Born in Kolo Town (Ogbia), Bayelsa State, Nigeria; Obebinaru Favour Obhuo holds a Master's degree in Sociology (Criminology and Penology) from the University of Ibadan and a Bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of Port Harcourt (UniPort) all in Nigeria respectively. He also holds a Faculty position in the Department of Sociology (Criminology and […]
I completed my bachelor’s degree at Acadia University where I graduated with honours, double majoring in Sociology and Political Science. My honours thesis focused on the ‘’Impact of South Sudanese Cultural Marriage Practices on Women's Pursuit of Post-Secondary Education in Canada.” My research interest includes social justice in education and the contribution of African women […]
Lorne Foster is Professor, School of Public Policy & Administration (SPPA). He holds the 91ɫ Research Chair in Black Canadian Studies & Human Rights (Tier 1). As the Director of the Institute for Social Research (ISR), Dr. Foster oversees the leading university-based survey research centre in Canada. He is past Academic Director, of the 91ɫ Statistics Canada Research Data […]
Beauty is an interdisciplinary scholar in sociolinguistics and health policy and equity passionate about mobility and social justice. Her sociolinguistic work has allowed her conduct research on language, migration, and social change. Her work focuses on Nigerian immigrants in Cape Town, drawing on their everyday lived experiences as immigrants to examine their social positioning as […]
Salewa is an Associate Professor in the Business and Society Program of the Department of Social Science at 91ɫ. She is the current Director of the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and Its Diasporas at 91ɫ, Canada. She has a PhD in Economics and Social Science Consortium (University of Missouri – Kansas City, 2016). Her research focuses on heterodox approaches to […]
Ola Mohammed is an Assistant Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Humanities Department at 91ɫ. Her research is in the areas of Black Studies, Black Popular Music, Sound Studies and Diaspora Studies. She specializes in interdisciplinary research exploring Black cultural production, Black social life and Black being as sites of possibility.
Dr. Ojong is Assistant Professor of International Development Studies. He is Associate Editor of the journal Sustainable Development, Associate Editor of Energy Exploration & Exploitation, and is a member of the Knowledge Network of African Experts established by the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa to help shape economic and social policy […]
Dr. Agnès Berthelot-Raffard is an Assistant Professor in the Critical Disability Studies graduate program in the School of Health Policy and Management at 91ɫ.Her works focus on Black Health Studies/Black Disability Studies. She analyses the impact of racism and racialization on all dimensions of health and well-being. She also tries to examine the consequences of epistemic […]
Mary Goitom is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Work, 91ɫ. Dr Goitom’s research explores migration, mobilities, diasporic connections, transnational processes, and social relations. Her work is centered on community-based research and is grounded in Ethiopian epistemologies and larger African traditional knowledge systems. Dr Goitom’s work explores transnational social fields in relation […]
Gertude Mianda is the former Director of the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas at 91ɫ. She is a Professor in the Gender and Women’s Studies program at Glendon College and was the Chair of the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at 91ɫ (2011–15). Her research focuses on […]