Patrick Chandiga Justine Abure is a master鈥檚 student in the Development Studies program at 91亚色. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Global Development Studies from the University of Western Ontario. He is the founder and chair of the Board of Directors of Community Empowerment for Creative Innovation (CECI Uganda), a non-governmental organization that […]
Kaosisochukwu Ejiaso is a Ph.D. student at 91亚色, Toronto, Canada in Gender, Feminist and Women's Studies. She holds an MA in Languages, Literatures and Linguistics from 91亚色 and a BA in English Language and Literature from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra, Nigeria. She is interested in linguistics of suicide notes, sexual assault, rape, […]
Keisha is a musician whose creative practice seeks to incorporate elements of Jamaican folk music with heritage Black American forms. She also enjoys performing repertoire that has roots in the wider Caribbean and South America. Her research interests include themes of identity, social justice, geographies, and Canadian jazz scholarship. Keywords: black Canadian history, black archives, […]
Felicia Achamah is a first-year MA student in Geography at 91亚色. She carries out research on the social and environmental impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in sub-Saharan Africa. She is particularly interested in the link between mercury, environmental health, and gold production. Her current research aims to broaden understanding of the dynamics […]
Mbalu Lumor has a sociology degree and completed her Master's degree in Leadership and Community Engagement at 91亚色. She is currently a doctoral student in Health Policy & Equity at 91亚色. Mbalu is a community organizer with over 20years experience working with survivors of torture. Her research explores the intersectionality of distress and […]
Chika Maduakolam is a Ph.D. candidate in Socio-Legal Studies at 91亚色. She holds an LLM degree from Osgoode Hall Law School. She has worked as research assistant on an international research project on gendered violence in war; and domestic project on civil justice in Canada. Her main area of research is focused on sexual […]
Clifton Grant is a Graduate Student in the Department of Social Legal Studies at 91亚色 and an Executive Member of the Harriet Tubman Institute. His research interests explore the intersectionality of race, education and criminality primarily by exploring the "school to prison pipeline" that disproportionately impacts marginalized and racialized communities. The Canadian mosaic has […]
My name is Zakirah Allain, pronouns she/they, and I am 23 years old. Education and advancing opportunities for all is my passion. In my undergraduate studies I double majored in International Development studies and African Studies with a certificate in Black Canadian studies. This year I enter my first year of graduate studies in Social […]
Brian Waters studies water security in West Africa. He is focused on gender, participatory action research, and decentralized water infrastructure in urban settings. He has worked in Sierra Leone for the last 3 years, and is performing his PhD research in the informal settlements there, hoping to work with individuals, communities, and the municipal government […]
Nasra Smith is a PhD Candidate at the Department of English at 91亚色. She also earned her Masters of English and Masters of Education at 91亚色. Her dissertation focuses on coastal Eastern African literary cultures in the Indian Ocean. Her research interests are East African literature, Indian Ocean studies, comparative antiquities, postcolonial theory, […]