Contact Information
Email: amason@windsor.ca
Phone: (519) 253-3000 ext. 3962
Office: Room 3340 Leonard & Dorothy Neal Education Building
Profile
Assistant Professor
Alleson’s work explores the important learning that takes place 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. She is intrigued by the concept of “community” and how people create and sustain communities.
Research Interests
- Community-based/ supplementary education
- The experiences of Black students with schooling in Canada
- Africentric education and schooling
- Parent engagement in education
- Culturally inclusive curricula
Courses Taught
- Social Studies (Primary/Junior)
- Social Sciences (Intermediate/Senior)
Publications
Olukotun, M., Mason, A., Fouche, C., Richter, S., Sibeko, L., Adekola, S., & Salami, B. (in press). 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
Education
Ph.D., University of Alberta
M.Ed., University of Saskatchewan
B.Ed., Mico University College
B.Sc., University of the West Indies