Welcome to a special edition of Foreword! In the spirit of Black History and African Heritage Month at Brock, Masters student Isabelle Hill and recent graduate Christabel Oghinan take the mic to explore what Black allyship looks like in research. They spoke with Dr. Andrea Doucet, Professor in Brock’s Department of Sociology and Canadian Research Chair in Gender, Work and Care, and recent PhD grad Dr. Sadie Goddard-Durant, Director of the Office of Equity Diversity & Inclusion at Durham College about how they negotiated the supervisor-student relationship and what allyship means to them.
This is the first of a two-part conversation recorded February 2024.
Links
Research highlights challenges faced by young Black mothers (Brock News, 28 August 2023)
A Report on the Experiences and Needs of Young Black Caribbean-Canadian Mothers in Toronto (PDF; Goddard-Durant et al 2021)
Experiences and Needs of Young Black Canadian Mothers in Toronto
Andrea Doucet faculty profile
Black History & African Heritage Month at Brock University
Credits
Thank you for listening to Foreword! Special thanks for this episode go to hosts Isabelle Hill and Christabel Oghinan; guests Dr. Andrea Doucet and Dr. Sadie Goddard-Durant, and to coordinator Dr. Shannon Kerwin. Thank you also to Shakka Licorice and Aishah Sonekan and the Brock University Black History and African Heritage working group.
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Foreword is produced by Alison Innes for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
Sound editing for this episode is by Andrew Camacho. Theme music is by Khalid Imam.
This podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.
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