Paul Adjei, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Memorial University of Newfoundland profile.

Indigenous African Elders Critical Teachings Indigenous/local cultural resources Decolonization storytelling instruction Pedagogy Asantes of Ghana ElderCrits

Latest funding

African Elders Critical Teachings (ELDERCRITS) as Epistemic Gift for Educational Reforms
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$30,776
Evaluating a complex, team-based primary care intervention in Newfoundland and Labrador: Advancing implementation science
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$750,000
Promoting the Transition to Postsecondary Education for African Refugee Youth in Canadian Schools
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$31,914

All 5 grants and awards

No publications available.

African Elders Critical Teachings (ELDERCRITS) as Epistemic Gift for Educational Reforms

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Adjei, Paul

Keywords: Indigenous African Elders Critical Teachings; Indigenous/local cultural resources; Decolonization; storytelling; instruction; Pedagogy; Asantes of Ghana; ElderCrits; Africa; Canada

$30,776

Evaluating a complex, team-based primary care intervention in Newfoundland and Labrador: Advancing implementation science

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Team Grant: Strengthening the Health Workforce for System Transformation

Principal investigators: Aubrey-Bassler, Kris; Antle, Margot; King, Darla; Hall, Amanda M

Keywords: Complex Intervention; Models Of Care; Rural And Remote; Team-Based Primary Care

$750,000

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?

Principal 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

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Indigenous African Elders Critical Teachings Dear Professor Adjei, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on indigenous african elders critical teachings connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "African Elders Critical Teachings (ELDERCRITS) as Epistemic Gift for Educational Reforms" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]