University of Alberta researchers are working with dozens of collaborators across the country to improve the lives of Black youth in Canada.
Led by former U of A nursing professor Bukola Salami now at the University of Calgary the team has received a $2.5-million Partnership Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council to conduct research aimed at identifying systemic barriers faced by Black children and youth.
"We will be taking on all the challenges faced by Black youth in Canada," says U of A political scientist Andy Knight, co-principal investigator on the project. Sociologists Temitope Oriola and Shirley Anne Tate are joining him from the U of A, along with 40 researchers from 20 other institutions across Canada.
