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April Highlights
Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Program
In April, we bid farewell to our seventh QEScholar from West Africa, Dr. Añulika Kosy Okafor, a lecturer at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. Añulika continues to work on two QES-related articles for publication, and we look forward to collaborating with her further!
The team is working to bring three additional scholars to complete placements this summer.
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Our #IPV Project included diverse voices as collaborators, working group members, and experts. Project stakeholders included Black Canadians and immigrants, victim-survivors, and those with experience in gender-based violence advocacy and education, newcomer support, and programming for men & boys.
— Partnership for Research with African Newcomers (@pran-22.bsky.social) May 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Meet our team! PRAN's team includes researchers, partners, and student research assistants from Halifax, Montreal, Toronto, and Edmonton. Our partners serve and support African immigrants and refugees in multiple capacities (1/2).
— Partnership for Research with African Newcomers (@pran-22.bsky.social) April 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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2022-2023 Highlights
2023 PRAN Annual Meeting
PRAN’s first Annual Meeting took place on June 23rd & 24th, 2023, at York University in Toronto. The event brought together a diverse group of partners, including academics, researchers, students, non-profit workers, and community representatives.
Director Dr. Philomena Okeke-Ijherika, kicked off the meeting by highlighting PRAN’s key goals:
- Supporting the SSAI community
- Redefining resilience by adopting a more inclusive and community-engaged approach
- Training graduate students and early career researchers
- Fostering a network of academic and community partners to create a support network for SSAI newcomers in Canada
May 2022 PRAN Community Launch
PRAN Community was launched at the Africa Day event in May 2022, which was hosted by our community partner, Africa Centre.
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August 2022 PRAN Official Launch
In addition to our Community Launch, we also held another significant event to mark the official launch of PRAN. This event took place at the University of Alberta on August 17th, 2022.
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