Michael Baffoe, University of Manitoba

Research

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Latest funding

From Vulnerability to Resilience: Highly Skilled African Immigrants' Experiences in the Quebec Labour Market
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$67,969
Promoting the Transition to Postsecondary Education for African Refugee Youth in Canadian Schools
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$31,914
Promoting the Transition to Postsecondary Education for African Refugee Youth in Canadian Schools
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$208,136

All 5 grants and awards

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From Vulnerability to Resilience: Highly Skilled African Immigrants' Experiences in the Quebec Labour Market

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Gyan, Charles

Keywords: Resilience; Immigrants; Labour Market; Integration; Deskilling; Migration; Diversity; Employment Experiences; Employment equity

$67,969

Promoting the Transition to Postsecondary Education for African Refugee Youth in Canadian Schools

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wilson-Forsberg, Stacey C.

Keywords: African refugee youth; postsecondary education; educational aspirations; career guidance; schooling of black students; resilience; anti-oppression

$31,914

Promoting the Transition to Postsecondary Education for African Refugee Youth in Canadian Schools

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wilson-Forsberg, Stacey C.

Keywords: African refugee youth; postsecondary education; educational aspirations; career guidance; schooling of black students; resilience; anti-oppression

$208,136

"Effective Parenting” What do People of African Descent or Blacks in Toronto, Winnipeg and St John’s have to say about it?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Adjei, Paul

Keywords: (1) Immigration, integration and settlements; (2) Blacks or people of African descents; (3) Child Welfare Agencies; (4) Children's Aid Society; (5) Apprehension and placement into foster and group care; (6) Visible Minority groups; (7) Critical Race Theory; (8) authoritarian and permissive parenting style; (9) racism and classism; (10) Black parenting practices

$74,928

Incorporation of asylum seekers: the role of ethnic-specific refugee community organizations in the development of social capital

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Lacroix, Marie Y.

Keywords: asylum seekers; refugees; incorporation; social capital; immigration; refugee community organizations

$107,710

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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