Research Projects

I have a different idea of a universal. It is of a universal rich with all that is particular, rich with all the particulars there are, the deepening of each particular, the coexistence of them all.

- Aimé Césaire (Politician, Poet & Author)

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Graduate Studies

Updates about independent research projects related to my Masters and Doctorate dissertations.

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New Publication: Journal of Psychotherapy Integration

Osazuwa, S. & Moodley, R. (2023). ‘Will there be a willingness to actually engage with it?’: Exploring attitudes towards culturally integrative psychotherapy among Canada’s African community. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration.

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ManuscriptS In Progress

  • Book chapter for the Black Mental Health in Canada: Overcoming Obstacles, Bridging Gaps (Accepted)

    • Topic: “Transforming Multiculturalism: Perspectives, Considerations and Strategies for Decolonising Psychology”
  • Doctorate dissertation
    • “Exploring Black Mental Health Practitioners’ Attitudes and Application of African Healing Traditions with Western Psychotherapy”
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Border(ing) Practices: Systemic Racism, Immigration & Child Welfare

    Border(ing) Practices is a collaborative project with the University of Toronto and University of Victoria to understand how bordering practices, immigration policies, and systemic racism shape the experiences of immigrant children, youth and families within the Canadian child welfare system.

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Project Updates: Research & Community Engagement

    To facilitate the knowledge translation process with our various collaborators, The Border(ing) Practices team intermittently prepares project overviews and infographics to offer summaries of our progress, milestones and ongoing findings.

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Community Forum Summary

    On March 4th, 2022, the Bordering Practices team hosted our first community forum titled Silos and Silences: Shedding Light on Child Welfare and Immigration Status’ in collaboration with community partners.

    This event was designed to cultivate a space where participants can explore how precarious status impacts their work with immigrant families involved in the child welfare system.

A Canadian Survey of Social Workers' Attitudes towards Immigrants

      Derived from the USA study, the purpose of this research was to conduct a national survey that explored the attitudes of social workers towards immigrants and the impact of current immigration policies on their practices for working with precarious status communities.

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Manuscript Accepted

Bhuyan, R.,   Osazuwa, S,  Hanley, J., Schmidt, C., & Park, Y., (in press). “‘Unless we are native, we are all immigrants to Canada’: Tensions between multicultural inclusion and settler-colonial consciousness among Canadian social workers.” Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work.

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Manuscript Accepted

Bhuyan, R.,   Osazuwa, S. , Schmidt, C.,   Park, Y., Rundle, A., (in press). Canadian Social Workers’ Attitudes towards Immigrants with Different Legal Statuses in Canada. Submitted to the Journal of Social Work.