Contact Information
Email: Juliet.Bushi@uwindsor.ca
Phone: (519) 253-3000 ext. 3823
Office: Room 3335 Leonard & Dorothy Neal Education Building
Profile
Juliet is passionate about quality education and community invitation into educational spaces. Her scholarship and research centres on Black voices, experiences and history. Juliet is interested in research that aims to dismantle anti-Black racism, improve education practices and policies, and enhance physical and health literacy. Juliet is the founder of Canahari Multidisciplinary Summer Programs (www.canahari.ca), a non-profit organization she founded over six years ago that provides accessible, culturally and socially responsive summer programming and employment opportunities to Black and racial minority school-aged children and youths. She currently teaches health and physical education Course (EDUC 5313). Through research and community engagements, Juliet aims to combat social issues, injustices and disparities that impact learning and teaching. Juliet's research spans beyond North America to Europe and Africa. Juliet has taught courses such as Indigenous Health Studies, Introductory Health Studies, Lifestyle, Health and Wellness. Prior to joining the University of Windsor, Juliet was an elected school board trustee for the Regina Catholic School Division. Juliet is currently a co-investigator on a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant focused on the impact of the living environment on older racialized immigrants’ social connectedness.
Research Interests
- Anti-Black Racism
- Physical and Health Literacy (underserved and minoritized population)
- De/colonization / Narrative Inquiry
- Teacher and Students Narratives
- Community Action Research / Critical Race Theory
Teaching Responsibilities
- EDUC 5313: Health and Physical Education
Education
Ph.D. in-view [Curriculum and Instruction], [University of Regina]
M.A. in [Public Administration, Health Policy], [Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina]
B.A. in [Kinesiology], [University of Regina]
B.H.S in [Health Studies], [University of Regina]