Email: amason@windsor.ca
Phone: (519) 253-3000 ext. 3962
Office: Room 3340 Leonard & Dorothy Neal Education Building
Profile
Assistant Professor
My work explores the important learning that takes places outside of schools, Black community education programs, community engagement and activism in education, and the experiences of Black students in the Canadian K-12 education system. My research also explores teacher candidate’s experiences with learning about and practicing culturally relevant teaching and their preparedness to teach about Black histories and cultures.
- Black Studies in Education
- The Experiences of Black Students with Schooling in Canada
- Factors Contributing to Black Students’ Educational Success
- Culturally relevant pedagogy
- Teacher Education
- Community-based/ supplementary Education
- Africentric Education and Schooling
- Parent Engagement in Education
- Qualitative Case study Methodology
Courses TaughtPre-service Courses
- Social Studies (Primary/Junior)
- Social Sciences (Intermediate/Senior)
Graduate Courses
- Comparative and International Education
Publications
Okorie, T., Madufuro, A. N., Wright, H., Collins, T., Smith, M., Tate, S. A., Mason, A., Church-Duplessis, V., Frempong, G., McClurg, C., Ndem, A., & Salami, B. (2026) Educational experiences of Black children in Canada: A scoping review. Education Sciences 16(5), 728. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci16050728
Olukotun, M., Mason, A., Fouche, C., Richter, S., Sibeko, L., Adekola, S., & Salami, B. (2023). African single-parent mothers and their children in Canada: Transnational experiences and sources of support. Journal of Family Studies.
Mason, A., Salami, B., Fouche, C., Richter, S., Sibeko, L., Adekola, S. (2022). Aspirations, schooling experiences, and educational outcomes of African migrant children in Canada. Canadian Ethnic Studies.
Fouche, C., Richter, S., Vallianatos, H., Mason, A., Fernandez-Sanchez, H., Mazzucato, V., Kariwo, M., & Salami, B. (2021). African immigrant child health: A scoping review. Journal of Migration and Health.
Mason, A. (2021). Teaching Black Students to Fly: An Exploration of the Literature on Supplementary Education. Cultural and Pedagogical Inquiry 12(1), 119- 132. https://doi.org/10.18733/cpi29538
Salami, B., Mason, A., Salma, J., Yohani, S., Amin, M., Okeke-Ihejirika, P., & Ladha, T. (2020). Access to healthcare for immigrant children in Canada. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(9), 3320. 10.3390/ijerph17093320
Mason, A., Salami, B., Salma, K., Yohani, S, Amin, M., Okeke-Ihejirika, P., Ladha, T. (2020). Health information seeking among immigrants in Western Canada. Journal of Paediatric Nursing, 58, 9-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2020.11.009
Research Grants
External Funding
2025-2027 - Learning Black History and Building Capacity for Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in K-12 Classrooms: Ontario teacher candidates Experiences. PI: Alleson Mason, Co-applicants: Bukola Salami, Collaborators: Jennifer Kelly, Jeannette AustinOdina, Shantelle Browning-Morgan. Funder: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, $56, 847
2025-2028 - A Participatory Action Research Project to Promote the Mental Health of Black Children in Alberta. PI: Bukola Salami, Co-applicants: Dominic Alaazi, Oluwakemi Amodu, Oluwagbbohunmi Awosoga, Sandra Dixon, Nicole Johnson, Janet Kemei, Regine King, Esther Monari, Adedoyin Olanlesi-Aliu, Mary Olukutun, Folajinmi Oluwasina, Andre Renzaho, Uche Umezurike, Helen Vallinatos, Sophie Yohani, Collaborators: Richard Elcock, Bonnie Islam, Myra Kandemiri, Jeanne Lehman, Alleson Mason, Christina Nsaliwa, Juliet Onabadejo. Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, $400,000
2024-2029 - Transforming the Lives of Black Children and Youths in Canada. PI: Bukola Salami, Co-applicants: Dominic Alaazi, Afua Cooper, Barbara Hamilton-Hinch, Delores Mullings, Malinda Smith, Shirley Tate, Craig Wellington, Handel Wright, Motilola Adejare, Oluwagbohunmi Awosoaga, Annette Bailey, Alicia Boatswain-Kyte, Veronique Church-Duplessis, Tyla Collins, Camesha Cox, Patrina Duhaney, George Frempong, Johanne Jean Pierre, Keisha Jefferies, Nicole Johnson, Kemoh Mansaray, Jeanne Lehman, Menna Kebede, Regine King, Andy Knight, Geoffrey Maina, Alleson Mason, Lance McCready, Aphonse Ndem, Emmanuel Onah, Temitope Oriola, Shannon Scott, Gina Thesee, Uchechukwu Umezurike, Helen Valliantos. Funder Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, $2, 500, 000
Internal Funding
2026 Many Rivers to Cross: The Lived Experiences of Black University Students at a Mid-sized University in Southern Ontario. Funder: Office of the Vice-President, People Equity and Inclusion, University of Windsor, $4750.
2023 Factors Contributing to Black students’ Successful Transition to University in Canada. Funder: University of Windsor Start-up Research Fund, $10,000