
Nawel Hamidi
Assistant Professor | Faculty staff
Profile
Dr. Nawel Hamidi is a professor in the School of Leadership, Ecology and Equity at St-Paul University, Ottawa. Both a lawyer and sociologist, her current research focuses on the comparative study of colonialism and its effects on the governance of post-independence and Indigenous societies. Her doctoral research focused on the phenomenon of systemic humiliation in Algeria under the French regime and its impact on the notion of human dignity and on post-independence governmentality. She has developed expertise on the genesis of colonial systems, land tenure and colonial laws of exception. She teaches topics related to transformative leadership, anti-racist and post-(de)colonial theories, spirituality and non-Western epistemologies, and First Peoples. She is a member of the Quebec Bar since 2005. Her law practice focuses on territorial questions, governance, and the protection of the living.
- PH.D., Sociology, University of Essex (UK), 2023
- M.A., Theology, Universit茅 St-Paul, 2008
- Propaedeutic, Theology, St-Paul University, 2006
- Bar School, Quebec, 2003
- LL.B., Laval University, 2001
- Anti-racist and post-(de)colonial theories
- First Peoples intellectual and spiritual traditions
- 听Transformative Leadership
- 听Trauma-informed pedagogies
- 听Theories of violence
- 听Religious law and Interfaith dialogue
- 听Humiliation studies
- 听Human and living rights
- 听Governance and self-determination
Journal (special issue)
HAMIDI, Nawel, ROSS-TREMBLAY, Pierrot and LEROUX, Darryl (forthcoming 2024) (Editors of the Special Edition), 鈥淢utations coloniales听: Enjeux contemporains entourant l鈥檃uto-autochtonisation鈥, Recherches am茅rindiennes au Qu茅bec.
HAMIDI, Nawel, ROSS-TREMBLAY, Pierrot and LEROUX, Darryl (2018) (Editors of the Special Edition), 鈥淧remiers Peuples: cartographie d鈥檜ne lib茅ration鈥, 尝颈产别谤迟茅 鈥 Arts & Politique, no. 321, Fall 2018
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Book chapters
HAMIDI, Nawel and ROSS-TREMBLAY, Pierrot (2022), Le g茅nocide colonial des Premiers Peuples au Canada, in VIEZZER, Moema, GRONDIN, Marcel, Le genocide des Am茅riques: R茅sistance et survivance des peuples autochtones, 脡cosoci茅t茅, Montr茅al, 299-336.
HAMIDI, Nawel, (2020) 鈥淐olonial Exceptionalism and the MMIWG Genocide: Bringing Words of the Silent to the Ears of the Deaf鈥 in DILLEN, Joyce, HANKARD, Micheal (eds), Red Dresses on Bare trees: Stories and Reflections on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women an Girls, J. C. Charlton Publishing, British Columbia.
HAMIDI, Nawel, (2019) 芦听La dignit茅 humaine dans l鈥檌slam听禄, in BERNATCHEZ, Stephan et LALONDE, Louise (dir.), Approches et fondements du droit, Les 脡ditions de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Sherbrooke.
HAMIDI, Nawel and ROSS-TREMBLAY, Pierrot (2019), 鈥楶luralisme r茅el ou simul茅? Perspectives critiques sur les relations entre l鈥檕rdre juridique des Premiers Peuples et celui de l鈥櫭塼at au Canada鈥 in OTIS, Ghislain, Le pluralisme juridique et les peuples autochtones, Qu茅bec听: Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 Laval.
ROSS-TREMBLAY, Pierrot,听 HAMIDI, Nawel (2013) 鈥楪amau: Confluence des personnes, des id茅es et des actions鈥, in BRODEUR, Magaly et THIBAULT, Simon, Perspectives d鈥檃venir pour le Qu茅bec听: regards de jeunes chercheurs, Les Presses de l’Universit茅 du Qu茅bec.
Articles (peer-reviewed journals)
HAMIDI, Nawel and ROSS-TREMBLAY, Pierrot (2013), 鈥楲es 茅cueils de l鈥檈xtinction听: Les Premiers peuples, les n茅gociations territoriales and l鈥檈squisse d鈥檜ne 猫re postcoloniale, Recherches am茅rindiennes au Qu茅bec, Vol. XLIII, no. 1, 2013
Scientific reports
HAMIDI, Nawel and ROSS-TREMBLAY, Pierrot (2018), Du g茅nocide culturel 脿 la revalidation听: r茅tablir les param猫tres de la souverainet茅 ancestrale (innu tipenitamun) et de l鈥檃utod茅termination effective (uetshit takuaimatishun), Experts鈥 Report 3, Partnership CRSH-AUF 2012-2018 State and Indigenous Legal Cultures
HAMIDI, Nawel(2012), L鈥檌mpact de la clause de certitude sur les droits ancestraux des Essipiunnuat, Nutakuannuat et Pekuakamiulnuatsh, Conseil de la Premi猫re nation des Innu Essipit, Essipit.
HAMIDI, Nawel, (2006), The Iraqi Constitutional Committee and the Canadian Experience of Federalism, Forum of Federations, Ottawa.
HAMIDI, Nawel (2004), IFI`s Accountability to the South, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, India, access: .
HAMIDI, Nawel (2004) (With Charmaine Rodriguez), Analysis of the draft Kenyan Freedom of Information Bill 1999, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, India Access: .
Academic course material
HAMIDI, Nawel, (2021), 鈥淟es conceptions philosophiques de l鈥櫭猼re humain dans le cadre des 茅tudes post-(d茅)coloniales, Projet Atopos. Accessible at听:
Articles (without reviewing committee)
HAMIDI, Nawel and ROSS-TREMBLAY, Pierrot (2018), 芦听Pam Palmater: portrait d鈥檜n militante Mi鈥檏maw听禄, 尝颈产别谤迟茅 鈥 Arts & Politique, no. 321, Fall 2018, pp. 17-23.
HAMIDI, Nawel and KANAP脡-FONTAINE, Natasha (2018), 芦听L鈥檌nexorable insurrection听禄, 尝颈产别谤迟茅 鈥 Arts & Politique, no. 321, Fall 2018, pp. 14-17
COLLECTIVE ISHPITENIMATAU TSHIKUAINU ASSI (2018), Manifeste des Premiers peuples (Co-coordinator, with Pierrot Ross-Tremblay, of the collective writing process), 尝颈产别谤迟茅 鈥 Arts & Politique, no. 321, Fall 2018, pp. 39-45.
HAMIDI, Nawel and ROSS-TREMBLAY, 鈥楲鈥櫭﹑reuve de la v茅rit茅: les Premiers peuples, le Canada et l鈥檈sprit de 1867鈥, 尝颈产别谤迟茅 鈥 Arts & politique, n潞 319, 26 f茅vrier 2018
Articles in newspapers
Hamidi, Nawel, Catherine Bullock, Tazeen Hasan, 鈥楾rudeau鈥檚 feminist policies have failed Palestinian women and girls.鈥 8 March 2024, The Hill Times, Ottawa.
HAMIDI, Nawel, 鈥槼⒕辈鸢倜 ou responsabilit茅 acad茅mique ?鈥, 16 mars 2021, La Rotonde, Ottawa.
HAMIDI, Nawel, ROSS-TREMBLAY, Pierrot, SAMSON, Colin, 鈥楾he Hidden Part of Canada and British-Columbia鈥檚 MOU with the Wet鈥檚uwet鈥檈n鈥, 17 July 2020, The Rabble, Ottawa.
HAMIDI, Nawel and ROSS-TREMBLAY, Pierrot, ‘Les souliers du polichinelle’, 8 mars 2020, La Presse, Montr茅al.
HAMIDI, Nawel and ROSS-TREMBLAY, Pierrot, ‘Honorer ou trahir’, 8 juin 2019, Le Devoir, Montr茅al.
HAMIDI, Nawel and ROSS-TREMBLAY, Pierrot, 鈥楲e mandat doit 锚tre r茅vis茅鈥, La Presse, 18 juillet 2017.
HAMIDI, Nawel and ROSS-TREMBLAY, Pierrot, 鈥楨nqu锚te sur les femmes autochtones听: des constats plus qu鈥檌nqui茅tants鈥, Le Devoir, 28 septembre 2017.
HAMIDI, Nawel and ROSS-TREMBLAY, 鈥楩emmes et filles assassin茅es et disparues: des constats inqui茅tants鈥, La Presse, 27 septembre 2017.
Book Review
HAMIDI, Nawel et ROSS-TREMBLAY, Pierrot (2019) ‘Cachez ce colonialisme que nous ne saurions voir鈥, Revue du livre de ZEBEDEE NUNGAK, Contre le colonialisme dop茅 aux st茅ro茂des:听Le combat des Inuit du Qu茅bec pour leurs terres ancestrales, 尝颈产别谤迟茅, no. 325, pp. 70-71.
Thesis
HAMIDI, Nawel, The Experience and Practice of Hogra in Algeria: Feudalism, State Militarism and Post-Colonial Figures of Humiliation in Algeria, PhD Thesis, University of Essex (UK).
HAMIDI, Nawel, La dignit茅 humaine dans l鈥橧slam听: Perspective de l鈥橧mam Musa El-Sadr, Ma卯trise en Sciences de la mission et du dialogue interreligieux, Universit茅 St-Paul/Universit茅 d鈥橭ttawa.
鈥 Systemic humiliation and militarism. 鈥 Western Feudalism, ecclesial dominium, land tenure and colonialism. 鈥 Personal status and citizenship under colonial and postcolonial regime. 鈥 Psychosocial theories on internalization of colonial and racial norm: processes and resistance. 鈥 Self-determination and Non-Western epistemologies. 鈥 Legal forms of land dispossession and extinguishment: Modern treaties in Canada. 鈥 Genocides and democides in colonial and postcolonial contexts.
Insight SSHRC / Co-researcher / 377,849$ / By, for and with: reflecting on the parameters of First Peoples’ self-determination.