Edward Shizha

The main focus of my research is migration and transnationalism. My recently completed study was on investigating factors that enhance or frustrate access to postsecondary education for male African immigrant youth transitioning from high school in South Western Ontario. The other was an environmental scan of mental health resources, programs, and services accessible to newcomers in Alberta. The studies aim to benefit immigrants and refugees by improving access to quality services, as well as better inform service mapping for service providers, policy makers and other organizations involved in the settlement and integration of newcomers to Canada.

Funded Research

• SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2015)
• Canadian Institute of Health Research (2014)
• SSHRC Standard Research Grants (2011)
• Alberta Centre for Child, Family, and Community Research (2011)
• Prairie Metropolis Centre Grant (2011)
• Alberta Centre for Child, Family, and Community Research (2009)
• Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (2006)
• Canadian Heritage (2006)

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Insight Development Grant (2015).
• Outstanding Paper Award from International Journal of Migration, Health & Social Care (2012).
• Award for Excellence: Outstanding Paper Award from Emerald Literati Network (2012).
• The Michel Laferriere Award for best Doctoral Thesis (2005).
• Michel Laferriere Award for the best Doctoral Thesis in Canada, Awarded by the Comparative and International Education Society of Canada (2004).

I am willing to supervise graduate students in the areas of globalization, migration, and transnationalism focusing on the settlement and integration of immigrants and refugees.

Past 5 Years Journal Articles

• Stewart, Miriam; Kaysi Eastlick Kushner, Cindy Lee Dennis, Michael Kariwo, Nicole Letourneau, Knox Makumbe, Edward Makwarimba and Edward Shizha. "Social support needs of Sudanese and Zimbabwean refugee new parents in Canada." International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care. (2017)
• Stewart, Miriam; Edward Makwarimba, Nicole Letourneau, Kaysi Eastlick Kushner, Denise Spitzer, Cindy Lee Dennis and Edward Shizha. "Impacts of a support intervention for Zimbabwean and Sudanese refugee parents: 'I am not alone'." Canada Journal of Nursing Research. (2015)
• Kivunja, Charles and Edward Shizha. "Pedagogy of the dispersed: A cost-benefit analysis of the African diaspora phenomenon through the human and social capital lens." International Journal of Higher Education. (2015)
• Stewart, Miriam; Cindy Lee Dennis, Michael Kariwo, Kaysi Eastlick Kushner, Nicole Letourneau, Knox Makumbe, Edward Makwarimba and Edward Shizha. "Challenges faced by refugee new parents from Africa in Canada." Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. (2015)
• Shizha, Edward. "Rethinking contemporary Sub-Saharan African school knowledge: Restoring the indigenous African cultures." International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education. (2014)
• Makwarimba, Edward; Miriam Stewart, Laura Simich, Knox Makumbe, Edward Shizha and Sharon Anderson. "Sudanese and Somali refugees in Canada: Support needs and intervention preferences." International Migration. (2013)
• Hapanyengwi-Chemhuru, Oswell and Edward Shizha. "Unhu/Ubuntu and education for reconciliation in Zimbabwe." Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education. (2013)
• Shizha, Edward. "Reclaiming our indigenous voices: The problem with postcolonial Sub-Saharan African school curriculum." Journal of Indigenous Social Development. (2013)
• Shizha, Edward. "Reclaiming and re-visioning indigenous voices: The case of the language of instruction in science education in Zimbabwean primary schools." Literacy Information and Computer Education Journal. (2012)
• Stewart, Miriam; Laura Simich, Edward Shizha, Knox Makumbe and Edward Makwarimba. "Supporting African refugees in Canada: Insights from a support intervention." Health and Social Care in the Community. (2012)

Past 5 Years Books

• Shizha, Edward; Rosemary Kimani-Dupuis and Priscilla Broni (Eds.). "Living beyond borders: Essays on global immigrants and refugees." New York, NY: Peter Lang. (2017).
• Shizha, Edward and Ngoni Makuvaza (Eds.). "Re-thinking postcolonial African education in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st century: Post-Millennium development goals." Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. (2017).
• Izarali, Raymond; Oliver Masakure and Edward Shizha (Eds.) "Security, education and development in contemporary Africa." New York, NY: Ashgate/Routledge. (2017). Emeagwali Gloria and Edward Shizha (Eds.) "African indigenous knowledge and the sciences: Journeys into the past and present." Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. (2016).
• Shizha, Edward and Lamine Diallo (Eds.). "Africa in the age of globalization: Perceptions, misperceptions and realities." London: Ashgate. (2015).
• Shizha, Edward (Ed.). "Remapping Africa in the global space: Propositions for change." Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. (2014).
• Shizha, Edward and Ali A. Abdi (Eds.). "Indigenous discourses on knowledge and development in Africa." New York, NY: Routledge. (2014).

Past 5 Years Book Chapters

• Shizha, Edward. "Globalization, migration, and transnational formations." In Edward Shizha, Rosemary Kimani-Dupuis and Priscilla Broni (Eds.), Living beyond borders: Essays on global immigrants and refugees. New York, NY: Peter Lang. (2017).
• Ojo, Tolulope Helen and Edward Shizha. “Ethnic enclaves in Canada: Opportunities and challenges of residing within." In Edward Shizha, Rosemary Kimani-Dupuis and Priscilla Broni (Eds.), Living beyond borders: Essays on global immigrants and refugees. New York, NY: Peter Lang. (2017)
• Shizha, Edward. "Neoliberal managerialism of higher education and human capital development in Sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st century." In Edward Shizha and Ngoni Makuvaza (Eds.). Rethinking postcolonial education in Sub-Saharan African in the 21st century. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. (2017)
• Makuvaza, Ngoni & Edward Shizha. "Introduction: Re-thinking education in postcolonial Sub-Saharan Africa – Post-millennium development goals." In Edward Shizha and Ngoni Makuvaza (Eds.). Rethinking postcolonial education in Sub-Saharan African in the 21st century. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. (2017)
• Izarali, Raymond; Oliver Masakure and Edward Shizha. "Introduction: Conceptualizing Africa’s realities in the twenty- first century: the security– education–development nexus." In Raymond Izarali, Oliver Masakure and Edward Shizha (Eds.), Security, education and development in contemporary Africa. London: Ashgate/Routledge. (2017)
• Shizha, Edward. "The impact of civil conflict/ war on children’s rights to education in Africa." In Raymond. Izarali, Oliver Masakure and Edward Shizha (Eds.), Security, education and development in contemporary Africa. London: Ashgate/Routledge. (2017)
• Shizha, Edward. "Indigenous knowledges and knowledge codification in the knowledge economy." In Patrick Ngulube (Ed.), Handbook of research on theoretical perspectives on indigenous knowledge systems in developing countries. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. (2017)
• Shizha, Edward. "Marginalization of African-Canadian students in mainstream schools: Are Afrocentric schools the answer?" In Ali A. Abdi & Awad Ibrahim (Eds.), Education of African-Canadian children: Critical perspectives. Montreal: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. (2016)
• Shizha, Edward and Gloria Emeagwali. "Introduction." In Gloria Emeagwali and Edward Shizha (Eds.), African indigenous knowledge and the sciences: Journeys into the past and present. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. (2016)
• Emeagwali, Gloria and Edward Shizha. "Interconnecting history, African indigenous knowledge systems and science." In Gloria Emeagwali and Edward Shizha (Eds.), African indigenous knowledge and the sciences: Journeys into the past and present. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. (2016)
• Shizha, Edward. "African indigenous perspectives on technology." In Gloria Emeagwali and Edward Shizha (Eds.), African indigenous knowledge and the sciences: Journeys into the past and present. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. (2016)
• Shizha, Edward and Lamine Diallo. "Introduction: Africa in the age of globalisation." In Edward Shizha and Lamine Diallo (Eds.), Africa in the age of globalization: Perceptions, misperceptions and realities (pp. 1-13). London: Ashgate. (2015)
• Shizha, Edward. "Globalizing education for globalised labour markets: Brain drain or brain gain for Africa?" In Edward Shizha and Lamine Diallo (Eds.), Africa in the age of globalization: Perceptions, misperceptions and realities. London: Ashgate. (2015)
• Shizha, Edward. "Reclaiming indigenous cultures in African education." In James W. Jacobs, Sheng Yao Cheng and Maureen Porter (Eds.), Indigenous education: Language, culture, and identity. New York, NY: Springer. (2015)
• Msimanga, Audrey and Edward Shizha. "Indigenous knowledge and science education in South Africa: What messages from the curriculum?" In Edward. Shizha (Ed.), Remapping Africa in the global space: Propositions for change. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. (2014)
• Shizha, Edward. "Introduction: Africa in the global space." In Edward Shizha (Ed.), Remapping Africa in the global space: Propositions for change. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. (2014)
• Shizha, Edward. "Globalisation, globalised labour markets: Migration and translocations in Sub-Saharan Africa." In Edward Shizha (Ed.), Remapping Africa in the global space: Propositions for change. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. (2014)
• Shizha, Edward and Ali A. Abdi. "A critical analysis of education for development: An Africanist postcolonial perspective." In Edward Shizha (Ed.), Remapping Africa in the global space: Propositions for change. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. (2014)
• Shizha, Edward. "Indigenous knowledge systems and the curriculum." In Gloria Emeagwali and George J. Sefa Dei (Eds.), African indigenous knowledge and the disciplines. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. (2014)
• Shizha, E. & Abdi, A.A. (2014). "Introduction: Indigenous discourses on knowledge and development in Africa." In Edward Shizha & Ali A. Abdi (Eds.), Indigenous discourses on knowledge and development in Africa. New York, NY: Routledge. (2014)
• Shizha, Edward. "Counter-visioning contemporary African education: Indigenous science as a tool for African development." In Edward Shizha and Ali A. Abdi (Eds.), Indigenous discourses on knowledge and development in Africa. New York, NY: Routledge. (2014)
• Charema, John and Edward Shizha. "Rebuilding the Zimbabwe education system: the dawn of a new era." In Edward Shizha (Ed.), Restoring the dream: Rethinking educational transformation in Zimbabwe. Pretoria: Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA). (2013)
• Makuvaza, Ngoni and Edward Shizha. "Information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the teacher in Zimbabwe: Possible challenges to the teacher’s authority." In Edward Shizha (Ed.), Restoring the dream: Rethinking educational transformation in Zimbabwe. Pretoria: Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA). (2013)
• Mutendera, Godfrey and Edward Shizha. "Towards quality education in Zimbabwe: 2000 to the present." In Edward Shizha (Ed.), Restoring the dream: Rethinking educational transformation in Zimbabwe. Pretoria: Africa Institute of South Africa [AISA]. (2013)
• Shizha, Edward. "Introduction: Restoring the education dream." In E. Shizha (Ed.), Restoring the educational dream: Rethinking educational transformation in Zimbabwe. Pretoria: Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA). (2013)
• Shizha, Edward. "Restoring the educational dream: Overcoming the financial crisis." In Edward Shizha (Ed.), Restoring the educational dream: Rethinking educational transformation in Zimbabwe. Pretoria: Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA). (2013)
• Shizha, Edward. "Conclusion and recommendations: The way forward." In Edward Shizha (Ed.), Restoring the educational dream: Rethinking educational transformation in Zimbabwe. Pretoria: Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA). (2013)
• Shizha, Eward and Ali A. Abdi, "Adult citizenship education and political engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa: Critical analysis." In Peter Mayo (Ed.), Learning with adults: A reader. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. (2013)
• Shizha Edward. "Linguistic independence and African education and development." In Handel K. Wright and Ali A. Abdi (Eds.), The dialectics of African education and Western discourses: Counter-hegemonic perspectives. New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishers. (2012)
• Shizha, Edward. "Are we there yet? Theorizing a decolonizing science education for development in Africa." In Ali.A. Abdi (Ed.). Decolonizing philosophies of education. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. (2012)