Funke Oba, Ryerson University
Associate Professor
Toronto, Ontario
funoba@torontomu.ca
Office:
(416) 979-5000
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Funke Oba, a faculty member at Toronto Metropolitan University, School of Social Work, has a PhD and Master of Social Work Degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and her Social Work practice spanned Child Welfare, Violence Against Women and Field Education. Teaching at a few Canadian universities...
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Bio/Research
Funke Oba, a faculty member at Toronto Metropolitan University, School of Social Work, has a PhD and Master of Social Work Degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and her Social Work practice spanned Child Welfare, Violence Against Women and Field Education. Teaching at a few Canadian universities while completing her doctoral studies, she incorporated decolonizing literature to redesign courses, and co-designed the Intercultural Social Work Practice course by building on Wilfrid Laurier University’s Intercultural Teaching Certificate course. Her research interests include Black youth asset-based engagement, Afrocentric praxis, North-South collaborations and the scholarship of teaching and Learning. She supervises graduate students in Canadian universities, facilitates diversity and anti-racism training for groups and organizations, loves to teach and mentor students and has received Wilfrid Laurier Teaching University’s Excellence Award. Dr. Oba is a fellow of Carnegie Foundation, and the Tshepo Institute for the study of Contemporary Africa, board member of Black Lives Matter, Waterloo, past president of the African Canadian Association of Waterloo Region, affiliate of YouthRex hub at York University. Dr. Oba is the founder of Community Academic Reciprocal Engagement (CARE) for Black youth and an anti-Black racism educator committed to demystifying blackness.
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