SAME: Strengthening ACB Men’s Employability and Resilience in Windsor-Essex County

The broad goal is to increase African, Caribbean, and Indigenous Black Canadian (ACB) men’s entry into the Canadian labor force.

The specific objectives are:

  • Look at the ways that state structures and institutions can support the employment possibilities of ACB men.
  • Look at the ways that ACB men themselves can work to develop their employability using the skills they have, the support from peers and from their families and community.

The study will engage in a series of workshops that are organized into themes:

Theme 1: Basic Job Preparation Skills- Microsoft Word literacy Skills
Theme 2: Job Search- where and how to look for job advertisements
Theme 3: Preparation for job interviews
Theme 4: Entrepreneurship
Theme 5: Internationally Trained Professionals (ITPs)
Theme 6: Creation of appropriate strategies to improve employability

Researchers:

Dr. Francisca Omorodion
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology, Criminology and Anthropology
University of Windsor of Windsor, Ontario

Dr. Clinton Beckford
Professor, Faculty of Education
Acting Vice-President of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
University of Windsor, Ontario

Dr. Andrew Allen
Associate Professor, Faculty of Education
Anti-Racism Pedagogies Teaching Leadership Chair
University of Windsor, Ontario

Dr. Egbe Etowa
Research Associate
Department of Sociology, Criminology and Anthropology
University of Windsor of Windsor, Ontario

Collaborators:

 

Mrs. Marium Torlson Murtty
Anti-Black Racism Strategic Planning Officer
Office of the President, University of Windsor

Mrs. Philippine Ishak
Senior Manager, Windsor Women Working with Immigrant Women (W5)
Windsor, Ontario

 

Community Partners:

  • Place du Partage – Mr. Jerry Masiya
  • Youth Connection Association – Mr. Kenny Gbadebo
  • The Hour-A-day Study Club – Mrs. Marium Tolson-Muffty
  • The Windsor Women Working With Immigrant Women – Mrs. Philippine Ishak

Staff:

  • Olayemi Babajide- Project Coordinator
  • Alice Painter – RA
  • Oluwaseyi Sotannde – IT Support Staff
  • Folu Adeyeye – Workshop Facilitator

Funders: SSHRC and University of Windsor

  • From October to September 2022: Mobilization and community engagement, recruitment, and setting up research staff and social media platforms.
  • January 2022: Organize 1 st public forum and start the workshop outreach activities.
  • February – August 2022: Use workshops to strengthen employability
  • February to August 2022: Entrepreneurship Trainings
  • February to August 2022: International Professionals Trainings (ITPs); and
  • February to August 2022: Roundtable Conversation with stakeholders on an inclusive labor force and community.
  • September 2022- 2 nd Community forum to address project successes and shortcomings.
  • September 2022 - Submit project report to SSHRC