Dr. Patience Adamu, PhD, is a social scientist - committed to thinking through the biggest social problems we face today.

 

Race

Patience is always concerned about race and how it forms the foundation of many modern-day relationships. Racialization impacts immigration, employment, interpersonal romantic connections… EVERYTHING

Patience co-authored, Racialized leaders leading Canadian universities (2021), published in Educational Management Administration & Leadership where she discusses how few racialized leaders exist among the ranks of 300+ leaders across Canada.

Gender

Patience is also interested in how women exist as a group that cuts across races. She is fascinated by how different women’s experiences are even when it is taken for granted that their experiences will be similar to men.

As a real-world problem solver, Patience has been called upon by community organizations to coordinate research efforts serving to marry research on race and gender. Patience was the lead author on, FoundHers: A Market Study of Black Women Founders in Canada and recently submitted an article entitled Audience Perceptions of the Depictions of Black, Indigenous and Women of Colour on Canadian Television and in Canadian Film for publication in Critical Studies in Media Communication.

Disability

Patience is a founding director of ASE Community Foundation for Black Canadians with Disabilities. ASE is a small organization, making BIG connections.

For decades, Canada’s disability advocacy has been led by non-disabled people and by white people. Our organization is offering perspective on disability from the perspective of those who are least heard from, thus disrupting the disability community - as well as offering perspective in internalized shame that exists within the Black communities (especially Black immigrant communities).

Patience will be writing position papers to support the Research and Policy arm of ASE’s work to revolutionize the way disability is discussed in Canada.

Media

The Drip Podcast

The Drip is a podcast that provides political analysis of the happenings at all three levels of government from a Black, Millennial lens. With more than 100 episodes and 10,000 streams over 3 years, there’s something for everyone.

Episodes of Note:

Episode 97: Federal Liberal Black Caucus Reps Joins The Drip

Episode 96: Wes Hall returns to The Drip

Episode 89: Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie Joins The Drip

Episode 64: Interview with Green Party Leader Annamie Paul

Episode 49: Foundation for Black Communities Joins The Drip

Episode 46: Interview with Ontario MPP Jill Andrew