Dr. Habiba Zaman was born and raised in Bangladesh, later immigrating to Canada where she taught at several Canadian universities. She is a professor emeritus in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. During her teaching years, Habiba organized several conferences, including Canada 150 Conference on Migration of Bengalis and Canadian South Asian Youth Conference.
Habiba has authored several books, including the 2006 book Breaking the Iron Wall: Decommodification and Immigrant Women's Labor in Canada and 2012's Asian Immigrants in "Two Canadas" Racialization, Marginalization, and Deregulated Work. She lives in Vancouver and can be reached at hzaman@sfu.ca.
