George Sefa Dei is Professor of Social Justice Education and Director of the Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT). Professor Dei is the 2015 and 2016 Carnegie African Diasporan Fellow. He received the ‘2016 Whitworth Award for Educational Research’ from the Canadian Education Association (CEA) awarded to the Canadian scholar whose research and scholarship have helped shape Canadian national educational policy and practice. In November 2017 was inducted into as Fellow, Royal Society of Canada.

Chizoba Imoka is a PhD Candidate at the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Her doctoral research explores student experiences in Nigerian secondary schools and seeks to make policy/practice recommendations for decolonial education reform in Nigeria. Within the community, Chizoba is an acclaimed advocate for public education reform in Africa, social justice and transformative youth engagement. In 2016, Chizoba received the Adel Sedra Distinguished Graduate Student Award and the Adrienne Clarkson Public Service Laureateship for her excellence in academia and public leadership.