The Freire Project

My name is George Sefa Dei and I am currently Professor of Sociology and Equity Studies, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT). My teaching and research interests are in the areas of Anti-Racism, Minority Schooling, International Development, Indigenous Knowledges, and Anti-Colonial Thought. Between 1996 and 2000 I served as the first Director of the Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies at OISE/UT. For the 2007 – 2008 school year I have been a Visiting Professor at the Centre for School and Community Science and Technology Studies (SACOST), University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. In September 2007, I was Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Otto/Ijanikin, Lagos State, Nigeria]. In June 2007, I was installed as a traditional chief, specifically, as the Adumakwaahene of the town of Asokore, near Koforidua in the New Juaben Traditional Area of Ghana. My community responsibilities include helping to promote youth education in the town.