Syreeta Hector is a dance artist and educator in Toronto, Ontario. As a highly accomplished performer, she has worked for internationally recognized companies such as Adelheid Dance Projects, Danny Grossman Dance Company, Peggy Baker Dance Projects, and Toronto Dance Theatre. She is a proud graduate of The National Ballet School’s Teacher Training Program, The School […]
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 […]
Dr. Roshnie Doon (she/her/hers) is the Secretary of the Caribbean Academy of Sciences (CAS) Regional Executive at The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. In this role, she oversees all chapters across the Caribbean, including those in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Antigua and Barbuda, and Barbados. Additionally, she […]
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 […]
Aakriti Kapoor (she/her) is a first-generation immigrant settler on the traditional territories of the Anishinabewaki, Huron-Wendat, and Haudenosaunee peoples. An educator and researcher, Aakriti's interests lie in issues of anti-colonial education policy, anti-oppression, and solidarity building. Aakriti is an experienced researcher and has published on topics of community-based research, neoliberalism, education policy, anti-colonialism, Black studies, […]
Calypso and Caribbean Acoustic singer/guitarist and recording artist originally from Barbados, settled in Toronto in 1986. Roger was a performing member of COBA (Collective of Black Artists) from 1995 to 2013. In 2009 and 2012 he was Musical Director of Theatre Archipelago’s production of I, Marcus Garvey, directed by Rhoma Spencer. Roger served from 2006-2019 […]
I specialize in the history of Africana philosophy with a focus on modern African philosophy. I have previously published on Amílcar Cabral’s philosophy of culture, methodological debates about racism and ideology in the historiography of philosophy, classical German philosophy (especially Kant and Hegel), Paulin Hountondji’s philosophy of science, modern African political and social philosophy (with […]
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 […]