Grant: Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)

The proposed project is a qualitative study exploring the nature of racism in post-secondary settings to understand how it influences health outcomes. Using case study methodology, the project will involve finalizing qualitative data collection and analysis on racism at the university of Saskatchewan. The current dataset contains 33 interviews with Black Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) students from different disciplines and at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The project will also employ an intersectionality framework to understand how different axes of social location influence how racism is experienced in the post-secondary education contexts. The project will prioritize, knowledge translation approaches and will culminate in a symposium to be attended by university leaders,students and community members to share research findings and strategize on developing solutions. This project will allow us to better understand how racism influences the wellbeing of BIPOC communities in Saskatchewan