Jafar Sheikholeslami is a Professor of Linguistics and Discourse Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. From the beginning of his childhood, he was involved in Kurdish poetry, literature, and theater. After completing grade 12 in #Mahabad# , he continued his studies in electronics, first in Tehran and then in Tehran. He left Iran at the age of 26, moved to Turkey, and then to Canada (November 1989). In that country, he studied at several levels: Two years of public college in library and information, four years of bachelor's degree in general linguistics and English teaching, two years of master's degree in applied linguistics, and six years of doctorate in speech and public relations. More than any other field, Sheikholeslami has conducted research in the fields of social linguistics and critical discourse analysis, published works, and presented at several universities in the United States, Europe, and Kurdistan. In addition to his main job at Carleton University, Sheikholeslami continues as a visiting professor at the University of Toronto and universities in South Kurdistan. In addition to teaching social linguistics, discourse analysis, and applied linguistics, Sheikholeslami has supervised master's and doctoral students at several universities in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Kurdistan. He has been an evaluator and judge of student theses in universities in Canada, the United States, the Kurdistan Region, Australia, England, and Pakistan. He has published several books in English and Kurdish and, in addition to dozens of articles and discussions in Kurdish, he has published more than 30 articles in English in international scientific books and journals. He has presented at more than 70 national and international conferences. About 20 of these presentations were conference keynotes and invited talks. He is a member of the editorial boards and authors of several journals and scientific committees, including the Journal of Kurdish Studies (Europe), the Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, and the Journal of Kurdish Studies-Kurdish Institute of Paris. Sheikholeslami's latest work, in collaboration with about 30 other linguists, is the Oxford Handbook of Kurdish Linguistics, published in 2023 by Oxford Publishing House. This will be the most powerful and reliable academic resource in English and in the field of Kurdish linguistics.[1]