Facilitator/Consultant, Life Works
Graduate Program in Philosophy, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Bachelor of Education (BEd), Master of Education (MEd)
Humanities & History, Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Joseph Smith’s PHD work is in the Humanities and encompasses key notions amongst the disciplines of philosophy, psychology, religious studies, and literature with a focus on the philosophies of self-consciousness within the west and the intellectual background of black consciousness.

He is a qualified elementary, secondary, and post-secondary educator and currently a Vice-Principal. He is the co-founder of the non-profit organization, Generation Chosen, which seeks to interrupt intergenerational cycles of trauma and poverty; and is a former project coordinator for the Black Experience Project, which is housed/funded by Environics Research Institute.

Dr. Smith is a facilitator and consultant in the area of Anti-Black Racism and Emotional Health at Life Works and runs a boutique consultancy agency called Anchoring Minds Inc. which focuses on the development of strategic plans geared towards shifting corporate culture in progressive and innovative ways.

He is founding member of the Foundation for Black Communities, which is a philanthropic organization designed to adjudicate grants, develop policy, and liaise with government and the philanthropic sector to serve Black-led and Black-serving non-profits and charities.