The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), a faculty of the University of Toronto, and the Université de l'Ontario français (UOF) are pleased to announce a new strategic partnership in research and education. This collaboration aims to strengthen the relationship between the two institutions, which share common goals in education, training, and immigration.
As part of this partnership, Professor Amal Madibbo, a tenured faculty member in the Department of Social Justice Education, will be granted partial release from her academic duties and appointed as a Researcher-in-Residence at the Observatory on Francophone Immigration to Canada (OIFC) for a duration of twelve months. In this capacity, she will also serve as the primary liaison between the two institutions, with the aim of fostering and strengthening institutional collaboration.
Nationally and internationally recognized, Professor Madibbo's research focuses on key issues such as Francophone immigration, Black communities, decolonization, and migration dynamics. She is the recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Contribution Award from the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA), in recognition of her significant impact on the fields of race, migration, transnationalism, and the sociology of Black Francophonie. Her landmark book, Blackness and la Francophonie, received an Honourable Mention for the CSA's John Porter Excellence in Publication Award.
The Université de l'Ontario français welcomes this promising partnership and looks forward to it paving the way for future enriching collaborations in both academic and community settings.
