Jennifer Chinenye Emelife, a PhD candidate and Research Assistant at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, studies critical literacy education for youth with histories of violent conflict and displacement and works in the Addressing Injustices and the Constructive Conflict Pedagogies projects.
She has written curriculum materials for critical teaching of literature in West African secondary schools and is a finalist for the British Council ELTons Award for Innovation in English Language Teaching.
Jennifer is an Associate Researcher with the UNESCO Centre and recipient of the UK Chevening Scholarship, DKG World Fellowship, PEO International Peace Scholarship, and African Women Development Fund awards.
In 2024, she was named a McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation Academic Enrichment Grant recipient for her project, 'Literacy amidst Violent Conflict', which equips Nigerian students and teachers in violent contexts with critical literacy skills to challenge and act upon the injustices in their communities.