ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on Muslim Canadian women who have achieved career success and the factors they see as having driven or impeded their progress. It explores the lived experience of Muslim women, their definitions of 'success' and constructions of identity, and the ways in which they negotiate organizational environment. The chapter expresses that both women and racialized minorities are underrepresented in senior management and executive roles in large organizations across virtually every sector – corporate, government, politics, non-governmental organizations and educational institutions. Islamophobia, or anti-Muslim sentiment, has increased significantly since 9/11 and the attacks on the World Trade Center towers, particularly in the North American context. Islam is also a religion characterized by features (for example, certain names) as well as specific practices that make a certain religious belief visible at the workplace. In terms of diversity, religion then becomes a visible diversity marker that may change how individuals are perceived.
