sofiane, Hanaa Sfeir, et Mohammad Shoeb (2025). 芦 Extreme for whom? In God we trust ! 禄, Conference paper presented at the 41st European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium, sub-theme 14: The Normalization of Extreme Contexts: Creatively Co-existing with Crisis, Athens, Greece, 3鈥5 July 2025.
Artistic publication
- Sfeir, Hanaa (Hiver 2025). 芦 Inferno 禄, toile publi茅e dans Revue Cavale, no 19.
Dissertations
- Sfeir, Hanaa, R么le du pharmacien d鈥檕fficine au niveau des services cliniques : Satisfaction, besoins et perception de la population Libanaise, Th猫se pour l鈥檕btention du dipl么me de Docteur en Pharmacie, Universit茅 Libanaise, Facult茅 de Pharmacie, 2011.
- Sfeir, Hanaa, La croyance dogmatique et l鈥檃th茅isme absolu : Critique de la foi chr茅tienne et de l鈥檃th茅isme feuerbachien, M茅moire pour l鈥檕btention de Ma卯trise en Philosophie, Universit茅 Libanaise, Facult茅 des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines, D茅partement de Philosophie, 2020.
- Sfeir, Hanaa, Une lecture topologique du rapport de l鈥橴N au multiple : le monisme structurel hypostasique, Th猫se pour l鈥檕btention du dipl么me de Philosophiae Doctor Ph.D., Universit茅 de Sherbrooke, Centre d鈥櫭﹖udes du religieux contemporain, octobre 2024.