Leidy Marcela Alpízar Alpízar (ABD), is a Ph.D. Candidate in African History from York University, she is working on her current doctoral research, “The Impact of the Church Missionary Society in Yorubaland from 1841 to 1891”. Alpizar holds a master’s degree in history from Universidad de Costa Rica, and she is a tenured professor in […]
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 […]
Behnaz Mirzai is Professor of Middle Eastern history at Brock University, Canada and Senior Guest Researcher at the Bonn Centre for Dependency and Slavery Studies, University of Bonn. She was Visiting Professor at Indian Ocean World Centre, McGill university in 2024 and Visiting Professor at Unité de recherches Migrations et société URMIS, Université Côte d'Azur […]
My name is Ehiosa Eweka and I am in my last year of Biology at York University. I am dedicated to health awareness and social engagement. As a former data collector and intern into black and brown inequalities in British Columbia, it is with the hope that I advance the research with my skills that […]
Azzeddine Tajjiou is a Moroccan researcher, translator, and doctoral candidate in Comparative Postcolonial African Literatures at Mohammed I University. He specializes in African literary studies, focusing on 20th and 21st-century African literature and its global diasporas. His work critically examines cultural identity, colonial legacies, and societal transformation through a multidisciplinary lens, integrating comparative literature, cultural […]
A writer and award-winning artist and curator, Zachary's research focuses on the idea of the artist as brand, exploring the concept's interaction with race, class, and identity. His research offers a decolonising analysis of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s artworks, exploring the impact of Basquiat’s Afro-Caribbean heritage, appropriation, and commodification on his work. Central to his study is […]
Michelle is a PhD candidate in Political Science at the Université de Montréal. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Law (Université des Antilles – Guadeloupe) and a Master’s in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations, Cooperation, and Development (Université du Québec à Montréal). Her Master’s research focused on departmentalization and independence in […]
Dr. Vanessa S. Oliveira is a specialist in African history and an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the Royal Military College of Canada. She teaches courses on early and modern Africa, European colonialism, research methodology, and women, gender and sexualities. Dr. Oliveira earned a PhD in history from York University and was […]