Mary Uhunoma Isibor, PhD is a Lecturer in History and International Studies at the University of Benin, Nigeria. Her research spans gender and economic history, entrepreneurship, migration and diaspora studies, socio-cultural history, and peace and conflict studies, with current work examining the resilience of African and Black women entrepreneurs in Toronto and across the diaspora. […]
Yvette is a PhD student in Global Health at York University. Her research will assess the association between socioeconomic status, intersectionality and Tuberculosis treatment outcomes among people living with HIV in Rwanda. Yvette has a Masters in Global Health Delivery, Gender and Sexual Reproductive Health track from the University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda […]
Sylvia Esther Gyan (PhD) is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Ghana and a visiting Professor at the Department of Sociology, York University, with over a decade of experience in teaching and research. She teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses and actively mentors and supervises students. From December 2018 to November 2023, […]
Danille Elize Arendse obtained her PhD in Psychology from the University of Pretoria and holds an MA in Research Psychology and BA Honours in Psychology from the University of the Western Cape. She became a uniformed member of the South African National Defense Force (SANDF) in 2011, where she worked as a Research Psychologist at […]
I am Physiotherapist, Gerontologist and Sexual Health Counselor. I am currently doing my master in Kinesiology and Health science. My research interest is on older adults, sexual health and geriatric Physiotherapy. Keywords: older adults, falls prevention, mobility, gender-based violence, adolescent sexual health, Menstruation hygiene and older adult sexual health.
Experienced educator, researcher and community development leader with 20 years of professional experience in Social and Public policy. I have been doing strategic policy and socio-economic research work since last fifteen years. My roles have focused extensively on social and human service issues, including health equity, violence prevention, indigenous health and ecology, governance, child rights […]
Lydie Koblan Huberson is a doctoral candidate in Industrial Relations at Université Laval. Her research focuses on the structural barriers and opportunities for Black women accessing executive positions in the public sector, comparing France and Quebec. With a background in human resources and organizational development, Lydie combines academic rigor with practical expertise to explore issues […]
Guita Banan is a doctoral student in the Graduate Program in Science and Technology Studies (STS) at York University. She studies history of neuroscience, ethics of neurotechnology, and neurobiological conceptions of humanness through the lens of Feminist STS and Black Studies. The focus of her PhD research is early clinical neurology in the late 19th […]
Daysha Loppie is a journalist and researcher based in Toronto. She has a Bachelor of Journalism and a Black Studies minor from Toronto Metropolitan University. Her journalism was published in the Toronto Star, West End Phoenix, ByBlacks, The Local and more. She’s interested in long-form feature writing and primarily covers Black communities, social justice, business, arts […]
Kai Butterfield is an artist, Ontario Certified Teacher, and PhD student in the Department of Social Justice Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (University of Toronto). Their doctoral research employs hauntology as a methodological approach to assess the ways that antiblackness has shaped restorative justice theory in North America. Hauntology, a methodology […]