SCHOLARLY CONTRIBUTIONS
Peer Reviewed Publications
Deanna Yerichuk, & Fanis Juma. (2021). Awakened to Racial Justice: Music Educator Responses to The Gahu Project. Canadian Music Educator, 63(1)
Academic Presentations
Oba & Juma (2017) Demystifying Blackness: An experiment in Community Academic Immersion, C2U Conference, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, May1-5, 2017
Juma, Oba, Connolly, Hill & Yerichuk (2020) Exploring Racial Justice Through Music – The Gahu Project at the International Centre for Community Music, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 10, 2020. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGQasB1iFss)
Juma, Oba, Connolly, Hill & Yerichuk (2020) Community through Gahu: Exploring Racial Justice Through Dialogue and participatory West African Music at the Society for Ethnomusicology, International Society for Music Education, Helsinki, Finland.
Recent Community Presentations
Juma, (2019). Panelist. Canada’s International Climate Responsibilities: Our Role in Madrid Panel, Balsillie School of International Affairs’ (BSIA) “Decolonisation, Indigenous Peoples and the Globe” research cluster, UW’s department of Political Science, and the Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change (IC3) at UW, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, February 23, 2019. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfqWM7XEKFI)
Juma, (2018). Panelist. UN Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Racial Discrimination Forum Panel, Kitchener Public Library, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, March 22, 2018. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mxRtkAQu5w)
Juma, (2018). Panelist. Education Not Incarceration Panel with El Jones as Keynote Speaker, Get Organized: Tools for Resisting Racism and White Supremacy, WPIRG, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, January 28, 2018.
Juma, (2018). Panelist. Unsettling the Commons – Book Launch Panel, St Paul’s University College, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, February 6, 2018.
Juma, (2017). Speaker, Panelist. Policing Black Lives – Book Launch with Robyn Maynard as Keynote Speaker, Renison University College, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, October 19, 2017.
Juma, (2016). Speaker. Promoting Local Food at Laurier: A Dialogue with Toronto’s Food Justice Advocate, Anan Lololi, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada, March 24, 2016.
Region of Waterloo (2021). Docuseries Interviewee. Justice in a Changing Climate, Region of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, December 23, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKZfr3lwesA
Region of Waterloo (2021). Docuseries Interviewee. Community Gardening in a Changing Climate, Region of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, December 23, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WNY98nY-9I
Region of Waterloo (2021). Docuseries Interviewee. Time for Action, Region of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, December 23, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnRv_JuR8hQ
SAMPLE OF MEDIA PUBLICATIONS & REPORTS
Piscitelli, A., Hutchison, J., Juma-Radstake, F., Mitchell, T., & Schacht, E. (2010). The missing pieces: An assessment of service gaps and assets for offenders and victims of interpersonal violence in Waterloo Region, Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council, Report, https://preventingcrime.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2010-TheMissingPieces.pdf
Juma-Radstake, F. (2011). Who Decides: Supporting community-led grassroots solutions to youth violence, Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council, Article, http://preventingcrime.ca/2012/08/03/who-decides-supporting-community-led-grassroots-solutions-to-youth-violence/
Davis, B. (2011) Planting seeds of community, The Record, Article, June 1, 2011. https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2011/05/31/planting-seeds-of-community.html
Vrbanac, B. (2013) Young City Growers, Waterloo Chronicle, Article, June 18, 2013. https://www.waterloochronicle.ca/community-story/5892107-young-city-growers/
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Release (2016) Laurier and Young City Growers Micro Urban Farm provides much more than a food source, Laurier, Article, https://students.wlu.ca/student-life/sustainability/news/2016/summer/laurier-and-young-city-growers-micro-urban-farm-provides-much-more-than-a-food-source.html
Ames, L. (2017). Young City Growers: Practices in Stakeholder Engagement as an Emerging Urban Food Project, FLEDGE, Article, https://fledgeresearch.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/case-study-young-city-growers.pdf
CBC News (2019). High School students tackle racial justice through song and dance, May 6, 2019, CBC News, Article, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/gahu-project-west-african-music-racial-justice-and-music-project-kitchener-1.5124246
Wilfrid Laurier University Press (2019). Public invited to weekend events offered by The Gahu Project, May 2, 2019, Laurier, Article, https://www.wlu.ca/academics/faculties/faculty-of-music/news/2019/winter/public-invited-to-weekend-of-events-offered-by-the-gahu-project.html
Hill, V. (2019) Expanding the world of music into Waterloo Region High Schools, May 1, 2019, The Record, Article, https://www.therecord.com/entertainment/2019/05/01/expanding-the-world-of-music-in-waterloo-region-high-schools.html
Severin, K. (2020). ACWI provides mental health support for Black and Indigenous communities, Community Edition, Article, July 23, 2020, https://communityedition.ca/the-acwi-provides-mental-health-support-for-black-and-indigenous-communities/
Michelis, J. (2021). Meet the latest recipients of the Bell Let’s Talk diversity fund, January 20, 2021, Bloomberg, Article, https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2021-01-20/meet-the-latest-recipients-of-the-bell-let-s-talk-diversity-fund