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Chizuru Nobe-Ghelani is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Toronto Metropolitan University. A racialized migrant settler originally from rural Japan, her scholarship and pedagogy are informed by her extensive social work practice in health and wellbeing for marginalized communities both locally and internationally. Her research is centered on the politics and policies impacting migrant communities, particularly focusing on colonial racial politics regarding Canadian citizenship, immigration, and refugee citizenship policies. Chizuru is passionate about community-engaged research and is actively involved with organizations like the National Newcomer Collective for Truth and Reconciliation and the Siinqee Institute. Her emerging area of scholarship includes earth-based healing, exploring its implications at both individual and community ecological levels. Guided by her cultural and spiritual upbringings, she integrates grassroots animism passed down from her Baachan (grandmother), believing in forming deeper connections with the more-than-human world. Chizuru is also a registered social worker and a certified forest therapy guide trained in horticultural therapy.
Department of Chemical Engineering