Urban African Canadians: A Qualitative Study of Serious Legal Problems in Quebec

Research Team Bios

Dr. Dona Roy has been working for the psychological well-being of children and their families for over 13 years. She holds a PhD in clinical and research psychology from the University of Quebec (Montreal) and is a board-certified behaviour analyst. In addition to various research collaborations, she has worked in both Canada and in Haiti, offering psychological support to children of diverse backgrounds dealing with various challenges.

Désirée Rochat is a community educator and a PhD candidate in the Department of Integrated Studies at McGill University. Through independent research, she develops collaborative projects and pedagogical programs and material for the community sector. She is also involved in various initiatives for the preservation of archives of Black community organizations.

Méshama Eyob-Austin is a social science student at Dawson College with a concentration in psychology. She has also been published in Black Writers Matter (2019), edited by Whitney French.

David Austin is a former youth worker/community organizer and the author of Fear of a Black Nation: Race, Sex, and Security in Sixties Montreal and Dread Poetry and Freedom: Linton Kwesi Johnson and the Unfinished Revolution. He teaches in the Humanities, Philosophy, and Religion Department at John Abbott College and the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada.