Speaker Background: Dr. Josephine Naidoo

Location: Waterloo, Ontario CANADA
Profession: Psychologist (Social/Cross-Cultural)
Title: Dr./Professor (Emerita, 1997)

Speaking topics:
Multicultural issues, race relations, prejudice & discrimination, psychology of oppression, women of non-western origins, settlement and adaptation of minorities, Canadian social issues, multicultural education in Canadian universities & colleges, human rights & citizenship education, collectivist-individualistic values, African/Asian indigenous psychology, experiental learning, action-oriented psychology, and innovative teaching of social and cross-cultural psychology.

Available for: any type of formal or informal speaking engagement and media interviews.
Willing to speak anywhere in Ontario, Canada, internationally.

Professional affiliations:
International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP) member, 1991-present, Secretary-General, 1994-96.
Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) 1972-present.
Learned Societies: Canadian Asian & African Studies.

Community affiliations: (selected - 13 listed in C.V., 1970-1997))
Membership and/or official positions in community organizations cover race relations, refugee settlement, immigrant women, human rights, minority health and multicultural issues. Example: Member, Ontario Multicultural Assn. (OMAMO), 1985-; Board of Directors, 1988 & Executive of Board, 1989; Membership chair, 1990-92; Vice-President, 1992-93.

Past speaking engagements:
Seventy-four recorded in C.V. Recent examples include:

2000 Cross-cultural psychology in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2000: Linkage, collaboration, inclusion, across continents. XV International Congress of the International Assn. for Cross-Cultural Psychology(IACCP), Pultusk, Poland, July 16-21, 2000. (Conversation Hour)
1997 The dynamics of acculturation and integration attitudes among African and Indian university students in South Africa. Third Annual Congress of the Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA), Durban, South Africa, September 10-13, 1997. (Paper)
1998 Challenging Euro-American centred psychology: The voices of African psychologists. International Assn. for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A. August 3-8, 1998. (Paper)
University and Community presentations, seminars, workshops, panels, keynote addresses between the 1970s and 1990s. Recent titles include:
1995 Asian Indians in Canada: Cultural identity and the arranged marriage. Conference on South Asian Popular Culture, Centre for Asian Pacific Initiatives, University of Victoria, B.C., April 22-24. (Presenter/Discussant)
1994 Asian Indians in South Africa: Contribution to the struggle for human/equality rights. Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO), Montreal, Quebec, September 2-3, 1994. (Invited Presentation/Discussant)
1991 A working conference: Remedies for racism and sexism in colleges and universities. Sponsored by the Ontario Anti-Racist Secretariat, Ministry of Citizenship, London, Ontario, May 29-June1, 1991. (Invited Facilitator)

Other events organized:
Over the years, involved in the organization of many fund-raising events for local advocacy groups (e.g., food bank, women’s shelters), health facilities (e.g., Grand River Hospital Cancer Centre, cancer support groups), overseas assistance (e.g., India earthquake relief, books & supplies for University of Havana, Cuba), and informal educational multicultural gatherings in my home.

Resources produced:
From 1997-1980 25 refereed journal & book chapters
1987-1980 11 refereed conference & edited conference proceedings
1997-1980 16 manuscripts & conference abstracts
1992-1977 8 government documents & reports
1997-1977 13 book reviews & non-refereed articles
1995-1978 26 invited media presentations & newspaper reports mainly by local press

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