Seeing/being double: how African immigrants in Canada balance their ethno-racial and national identities

Development co‐operation and the partnership–ownership nexus: Lessons from the Canada–Ghana experience

“…Perhaps most significant has been the growth of an increasingly established, economically and professionally successful Ghanaian diaspora in Canada. Largely driven by the political and economic turmoil in the country during the 1980s and 1990s, this diaspora had grown to more than 30,000 by 2000, and has continued to expand (Owusu, 2003, p. 400; Mensah & Williams, 2015). While still small and marginal compared to the largest diaspora communities in Canada, such as those from China, India and Korea, members of this community typically retain strong connections to their home communities, and have become key trans‐societal links.…”

Reverse Inclusion: Black Francophones in the Interface between Anti‐Black Racism and Linguicism

“…What strengthened those credentials further is that they were obtained in a variety of countries, with some acquiring their degrees in African countries (5 participants), and even more were educated in France/Belgium (11 individuals) but a majority obtained degrees in Africa, Europe, and Canada (17 persons). In this representation, the participants resemble both the majority of the Black African Francophone population in Canada (Madibbo 2015) and the Black African population in general (Houle and Yssaad 2010; Mensaha and Williams 2015), which is highly educated.…”

Mini U Brochures: Advertising Social Exclusion at a Post-Secondary Institution, Canada?

“…Despite anti-racism and human right movements and transnational immigration via globalization, racism is on the rise across our communities and nations (Clark et al, 2014;Guo, 2015;Harrison, 2013;Harwood et al, 2015;Mensah & Williams, 2015;Smith, 2015). It was predicted by many people that both racism and discrimination would be left behind as an old legacy post World War 2 (Satzewich, 2010).…”

“…Integrating justice in development studies, Abdelhameed (2016) argues that social justice includes "provision of non-discrimination on the basis of race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, caste, religion, or national origins" (p. 48). Dependent on cultures and locations, the forms of racism vary in scope from ethnic cleansing, cultural genocide, sport related-, employment-, online/media-, health-, and school racism, racial slur and graffiti, and racial profiling by police (Bradbury, 2011;Mensah & Williams, 2015;Satzewich, 2010;Smith, 2015). All in all, racism matters because it survives everywhere in our current life.…”