Esther Elizabeth Lloyd (née Lambert) is a human geographer and planning scholar specializing in disaster vulnerability, risk, and resilience in Caribbean coastal communities. She holds a PhD in Planning from the University of Toronto and is currently a Sessional Lecturer at the University of Toronto. Her research examines postcolonial governance, inequality, and access to short-term […]
Jude Idada is a winner of the Nigeria Prize for Literature, an AMAA best screenplay award, an AMAA for Best Film by An African in the Diaspora, an AFRIFF Globe best screenplay award, and an ANA prize for Drama alongside several other awards. Amongst others, Jude was selected as one of the writers for the […]
Britney Andrews is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Social Science at York University. Her research examines gendered and racialized experiences of state-sanctioned and interpersonal violence, with attention to the ways these experiences are complicated through various vectors of power and privilege. She is currently focusing on police violence, carcerality and approaches to addressing […]
Dr. Muktari Garba is a sociologist and humanitarian researcher based in Northern Nigeria. He is currently affiliated with Yobe State University, Damaturu, where he is involved in teaching and research. His scholarly interests span energy insecurity, gendered vulnerabilities, armed conflict, humanitarian governance, public health, and socio-economic development in conflict-affected contexts. Dr. Garba has participated in […]
Michael Gervers is Professor of History at the University of Toronto. He has worked in Ethiopia since 1982 and made annual field trips from 2000 to 2020 to document its architectural, ecclesiastical and manuscript heritage. He publishes regularly on Ethiopian material culture, particularly rock-hewn and built architecture, and textiles. He raised sufficient funding to endow […]
Taylar Carty is a history PhD researcher at the University of Glasgow. Her research explores the lives and experiences of enslaved and apprenticed Black girls in Barbados from 1750-1838. She is passionate about education and museums and has worked as a consultant and curator at various heritage sites in the UK.
Norman Smith is a Master’s student in the Graduate Education Program. His current project through the lens, is a cultural critique on the subtleties of racism that exist within Canadian culture, that utilizes photographic elements to bring to the forefront the hidden truth of the social norms we hide behind. His goal for his research […]
Dr. Michael Kalu is an assistant professor of Rehabilitation Therapy in the School of Kinesiology and Health. His research spans a multifaceted, multidisciplinary approach to mobility assessment, addressing prevention, improvement, and maintenance of mobility in older adults across Africa and Canada. He also explores the use of artificial intelligence and related technologies to enhance the […]
Feisal Farah is a Teaching Assistant in History at the University of Toronto and was previously an instructor at the American University of Nigeria. He is affiliated with the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation (WISE) at the University of Hull and the Harriet Tubman Institute at York University.Farah has expertise in […]
Mohamed Ahmed Research Assistant for the Islamophobia Research Hub. He has over 10 years of hands-on experience in supporting refugee survivors of torture and gender-based violence His work emphasizes community mobilization against gender-based violence and economic empowerment, while critically engaging with issues of race, masculinity, and social justice to challenge oppressive norms and promote gender […]