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Dr Juman Simaan's Outputs (12)

Everyday forms of resistance among olive-growing and shepherding communities in Palestine (2025)
Book Chapter
Simaan, J. (2025). Everyday forms of resistance among olive-growing and shepherding communities in Palestine. In N. Deb, M. Nair, & G. W. Muschert (Eds.), Handbook of Social Justice in the Global South (24-39). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803921150.00010

here is a scarcity of Global South perspectives in scholarship relating to meaningful everyday activity and its relationship to human well-being and quality of life. Palestinians, living under settler colonialism, transform their daily occupations in... Read More about Everyday forms of resistance among olive-growing and shepherding communities in Palestine.

A Pledge to Mobilize Against Racism – Translated (2021)
Journal Article
Stanley, M., Rogers, S., Forwell, S., Hocking, C., Nayar, S., Rudman, D. L., Prodinger, B., Vera, L. F., Townsend, E. E., Magalhaes, L., Simaan, J., Reid, H., & Pols, V. (2021). A Pledge to Mobilize Against Racism – Translated. Journal of Occupational Science, 28(3), 388-397. https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2021.1921562

The members of the Journal of Occupational Science issued a pledge to mobilize against racism in August 2020. Part of that pledge was an undertaking to “mentor and encourage authors and reviewers to promote anti-racist practices in their work within... Read More about A Pledge to Mobilize Against Racism – Translated.

A Critical Reflexion on Two Conceptual Tools From a Global South Perspective: Réflexion critique sur deux outils conceptuels selon la perspective des pays du sud (2021)
Journal Article
Simaan, J. (2021). A Critical Reflexion on Two Conceptual Tools From a Global South Perspective: Réflexion critique sur deux outils conceptuels selon la perspective des pays du sud. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 88(2), 108-116. https://doi.org/10.1177/0008417421994372

Background.
Occupational therapy’s conceptual tools need to be considered from Global South perspectives to make them more culturally relevant and safe.
Purpose.
This paper uses an empirical example, and the author’s professional and academic expe... Read More about A Critical Reflexion on Two Conceptual Tools From a Global South Perspective: Réflexion critique sur deux outils conceptuels selon la perspective des pays du sud.

Decolonising the curriculum is an ongoing and collective effort: Responding to Townsend (2020) and Gibson and Farias (2020) (2020)
Journal Article
Simaan, J. (2020). Decolonising the curriculum is an ongoing and collective effort: Responding to Townsend (2020) and Gibson and Farias (2020). Journal of Occupational Science, 27(4), 563-568. https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2020.1827696

This paper responds to Townsend (2020), and Gibson and Farias (2020), who were invited to write commentaries regarding Simaan’s (2020) ‘Decolonising occupational science education through learning activities based on a study from the Global South’. M... Read More about Decolonising the curriculum is an ongoing and collective effort: Responding to Townsend (2020) and Gibson and Farias (2020).

Introduction to the Anti-Racism Virtual Issue of the Journal of Occupational Science (2020)
Journal Article
Farias, L., & Simaan, J. (2020). Introduction to the Anti-Racism Virtual Issue of the Journal of Occupational Science. Journal of Occupational Science, 27(4), 454-459. https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2020.1824567

The anti-racism virtual issue of the Journal of Occupational Science (JOS) came about after the Editorial Board expressed its commitment to anti-racist work, publishing the position statement ‘A Pledge to Mobilize Against Racism’ (Stanley et al., 202... Read More about Introduction to the Anti-Racism Virtual Issue of the Journal of Occupational Science.

A Pledge to Mobilize Against Racism (2020)
Journal Article
Stanley, M., Rogers, S., Forwell, S., Hocking, C., Nayar, S., Laliberte Rudman, D., Prodinger, B., Vera, L. F., Townsend, E. E., Magalhães, L., Simaan, J., Reid, H., & Pols, V. (2020). A Pledge to Mobilize Against Racism. Journal of Occupational Science, 27(3), 294-295. https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2020.1793446

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Decolonising occupational science education through learning activities based on a study from the Global South (2020)
Journal Article
Simaan, J. (2020). Decolonising occupational science education through learning activities based on a study from the Global South. Journal of Occupational Science, 27(3), 432-442. https://doi.org/10.1080/14427591.2020.1780937

If occupational science education is to become more globally relevant, it must highlight more voices and practices from diverse communities. Learning about occupational justice from the perspectives of Global South communities addresses cognitive inj... Read More about Decolonising occupational science education through learning activities based on a study from the Global South.