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Jean Augustine Chair Team


Carl James

Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community & Diaspora | Principal investigator for JAC projects 


Anika Forde

JAC Research Project Manager | Sociology, PhD Student 


Prilly Bicknell-Hersco

Research Assistant | Education, PhD Student


Melissa Mckay

Research Assistant | Education, PhD Student


Sonia Lewis

Research Assistant | Education, PhD Student


Alanah Broomfield

Research Assistant | Socio-legal Studies, PhD Student


Firrisaa Abdulkarim

Quantitative Research Assistant | Sociology, PhD Student


Steven Di Zio

Research Assistant | Black Youth Internship Project Student Lead


Melissa Ombija

Research Assistant | Black Youth Internship Project Lead


Oluwatimileyin Aina

Research Assistant | Black Youth Internship Project Student Lead


La Toya Hinds

Research Assistant | Black Youth Internship Project Lead


Richerd Edwerds

Research Assistant | Black Youth Internship Project Coordinator


Silja Mitange

Social Media, Engagement & Communications Lead


Kimora Harris

Social Media, Engagement & Communications | Black Youth Internship Project Student Lead


JAC Faculty Associates

JAC Advisory Committee Member


Steve Simpson
Raquel Walker
Velma Morgan


Tana Turner
Andrew Allen


Winston Husbands
Karen Murray

Research Partners


Dr. Gillian Parekh

York University – Securing Black Futures Research & Data Hub


Dr. Annette Henry

UBC – Securing Black Futures – UBC Black Futures


Dr. Kevin Hewitt

Dalhousie – Securing Black Futures Young Gifted & Black


Dr. Jennifer Adams

University of Calgary – Securing Black Futures Black STEMM Comm


Dr. Juliet Daniel

McMaster University – Securing Black Futures Mac iSTEP


Dr. Awad Ibrahim

Ottawa University – Securing Black Futures Student Everyday Experiences


Dr. Kisha McPherson

Toronto Metropolitan University – ONCAT & AIM



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