We are a group of social scientists, social workers, community builders, and service providers who seek to understand and find actionable solutions to issues of systemic racism facing racialized individuals living in Edmonton today.
The Drs. Four (Dhungel, Gateri, Intungane, and Long) met at MacEwan Research's inaugural grant writing workshop in 2019. Having discovered their similar interests, they decided to join forces and bring Social Work, Economics, and Anthropological expertise to the issue of systemic barriers facing racialized individuals living in Edmonton, AB, CA.
Dr. Rita Dhungel
Social Work
Dr. Hellen Gateri
Social Work
Dr. Doriane Intungane
Economics
Dr. Jennifer Long
Anthropology
Drs. Dhungel and Gateri work together in MacEwan's Social Work Department and work hard building strong community connections. Dr. Dhungel is an expert in participatory action research and Dr. Gateri's work holds a strong focus on policy analyses.
Drs. Intungane and Long work together in MacEwan's Anthropology, Economics & Political Science Department and flex their qualitative and quantitative research muscles in community-based research contexts. Dr. Intungane’s research interests are in Macroeconomics and Economic Development. Her current research focuses on quantitative analysis of macroeconomic policies at the international level. Dr. Long's work in design and applied anthropology explores immigrant settlement and integration since her postdoctorate at Western's Centre for Research on Migration and Ethnic Relations.
To find out more about our community partners, the City of Edmonton's Community Social Workers, check out their website here link.