PTJC Webinar Series: The Path to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Approaches in Japan and Canada

Prince Takamado Japan Centre for Teaching and Research, funded by the Consulate-General of Japan in Calgary, hosts the third Japan-Canada dialogue of our EDI Webinar: The Path to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: Approaches in Japan and Canada.

All are welcome. Please register for the event here.

Date and Time:

7:00 pm (MST) 2 March 2022

Title:

The Path to EDI: Approaches in Japan and Canada, Series 3: Immigrants, Welfare, and Care 

Speakers:

"Mental Health of Immigrants in Canada," Dr. Bukola Odadunni Salami, Director, Intersections of Gender Signature Area, and Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta

"Migrants in Changing Japan: Globalization of Care," Dr. Reiko Ogawa, Professor, The Graduate School of Social Sciences, Chiba University

Bios:

Dr. Bukola Salami is the Director of Intersections of Gender Signature Area at the Office of Vice President Research and an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Windsor and her Master of Nursing and PhD in Nursing from the University of Toronto. Her research program focuses on policies and practices shaping migrants health. She has been involved in over 75 funded studies in this area. She has lead research projects on African immigrant child health, immigrant mental health, access to healthcare for Black women, access to healthcare for immigrant children, Black youth mental health, health of internally displaced children, and parenting practices of African immigrants. She founded and leads an African migrant child research network of 42 scholars from 4 continents. In 2020, she founded the Black Youth Mentorship and Leadership Program at the University of Alberta. The program, the first University based interdisciplinary mentorship program for Black youths in Canada, seeks to socially and economically empower Black high school youths to contribute meaningfully to Canadian society. Her work on Black youth mental health led to the creation of a mental health clinic in Alberta. She has also presented her work to policy makers. In March 2021, she was invited to present her work to Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau and four other ministers. She is involved in several community volunteer initiatives including serving as a public member on the Council of the Alberta College of Social Worker, the Public Health Agency of Canada Working Group on the Mental Health of Black Canadian, the Bell Lets Talk Funding advisory committee, and active involvement with the Black Opportunities Fund. She is an Associate Editor of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) and on the Editorial Board of Nursing Inquiry and Qualitative Health Research Journal. She is an advisory board member of the CIHR Institute for Human Development, Child and Youth Health. Dr. Salami has received several awards for research excellence and community engagement: 100 Accomplished Black Women in Canada; Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing Emerging Nurse Researcher of the Year Award; College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA) Award for Nursing Excellence; and Alberta Avenue Edmonton Top 40 under 40. In 2020, she became a recipient of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame, the highest research award in nursing. In 2021, she became a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Nursing.

Dr. Reiko Ogawa is a professor in the Graduate School of Social Sciences at Chiba University. Her research interests include migration, gender and civil society. She serves as a board member for the Japan Association for Migration Policy Studies, chairperson of Gender Equality Committee of Chiba City, Refugee Counselor of Ministry of Justice, board member of a NPO Japan International Center for the Rights of the Child and PI of Chiba Studies on Migration and Refugees. Some of her publications include: “When Local Meets Global: The Changing Face of Old-Age Care in Japan” in Eds. Horn, V. et al., The Global Old Age Care Industry (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), “Making of Migrant Care Workers in East Asia” in Eds. Jeon, Y. et al., Routledge Handbook on Gender in East Asia (Routledge, 2020), “Use and Abuse of Trafficking Discourse in Japan”, Journal of Population and Social Studies, 2020, 28:106–125 and a co-edited book entitled Gender, Care and Migration in East Asia (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).

Please watch the webinar here!