Assistant Professor
McMaster University, Canada
Dr. Jennifer Ma is an Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work at McMaster University and an Adjunct Professor at the Ontario College of Art and Design University. Dr. Ma’s research focuses on systemic oppression and addressing social inequalities through a critical race feminist, anti-colonial framework and multi-method approaches. Her research interests revolve around social justice work with communities that are systemically discriminated against, including Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC) communities, racialized migrants and forcibly displaced people, children and families involved with child welfare, 2SLGBTQIA+ people and the intersections among these positionalities.
Dr. Ma is a Counsellor/Therapist at an integrative health centre. Her research and practice involves addressing the trauma of BIPOC communities through a community-engaged model that connects healing and political agency. Specifically, her research is in these interrelated areas: 1) systemic discrimination towards First Nations and racialized migrants through child welfare and migration systems; and 2) community-led, anti-colonial, and anti-racist responses to systemic discrimination, including critical statistics, creative and participatory methods, nature-based approaches, and solidarity organizing among scholars, practitioners, artists, and activists.
Dr. Ma completed her Bachelors of Arts in psychology (specialized honours) at York University and her Masters of Social Work and PhD at the University of Toronto. During her doctorate, she was a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Social Work at the University of Melbourne.
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Friday, November 11, 2022
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM