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Hanaa Sfeir

Hanaa SFEIR

Part-time professor | Faculty staff

E-mail : Hanaa.sfeir@ustpaul.ca

Phone : 438 507 9606

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Holder of a Ph.D. in Contemporary Religious Studies from the Université de Sherbrooke, a Doctorate in Pharmacy, and a Master’s degree in Philosophy from the Lebanese University, Hanaa Sfeir is a part-time professor at the Faculty of Theology at Saint Paul University in Ottawa, and a lecturer at the Université de Sherbrooke in Québec. Her research interests focus on the dialectic between divine unity and the multiplicity of creation, explored through philosophical, psychoanalytic, and theological perspectives. She is involved in a range of research projects, including: essential competencies for supporting professional collaboration in the fields of social services, education, and health; analysis of the “Culture and Quebec Citizenship” curriculum; the personalist philosophy of Nicolas Berdiaeff; Francophone theology in Canada; Catholic heritage in the collective imagination of Sherbrooke residents; cultural and religious cosmologies; the concept of the Trinity in philosophy and theology; and the themes of evil and suffering in counseling from spiritual and psychoanalytic approaches. She is a partner member of SoDRUS (Centre for Research on Society, Law and Religion at the Université de Sherbrooke), a member of the Institute for Theological Study and Research in Interculturality, Migration and Mission (IERTIMM), Québec, Canada, and serves on the editorial board of the journal Histoire Engagée. Since 2025, she has been actively collaborating with the intellectual organization Taqueen Al-Fikr Al-Araby, founded in Egypt, which works toward reforming religious discourse and promoting intercultural dialogue. In this capacity, she writes monthly articles and columns on contemporary philosophical, social, and religious issues, and regularly participates in conferences organized by the network.

  • 2024: Ph.D. in Contemporary Religious Studies. University of Sherbrooke.
  • 2021: Master’s in Philosophy (equivalent to Bac+5). Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences, Department of Philosophy. Lebanese University (Lebanon).
  • 2011: Doctorate in Pharmacy. Faculty of Pharmacy. Lebanese University (Lebanon).