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Browsing Faculty of Health and Community Studies by Subject "Afrocentricity"

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    Addressing the ground of anti-Black racism social work in Canada: Afrocentric education and the United Nations International Decades for People of African Descent
    (2025) Ouedraogo, Valerie; Massaquoi, Notisha; King, Regine Uwibereyeho; Nyaga, Dionisio; Duhaney, Patrina; Ikeorj, Chika; Urindwanayo, Desire; Moallim, Nafisa; Osadjere, Precious
    Dominant epistemologies, methodologies, and ontologies within education and Social Work remain deeply Eurocentric and often fail to account for the lived realities of Black communities. These gaps contribute to negligence, discriminatory practice, and harmful outcomes. This study draws on African/Black Studies and Social Work to investigate the presence, engagement, and utilization of Afrocentric perspectives across Canada during the first United Nations Decade for People of African Descent. We explore how Afrocentricity informs Social Work pedagogy and practice, particularly in relation to equity and anti-Black racism. Using interviews with Black scholars and practitioners in three provinces, the analysis highlights how Afrocentric frameworks shape teaching, identity formation, community engagement, and advocacy. Findings show that Afrocentric curriculum and pedagogy offer essential pathways for advancing equity, strengthening anti-Black racism initiatives, and expanding more justice-oriented approaches in education and the social sciences. This study underscores the need for institutional commitment to Afrocentric knowledge, community-led initiatives, and systemic transformation in the upcoming Second Decade.
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    Resiliency and healing in expressions of Afrocentric education and social work in Canada
    (2025) Ouedraogo, Valerie; Ikeorji, Chika
    As a team of educators and researchers in Social Work we are exploring through a qualitative study, the existing expressions in the form of ways of thinking and doing one's work as educator, community worker, and government worker that aligns with Afrocentric Education in Canada. Our poster presentation draws from this research project that is in alignment with the United Nations (UN) International Decade for People of African Descent (IDPAD), and the recommendation 94 (e) in the report of the Working Group of Experts on IDPAD who visited Canada from October 17 to 21, 2016 articulating the need for Afrocentric education in Canada. The study covers three provinces in Canada: Alberta, Nova Scotia, and Ontario. Using profiling, we selected portions of the semi-structured interviews that resonate with Resiliency and Healing as a need for Act Now proposed by the conference call. We will focus on sharing the results of our analysis as a poster guided by our interconnectedness to the data on how participants express Afrocentric Education in Canada using Resiliency and Healing. Our poster is about the meanings/stories that they do tie to these words in responding to the 94e UN IDPAD recommendation to strengthen Afrocentric Education in Canada.