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Funké Aladejebi

Affiliated Faculty
Canadian Studies
BA, B.Ed, MA. PhD
Associate Professor; Department of History
Website
Campus: St. George

Funké Aladejebi is a scholar of the twentieth century with a specialization in Black Canadian history. Her research and teaching interests focus on oral history, the history of education in Canada, Black Canadian women’s history, and transnationalism. Her recently published book, Schooling the System: A History of Black Women Teachers (MQUP, 2021), explores the importance of Black Canadian women in sustaining their communities and preserving a distinct Black identity within restrictive gender and racial barriers. Her writing frequently explores how legacies of race, gender, and migration influence the contemporary educational encounters of Black Canadian communities. Her articles on Black Canadian history and feminist pedagogies have appeared in Education MattersOntario History, and the Southern Journal of Canadian Studies. She is also currently co-editing with Dr. Michele Johnson, a collection of essays titled, Unsettling the Great White North: African Canadian History (UTP, 2022), which explores the histories of African Canadian, Canadian, and African Diasporic communities across chronological, regional and thematic subjects.

Her second research project charts international education recruitment and training programs in Canada, the Caribbean and Africa. Her work seeks to understand how Canada’s role in the development of Black Internationalism was shaped by broader social criticisms about the scope of Black freedom globally.

Education

  • PhD, York University
  • MA, York University
  • BA/B.Ed, University of Windsor

Research Interests

  • Oral history,
  • History of education in Canada,
  • Black Canadian women’s history, and
  • Transnationalism

Publications