Joseph Mensah Archives - Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change

Research supports women’s health and economic empowerment towards COVID-19 recovery

patilpos — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 20:56:00 +0000

The University of Ghana and 91��ɫ have partnered in an IDRC Women RISE initiative supporting action-oriented and gender-transformative research on how women's health and their work intersect and interact in the context of preparedness, response and recovery from COVID-19. Women RISE is aligned with priority 3.5 of the United Nations Research Roadmap for COVID-19 Recovery on […]

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To stay or not to stay: The geographies of immigrant integration, transnationalism, and return intentions among African immigrants in Canada

paultran — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 21:50:11 +0000

Increasingly, governments at both ends of the migration cycle recognize the value of (im)migrants, and are finding ways to support them for their respective national interest. Generally, countries of origin, especially in Africa, seek to attract their diasporic talents and resources back home for national development, just as countries of destination (e.g., Canada) are using […]

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Joseph Mensah

paultran — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 20:27:07 +0000

Professor Credentials PhD Geography, University of AlbertaMA Geography, Wilfrid Laurier UniversityBA Geography & Philosophy, University of Ghana Research Keywords Culture & Cultural Studies; Transnational & Return Migration; Ethno-Racial Identity Formation; African Development. Graduate Supervision I supervise students in the graduate programs in Environmental Studies, Geography and Health. Contact Information 4700 Keele StreetToronto, ON M3J 1P3, Office No N413A, […]

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Migration & Diaspora

paultran — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 19:25:24 +0000

Research at EUC critically examines the settlement of immigrants, and the experiences of migrant workers, in Canadian cities. We also seek to understand the global relations of power that drive migration processes and shape diasporic identities in all regions of the world. Projects Community Partnerships Professor Valerie Preston is the Principal Investigator of the Building […]

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The Collective Cost of Anti-Black Racism: COVID-19 and the Boomerang Effect

paultran — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 01:45:08 +0000

by Joseph Mensah Abstract: Blacks are the primary scapegoats for the maladies of the world. This might sound melodramatic to those who are privileged enough to steer clear of this reality. The piece does not offer a definitive answer to the tripartite riddle of why Blacks are dying more than the rest, why they are […]

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To stay or not to stay: The geographies of immigrant integration, transnationalism, and return migration intentions among African immigrants in Canada

inist — Tue, 01 Sep 2020 14:16:00 +0000

Principal Investigator: Joseph Mensah Funding: SSHRC. Term: 2017-2022. The study examines the return intentions of African immigrants in Canada, drawing on the experiences of Ghanaians and Somalis in Toronto and Vancouver. More pointedly, the project seeks to understand the intersections of African immigrants’ integration, transnationalism, and return intentions, and to predict the background and spatio-temporal […]

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