Sunera Thobani

Sunera Thobani
Born1957 (age 66–67)
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma mater
Occupations
TitlePresident of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women
Term1993–1996
PredecessorJudy Rebick
SuccessorJoan Grant-Cummings

Sunera Thobani (born 1957) is a Tanzanian-Canadian feminist sociologist, academic, and activist. Her research interests include critical race theory, postcolonial feminism, anti-imperialism, Islamophobia, Indigeneity, and the War on Terror. She is currently an associate professor at the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at the University of British Columbia. Thobani is also a founding member of Researchers and Academics of Colour for Equality/Equity (R.A.C.E.), the former president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC), and the director for the Centre for Race, Autobiography, Gender, and Age (RAGA).