Education | The Harriet Tubman Institute

Patrick Abure

rebsl — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:25:09 +0000

Patrick Chandiga Justine Abure is a master’s student in the Development Studies program at �첥��Ƶ. 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 empowers refugee women and youth in Uganda through education and entrepreneurship. He is also the founder of JobsToApply.com, a specialized hiring platform that connects nonprofits with professionals committed to advancing social impact work. Patrick’s research interests are refugees, education and poverty reduction, and foreign aid and non-governmental organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Keywords: Refugees, Education, Poverty, Foreign Aid, Localization, Non-governmental Organizations, Sub-Saharan Africa

Clifton Grant

rebsl — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:21:57 +0000

Clifton Grant is a Graduate Student in the Department of Social Legal Studies at �첥��Ƶ 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 a "discourse of denial" of discriminatory and racist policies manifested from the discourse of institutionalized racism. This has intentionally created an oppressive pipeline that is characterized by under resourced schools, overuse of suspensions and expulsions aided by the overuse of Police in schools. Clifton's objective is to engage in solution-based discourses that provide methodologies to decrease criminalization of youth, reduce barriers to education and break the generational cycle of incarceration. His research hopes to facilitate the creation a paradigm shift of reform that empowers systematic changes to the punitive system of retributive justice that will manifest into the significant use of the restorative social justice model that emphasizes healing, reconciliation and community involvement. His research also plans to explore the removal of the stigmatization of criminality that will many positive repercussions for Canadian society including the assimilation of individuals who have paid their debt to society facilitating their transformation to becoming productive members of society with the ultimate beneficiary goal of the elimination of criminal recidivism. Clifton's active community engagement and advocacy at �첥��Ƶ continues to embolden his academic and civil pursuits as an impactful changemaker.

Keywords: Race, racism, discrimination, oppression, criminality, policing discourse of denial. liberation, freedom, social justice, education, stigmatization, incarceration, recidivism, reconciliation, restorative justice.

Zakirah Allain

rebsl — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:15:34 +0000

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 Anthropology. I look forward to a future of life-long learning with hopes to educate and work to expand peoples freedoms and opportunities around the globe.

Keywords: Decolonization, Education, the Caribbean, Black Canadian Studies, International Development

Ransford Dugba Tei

rebsl — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 17:22:16 +0000

Ransford Dugba Tei is a doctoral student in the Department of History at �첥��Ƶ. He holds a B.Ed. in History from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and an MA in History from �첥��Ƶ. His research interests straddle African history, the history of education, curriculum, and instruction, and the history of technology and society in the twentieth century.

Keywords: Education; Technology; Curriculum; West Africa

Sarah Barrett

rebsl — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 07:45:17 +0000

Sarah Barrett is a Professor in the Faculty of Education. Her research focuses on teachers' experiences of how their values and beliefs influence their practice; the ethical aspects of environmental education; teaching science for social justice; science teacher education; and developing more inclusive high school science curricula.

Collette Murray

rebsl — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 04:46:30 +0000

Collette Murray is a multi-award-winning artist-scholar, dance educator, cultural arts programmer and arts consultant. Murray pursues a Ph.D. in Dance Studies at �첥��Ƶ focusing on dance education and anti-racist dance pedagogies. Murray’s publications, advocacy and arts research centre around cultural arts education, decolonization in the arts and education sectors, and in amplifying African diasporic dance practices. Murray is Chair of the Board of Directors for the Dance Umbrella of Ontario and serves as a National Board member of the Canadian Dance Assembly. Murray presents at national and international conferences, and is the Artistic Director of Coco Collective offering culturally responsive projects that connect participants to African and Caribbean arts and operates her mobile dance education business (www.misscocomurray.com).