The Hedge Initiative
Findings will inform mentorship, education, and advocacy programs to increase financial literacy, build intergenerational wealth, and improve representation in Canada's financial ecosystem.
We are unique because we have developed and apply our own house style (The CanAfro Methodology- created by marrying Western and Indigenous African research approaches) of racially and culturally appropriate research methodology. Our projects and services are mainly in our own main areas of expertise. We have volunteered and continue to volunteer to provide support to the communities in various areas. These include, but not limited to:
Findings will inform mentorship, education, and advocacy programs to increase financial literacy, build intergenerational wealth, and improve representation in Canada's financial ecosystem.
Technological advancements are happening instantly in a manner where we as human beings are not capable of chasing or coping with these changes and updates.
The Black Canadian Insurance Experience: Access, Equity, and Empowerment
Western concepts of socialization are different from non-Western understandings. What are the effects of re-socialization for people of African origin as soon as they land in the Western world. Does it has an impact on their wellbeing and success?
We have been using Eurocentric research methods for most of our research projects and also in our educational and professional settings. They have been used as hallmarks of standard. Times have changed and people are consulting non-Eurocentric research methods too.
Canada has welcomed an increasing number of refugees and immigrants from diverse cultural backgrounds. It still continues to welcome people with the financial and professional skills to add more value to Canada and a small group of people based on humanitarian grounds to work and build a getter life.
Development is mutual and the model we follow is not the aid-focused model but the investment and cooperative model to international development. Given the origin and work experience of most of our team and boards, we will be focusing on the East African region. Projects directly focused on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are addressed in this...
This would be our core area of work. Historically, marginalized BIPOC communities have been at the receiving end of data-injustice from the collection to the dissemination stages. We aim to build that data trust among the community.
This is one of the areas of our work. We will work to critically study and find solutions to pressing equity and anti-racism concerns of the African, Caribbean and Black-identifying community in KWC and Ontario. Research, public forum and discussion will also be the highlight of this segment.