York University, Canada
Founded in 1959, York University is a community united by a strong sense of purpose and dedication to solving real-world problems. Moreover, it is a top international teaching and research university and a driving force for positive change. Located in Toronto, Canada, York is empowered by a welcoming and diverse community with a uniquely global perspective, preparing their students for their long-term career and personal success.
Known for her studies examining youth negotiations of identity in new urban environments, Nombuso Dlamini is the inaugural Jean Augustine Chair in Education in the New Urban Environment. Dlamini is also the author of Youth and Identity Politics (2005) and the editor of New Directions in African Education (2008); her youth-focused research asks questions about how global youths’ sojourner lives generate valuable social capital that reconfigures the local urban spaces while also resulting in new complexities of educating unfamiliar ‘others.’
Dr. Cynthia Kwakyewah is a global sociologist with research interest in human rights and social justice, sustainable development, environmental/ climate justice, spatial inequality and civil society activism. Her scholarly work has been published in top peer-reviewed academic journals such as Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, Business Strategy and the Environment and The Transnational Human Rights Review.
Sonia Lewis is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Faculty of Education, at York University. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Bachelor of Education, and a Master of Education. Sonia is the two-time recipient of both the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Graduate Scholarship and the Ontario Graduate Scholarship. She is also the recipient of the Congress Merit Award, the York University Faculty of Education Graduate Studies Entrance Scholarship and the York University Continuing Student Scholarship. As a Black feminist love practitioner, Sonia’s research has been primarily focused on investigating the lived realities and experiences of Black girls and women within educational institutions.
This website was designed in the BWS plus-project “Geographies of Childhood in Teacher Education“. The project is carried out by the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung as part of the Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM programme for university cooperations.