Sam Tecle, PhD

Dr. Sam Tecle is a Research Fellow at CanAfro Research Institute supporting research, training, and community engagement initiatives under the Interrupting the Cycle project. He is a Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) and has extensive experience as a community researcher in Toronto.

Habibah Ibrahim

Habibah speaks 4 languages (Arabic, Somali, English, and Turkish) and loves learning new ones whenever she can. She is doing her Master’s in Public Service/Policy, which she is really excited about. When she is not studying or working, she writes poetry and literature, and hopes to join an artist residency program someday to focus on […]

Yabi Teshome, LLM

Yabi holds LLM in Human Rights Law. After graduation she worked as a legal consultant and researcher with various local and international organization with a specialty in gender, digital rights and tourism. She is currently a consultant with a French communications company in Africa. She is supports our international expansion.

Roisin Smith, PhD

Roisin worked with European and international non-governmental institutions and universities. She had also taught at various universities. She has also travelled extensively and volunteered with various non-profit organizations. 

Professor Mammo Muchie

Professor Mammo Muchie is one of Africa’s prominent scholars with significant national and international multidisciplinary influence. He has published over 400 books, research papers and reports. Currently, he holds the position of DST-NRF research chair in Innovation Studies at the Faculty of Management Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, and serves as a Senior Research Associate […]

Tedla Desta, PhD

Dr. Tedla Desta is a globally-experienced multi-disciplinary researcher, policy advisor, and the Co-Founder & Executive Director of the CanAfro Research Institute. He is the co-creator of the CanAfro Methodology-a unique research framework that marries Afrocentric Research Methods (Ubuntu Ethics) with Western approaches to produce culturally appropriate, equity-centered research for African, Caribbean, and Black-identifying (ACB) communities […]