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Congrès 2016 des Sciences humaines (28 mai au 3 juin) – Calgary, Alberta May 29 Roundtable: Islamic Diversity in Canada: History, Identity, and Participation Presider: Alyshea Cummins, University of Ottawa Panelists: Rubina Ramji, Cape Breton University Alyshea Cummins, University of Ottawa Salima Versi, University of Alberta Zaheeda Alibhai, University of Ottawa Rubina Ramji, Cape Breton University Canadian Muslims Online: The Impact of the Internet on Religious Identity The paper presentation investigates the way Canadian Muslims, specifically those living in Eastern and Atlantic Canada, utilize the internet as a venue to negotiate their ethnocultural and religious values, their multiple identities, their religious understandings, and their sense of belonging while growing up in Canada. This is a small aspect of a larger project that is investigating how Canadian Muslims across the country (first generation, 1.5 and second generation) use the Internet and what material they access online. The larger project addresses the Internet’s role in shaping their lives, at a time when going online and connecting with new local, regional, national and global Muslim/Islamic networks has become so easy. This paper will shed light on how the Internet impacts Canadian Muslims’ religious identity, their relationship to religious authority and their understanding of intra/interreligious diversity in the Canadian context.
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