Community engagement

Scholarship in community.

Equity-oriented research is a community practice for me. It is shaped by years of classroom teaching in Ghana, by collaborative work alongside Black and racialized students in Canada, and by writing about peacebuilding in places I grew up in. This page is a short note on that orientation.

What community-engaged means here

Three commitments

A working description rather than a final list — these are the threads that show up across the research, the teaching, and the consulting.

01

Justice-oriented assessment

Free workshops, public-domain frameworks, and practitioner toolkits for educators serving diverse learners.

02

Strengthening African educational systems

Advisory contributions on equitable assessment reform, large-scale frameworks, and teacher development across the continent.

03

Mentorship for first-generation scholars

Application coaching, supervision pre-meetings, and one-to-one writing feedback for emerging Black and African scholars.

04

Community partnership with school boards

Embedded equity reviews, workshop series for educators, and translation of research into practice in Ontario classrooms.

More coming soon

A fuller record of community partnerships is in the works.

I am putting together a clearer account of community-based collaborations, school-board engagements, and student-facing initiatives connected to this research. If you'd like to be notified when it lands — or to suggest a partnership — please get in touch.

Get in touch

Community-engaged
collaboration.

Schools, community organisations, and equity-focused programmes — I'm happy to talk through what might be possible together.

david.baidooanu@ontariotechu.ca 905.721.8668

Charles Hall Downtown Oshawa · Oshawa, ON