MScPl Student, (she/her)
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Fields of Study
- Policy & Planning
- Urban
Areas of Interest
Land Use Planning, Community-centered development, Anti-Black and systemic racism, Sustainable Infrastructure development, Critical Race theory
Working Dissertation
Title
On the Path Forward: Exploring the experiences of Black planning students and professional planners in Canada
Supervisors
Professor Katharine Rankin
Biography
My research explores the experiences of Black planning students and professional planners in Canada with major emphasis of anti-Black racism and mental health services. I am passionate about creating conducive and livable spaces for racialized groups to thrive while contributing to the socio-economic development of urban spaces. My previous work experience includes working as an urban planner in Ghana with the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly and Effutu Municipal Physical Planning Department.
Awards
- Black Graduate Scholar Award in Geography and Planning (2021)
- Black Student Award – Geography and Planning (2021)
- Friends of Planning Graduate Scholarship for Innovation (2021)
- Social Science and Humanities Research Council Canada Graduate Scholarship, Masters (SSHRC – CGM) (2021-2022)
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) (2020-2021)
Education
MPhil, Planning Growth and Regeneration, University of Cambridge. UK
BSc, Human Settlement Planning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Ghana
Cohort
- 2021-2022