Biography

Samantha Wehbi is Professor, School of Social Work, at Toronto Metropolitan University. She holds a PhD in Social Work, an MFA in Documentary Media and a Certificate in Introduction to Commercial/Jazz Music. She has held the roles of Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Graduate Program Director, Faculty Learning and Teaching Chair, as well as Creative Development Lead at the Office of Social Innovation.

 

Samantha’s research and practice interests have focused on international issues and grassroots community organizing in Canada and abroad including Lebanon, her country of origin.

 

Her creative practice relies on photography to explore our relationship to the communities we inhabit. Her work has explored the complexities of urban landscapes and issues of displacement, postcolonialism, translocality and social change.

 

Her scholarship explores interdisciplinary intersections of art, community practice, and pedagogy. Samantha has taught and published books and scholarly articles on topics related to these fields of interests.