Our Services, Research Hubs and Projects

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:

• DATA, DATA and DATA! Data Justice for African, Caribbean, and Black-identifying (ACBi) and marginalized communities will be the core of our work. We are seeking support for a proposed multi-year Anti-Black Racism Data Project. 
• Stakeholder Engagement 
• Equity and Anti-racism work (research, training and review).
• Equity and general project and program audit, workplace racism and discrimination investigation and audit (Anti-Black Racism)
• African, Caribbean, and Black-identifying (ACBi) institutions organizational performance, program and project evaluations and review
• Organizational Research and Development  (R&D)
• African, Caribbean, and Black-identifying (ACBi) and marginalized communities-data collection and survey (pen and paper, recorder, telephone and digital), distribution, opinion pooling, focus group discussions (FGDs), interviews, participant observation, ethnography, archival sources (Black archival research), literature reviews, discourse analysis, digital data collection and data analysis, interpretation, report writing and presentation.                
• Baseline and endline surveys
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)
• BICPOC-focused media, governance and human rights monitoring, conflict and risk analysis. 
• Diaspora research and consultancy with a focus on the Black-identifying asylum seeking, refugee, immigrant, and generational communities in Ontario (KWC area) and beyond. Community groups, national associations and faith-based groups. 
• Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)/development studies, conflict resolution and reconciliation, human rights, history, culture and sociological research. 
• Mental health is an alarming issue. Researching Black and marginalized communities mental health issues in KWC and beyond.
• African, Caribbean, and Black-identifying (ACBi) and marginalized communities-focused translation and transcription and production of research papers, academic journal articles, media contributions, blogs, policy briefs, working papers, analysis, situational reports, and books. 
• African, Caribbean, and Black-identifying (ACBi) and marginalized communities investment research and consultancy and business, economics, market research and feasibility studies          
• Education, capacity building,  Knowledge Mobilization (KM) and Smart Fellows Programs
• Training, workshops, short online and in-person courses and seminar on multidisciplinary issues 

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