Oliver Masakure
Biographic Data
| ID | 195345 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Oliver Masakure |
| GIVEN NAMES | Oliver |
| FAMILY NAME | Masakure |
| SIGNATURE | MASAKURE O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 103 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Building the self-efficacy and agency of African mothers with refugee backgrounds to engage with their children’s Canadian schools
Introduction This paper examines how leading and participating in a school engagement pilot program impacted the perceived parental self-efficacy and agency of a group of mothers with refugee backgrounds from the Horn of Africa who were resettled in Canada. The pilot “Brighter Futures” created opportunities for mothers with adolescent children to meet with school principals during the 2023–2024 school year. Methods Our community-engaged research …
“Sometimes We Struggle, Sometimes We Push Back
This qualitative article focuses on the high school experiences and post-secondary education (PSE) plans of 57 youth with refugee backgrounds from the Horn of Africa living in Ontario. The article is guided by two conceptual frameworks. The first is an anti-oppressive approach, which helps us examine the structural barriers at school that prevent, impede, and discourage the youth from successfully transitioning to PSE. We then use Yosso’s (2005) …
Weathering the Storm
This paper focuses on the experiences of ten women in Canada with refugee backgrounds from the Horn of Africa as they helped their adolescent children (ages 12-18) navigate the challenges of at-home online learning during the global COVID-19 pandemic. We situate our analysis within specific aspects of Yosso's (2005) Community Cultural Wealth framework to demonstrate that, while the women's efforts were hampered by online learning technologies, th…
African Immigrant Students and Postsecondary Education in Canada
Schooling and education, in general, are perceived as a means of integrating children of new immigrants into Canadian society and preparing young immigrants for their future careers. High school education and the subjects taken prepare these young immigrants for postsecondary education and entry into the labour market. However, these newcomer students, particularly those of African origin, are discouraged by systemic structures from pursuing scho…
Great Expectations
Expanding Perspectives on Human Rights in Africa
"This book draws attention to emerging issues around the rights of minorities, marginalized groups and persons in Africa and shows that although international human rights principles have been embraced in the continent, various minority groups and marginalized persons are denied such rights through criminalization and persecution"
Disrupting an imposed racial identity or performing the model minority? The pursuit of postsecondary education by young African immigrant men in Southern Ontario, Canada
This article examines how young African immigrant men in Southern Ontario cope with the dominant racial identity at school in an effort to improve their academic performance and access postsecondary education (PSE). Critical race theory in education is employed to explain how the young men distance themselves from stereotypes about Black masculinity by regulating their own behaviour and differentiating themselves from their Caribbean immigrant pe…
The effect of employee loyalty on wages
Poverty and Physical Well-being among the Coloured Population in South Africa
We review the social construction of race and the experience of relative poverty and ill-health among South Africa's Coloured population. We argue that childhood deprivation among Coloureds and race-based inequality in physical well-being, which is still visible today, began at least as early as the 1870s. The historical literature points to differences in morbidity and mortality between Whites and Coloureds before World War Two. New evidence fro…
Rethinking localization--a low-income country perspective
There are few studies that consider the localization/relocalization of food systems in low-income countries and how the social, cultural and economic dynamics of these agri-food systems compare to trends observed in high-income countries. We suggest that food systems in Ghana are localized by necessity when compared to relocalized food systems observed in high-income countries that have emerged in response to global agri-food industrialization. F…
Do Fresh Produce Exporters in Sub-Saharan Africa Benefit from GlobalGAP Certification
The Financial Performance of Non-farm Microenterprises in Ghana
Private food safety and quality standards for fresh produce exporters
Strategic use of private standards to enhance international competitiveness
Why do small-scale producers choose to produce under contract? Lessons from nontraditional vegetable exports from Zimbabwe
Why do small-scale producers choose to produce under contract? Lessons from nontraditional vegetable exports from Zimbabwe
Strategic use of private standards to enhance international competitiveness
Do Fresh Produce Exporters in Sub-Saharan Africa Benefit from GlobalGAP Certification
Private food safety and quality standards for fresh produce exporters
Disrupting an imposed racial identity or performing the model minority? The pursuit of postsecondary education by young African immigrant men in Southern Ontario, Canada
This article examines how young African immigrant men in Southern Ontario cope with the dominant racial identity at school in an effort to improve their academic performance and access postsecondary education (PSE). Critical race theory in education is employed to explain how the young men distance themselves from stereotypes about Black masculinity by regulating their own behaviour and differentiating themselves from their Caribbean immigrant pe…
Poverty and Physical Well-being among the Coloured Population in South Africa
We review the social construction of race and the experience of relative poverty and ill-health among South Africa's Coloured population. We argue that childhood deprivation among Coloureds and race-based inequality in physical well-being, which is still visible today, began at least as early as the 1870s. The historical literature points to differences in morbidity and mortality between Whites and Coloureds before World War Two. New evidence fro…
The Financial Performance of Non-farm Microenterprises in Ghana
Great Expectations
Rethinking localization--a low-income country perspective
There are few studies that consider the localization/relocalization of food systems in low-income countries and how the social, cultural and economic dynamics of these agri-food systems compare to trends observed in high-income countries. We suggest that food systems in Ghana are localized by necessity when compared to relocalized food systems observed in high-income countries that have emerged in response to global agri-food industrialization. F…
Private food safety and quality standards for fresh produce exporters
Strategic use of private standards to enhance international competitiveness
Why do small-scale producers choose to produce under contract? Lessons from nontraditional vegetable exports from Zimbabwe
The Financial Performance of Non-farm Microenterprises in Ghana
Rethinking localization--a low-income country perspective
There are few studies that consider the localization/relocalization of food systems in low-income countries and how the social, cultural and economic dynamics of these agri-food systems compare to trends observed in high-income countries. We suggest that food systems in Ghana are localized by necessity when compared to relocalized food systems observed in high-income countries that have emerged in response to global agri-food industrialization. F…
Do Fresh Produce Exporters in Sub-Saharan Africa Benefit from GlobalGAP Certification
Poverty and Physical Well-being among the Coloured Population in South Africa
We review the social construction of race and the experience of relative poverty and ill-health among South Africa's Coloured population. We argue that childhood deprivation among Coloureds and race-based inequality in physical well-being, which is still visible today, began at least as early as the 1870s. The historical literature points to differences in morbidity and mortality between Whites and Coloureds before World War Two. New evidence fro…
The effect of employee loyalty on wages
Disrupting an imposed racial identity or performing the model minority? The pursuit of postsecondary education by young African immigrant men in Southern Ontario, Canada
This article examines how young African immigrant men in Southern Ontario cope with the dominant racial identity at school in an effort to improve their academic performance and access postsecondary education (PSE). Critical race theory in education is employed to explain how the young men distance themselves from stereotypes about Black masculinity by regulating their own behaviour and differentiating themselves from their Caribbean immigrant pe…
Expanding Perspectives on Human Rights in Africa
"This book draws attention to emerging issues around the rights of minorities, marginalized groups and persons in Africa and shows that although international human rights principles have been embraced in the continent, various minority groups and marginalized persons are denied such rights through criminalization and persecution"
African Immigrant Students and Postsecondary Education in Canada
Schooling and education, in general, are perceived as a means of integrating children of new immigrants into Canadian society and preparing young immigrants for their future careers. High school education and the subjects taken prepare these young immigrants for postsecondary education and entry into the labour market. However, these newcomer students, particularly those of African origin, are discouraged by systemic structures from pursuing scho…
Great Expectations
“Sometimes We Struggle, Sometimes We Push Back
This qualitative article focuses on the high school experiences and post-secondary education (PSE) plans of 57 youth with refugee backgrounds from the Horn of Africa living in Ontario. The article is guided by two conceptual frameworks. The first is an anti-oppressive approach, which helps us examine the structural barriers at school that prevent, impede, and discourage the youth from successfully transitioning to PSE. We then use Yosso’s (2005) …
Weathering the Storm
This paper focuses on the experiences of ten women in Canada with refugee backgrounds from the Horn of Africa as they helped their adolescent children (ages 12-18) navigate the challenges of at-home online learning during the global COVID-19 pandemic. We situate our analysis within specific aspects of Yosso's (2005) Community Cultural Wealth framework to demonstrate that, while the women's efforts were hampered by online learning technologies, th…
Building the self-efficacy and agency of African mothers with refugee backgrounds to engage with their children’s Canadian schools
Introduction This paper examines how leading and participating in a school engagement pilot program impacted the perceived parental self-efficacy and agency of a group of mothers with refugee backgrounds from the Horn of Africa who were resettled in Canada. The pilot “Brighter Futures” created opportunities for mothers with adolescent children to meet with school principals during the 2023–2024 school year. Methods Our community-engaged research …
Economics (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Agriculture (4 works) · Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact (4 works) · Marketing (4 works) · Agricultural economics (3 works)