Jordanne Amos, PhD Candidate

Jordanne Amos is PhD/doctoral Candidate at the University of Toronto who is passionate about engaging in anti-oppressive, trauma informed social work practice for the purpose of advocating for marginalized communities in Canada.

With a Bachelor of Science Degree in Neuroscience and Mental Health and a Masters Degree in Social Work from the University of Toronto, Jordanne brings a multifaceted professional experience. Jordanne is a Certified Indigenous Cultural Competence Facilitator and holds a Certificate in Indigenous Studies from the University of Alberta.

Jordanne has had the opportunity to engage in several academic research studies. As a Research Assistant for The Black Experience Research Project study by Environics Research, Jordanne had an opportunity to support a research study that sought to document the lived experiences of Black people living in the Greater Toronto Area. Jordanne also worked as a Research Associate for YouthRex – a research and evaluation project based at York University’s School of Social Work that was created to provide research evidence evaluation tools that examined the lives of marginalized youth in Ontario. Jordanne has also had the opportunity to work as a Research Assistant for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) on several research projects.

Jordanne has had previous clinical social work experience working in the Greater Toronto Area as a Social Worker for the ICU and Acute Medical Unit for Lakeridge Health Hospital, as a Crisis Intervention Counsellor for Herizon House (a domestic violence shelter for women and children) and as a Clinical Social Worker at CAMH for the The Substance Abuse Program for African Canadian and Caribbean Youth. She also has over four years experience working alongside the Inuit community in Nunavut as a Child Protection Worker and Family Violence Project Officer for the Department of Family Services and also as a Correctional Caseworker for the Department of Justice. She also supported the Government of Nunavut’s public health response effort to the COVID 19 virus as the COVID19 Isolation Hub Project Manager for Qikiqtaaluk Corporation (an Inuit development corporation focused on improving the economic wellbeing of the Nunavut community).

Jordanne hopes to use her doctoral studies to advance research that will document and highlight how sociopolitical factors have influenced anti-black and anti-indigenous racism in Canada.