Dr. Marie-Jolie (MJ) Rwigema, Applied Human Sciences

Assistant Professor, Applied Human Sciences

Status: Assistant Professor

Research areas: mental health; critical race; Black feminism; LGBTQ+ communities; Black community mental health; trauma, resistance and recovery; anti-Black racism; anti-racism; intersectionality; anti-colonialism; genocide studies; youth and social work;counselling

Contact information

Email:

mariejolie.rwigema@concordia.ca

Teaching activities

AHSC 311- Respecting Diversity in Human Relations

AHSC 525- Individual and Group Intervention with Youth

AHSC 698- Master's Project Seminar

Research activities

Co-Director, SSHRC Race Gender Diversity Initiative grant Community-Centered Knowledges: Fostering Black Wellness in MontrealPrincipal Investigator, SSHRC Connection Grant, Resisting white supremacist violence against Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities

Publications

Fortier, C., Penak, N., Wong, E., Rwigema, MJ, (Eds.) (2023) Social Work Abolition// Abolition Social Work. Toronto: Between the Lines.

Rwigema, MJ (2023) Experts in the suffering of others? Race, knowledge production and the Rwandan Genocide. In S. Wolfe, M. Kane & T. Ansah (Eds.) In the Shadow of Genocide: Justice, Memory and Transformation within Rwanda.

Wong, E., Rwigema, MJ., Penak, N., Fortier, C. (2022) Abolishing carceral social work. In BTL Collective (Eds.) Defund the Police: On Abolition and Racism in Canada. Toronto: Between the Lines.