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Magnus Mfoafo-M'Carthy

ResearcherOther Social WorkWilfrid Laurier University

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Magnus Mfoafo-M'Carthy

Researcher

Other Social Work

Wilfrid Laurier University

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
2 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 SSHRC), most recently in 2021.

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Research

disability inclusive education Canada-Ghana partnership grant Immigrants COVID-19 Wellbeing Psychosocial Southern Ontario

Latest papers

Whispers of memory: How families navigate dementia support beyond the biomedical lens in Nigeria.
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
Hierarchy and inequality in research: Navigating the challenges of research in Ghana.
Qualitative research : QR · 2022 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Climate Change, Agriculture and Disability in Ghana: A Documentary Film Premiere and Workshop
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$54,979
Climate change, agriculture and disability in Ghana: capturing lived experiences of Ghanaian elders through community videography
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$24,832
An Oral History of Deafness in Ghana: Stigma, Resilience and Development
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$44,624

All 11 grants and awards

Climate Change, Agriculture and Disability in Ghana: A Documentary Film Premiere and Workshop

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Grischow, Jeff

Keywords: Climate change; Agriculture; Disability; Oral History; Canada-Ghana Research Partnership

$54,979

Climate change, agriculture and disability in Ghana: capturing lived experiences of Ghanaian elders through community videography

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Grischow, Jeff

Keywords: Climate change disability; Canada-Ghana Partnership grant

$24,832

An Oral History of Deafness in Ghana: Stigma, Resilience and Development

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Grischow, Jeff

Keywords: Ghana; Deafness; Disability; Human Rights; Sustainable Development Goals; Videography

$44,624

Staging our voices: Strengthening Indigenous languages through theatre

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sadeghi-Yekta, Kirsten K.

Keywords: Indigenous Knowledge; Theatre; Performance; Language Reawakening; Inter-generational Language Transmission

$54,270

We matter: Exploring the Psychosocial wellbeing of newcomers amid COVID-19 in Southern Ontario

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Mfoafo-M'Carthy, Magnus

Keywords: Immigrants; COVID-19; Wellbeing; Psychosocial; Southern Ontario; Family; Social distancing; Health practices; Racialized; Community

$69,717

Disability Rights in Ghana: Capturing Lived Experiences Through Grassroots Videography

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Grischow, Jeff

Keywords: Ghana; Disability; Human Rights; Sustainable Development Goals; Videography

$74,996

Supporting Inclusive Education in Haiti : Developing a Canada-Haiti Partnership for Research and Teacher Education on Disability and Inclusion

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Sider, Steven R.

Keywords: inclusive education; disability; research; teacher education; comparative and international education

$199,981

Fostering Equitable Education Systems for those with Disabilities: A Canada-Ghana Partnership for addressing Indicators of Inclusive Education and Building Training Networks

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Mfoafo-M'Carthy, Magnus

Keywords: inclusive education; disability; Canada-Ghana partnership grant

$199,818

A history disability rights in Ghana: transition, adaptation and lived experience

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Grischow, Jeff

Keywords: Ghana; history; human rights; disability studies; development

$246,266

"Trudging through the contours of life": Experiencing Disability Stigma and its Impact on Individuals and their Families

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Mfoafo-M'Carthy, Magnus

Keywords: (1) Disability; (2) Stigma; (3) Discrimination; (4) Ghana; (5) Developing world; (6) Support; (7) Family; (8) Strength; (9) Lived experience; (10) Education

$69,423

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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Magnus Mfoafo-M'Carthy

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Whispers of memory: How families navigate dementia support beyond the biomedical lens in Nigeria.

Hierarchy and inequality in research: Navigating the challenges of research in Ghana.

Climate Change, Agriculture and Disability in Ghana: A Documentary Film Premiere and Workshop

Climate change, agriculture and disability in Ghana: capturing lived experiences of Ghanaian elders through community videography

An Oral History of Deafness in Ghana: Stigma, Resilience and Development

Staging our voices: Strengthening Indigenous languages through theatre

We matter: Exploring the Psychosocial wellbeing of newcomers amid COVID-19 in Southern Ontario

Disability Rights in Ghana: Capturing Lived Experiences Through Grassroots Videography

Supporting Inclusive Education in Haiti : Developing a Canada-Haiti Partnership for Research and Teacher Education on Disability and Inclusion

Fostering Equitable Education Systems for those with Disabilities: A Canada-Ghana Partnership for addressing Indicators of Inclusive Education and Building Training Networks

A history disability rights in Ghana: transition, adaptation and lived experience

"Trudging through the contours of life": Experiencing Disability Stigma and its Impact on Individuals and their Families

Frequent collaborators

Tamara Sussman

Jeff Grischow