We are delighted to congratulate Blessing Ugochi Ojembe-Echeme Ph.D, MSW, RSW (University of Manitoba) on receiving a 2025 SSHRC Insight Development Grant! Her project—“Exploring Preferences and Strategies to increase the Utilization of Adult Day Programs and Senior Community Centres by Black Older Adults in Manitoba.”— her project aims to explore ways to improve the utilization […]

Proud to share Dr. Blessing Ojembe work examining how racialized older adults (ROAs) in Canada experience and express social isolation and loneliness. Using critical discourse analysis and critical race theory, I explored the language used by ROAs when discussing their LSI experiences. The findings call for more nuanced, culturally responsive approaches to support thriving later-life

Loneliness, Family Devotion, Care Provision, and Gendered Façades Among Black Older Adults in Canada: A Narrative Qualitative Study – Blessing Ugochi Ojembe, Oluwagbemiga Oyinlola, Michael Kalu, Emmanuel Eugene, Ann Aninma, 2025 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01640275251357848

Researchers from University of Manitoba and York University are looking for volunteers who identify as Black, aged 55 years and above who have lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba or anywhere in Canada for at least six months, their families of Black older adults and those who work with Black community organizations located in Winnipeg for at