Abstract
Dr. George Sefa Dei was born in Ghana and gained his initial degree from the University of Ghana Legon. In 1979, he came to Canada to complete a masters degree at McMaster University and a doctorate at the University of Toronto. Following a post- doctorate at the University of Windsor, he returned in 1991 to the University of Toronto to take up a position at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE).
Currently Full Professor and Associate Chair of Department of Sociology and Equity Studies, Dr. Dei is also the Head of the Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies at OISE. His teaching and research interests range from Anti-Racism Studies and Indigenous Knowledge, through Development Education to International Development.
A prolific researcher and writer, in 1995 Dr. Dei completed a three-year study examining the experiences of Black/African Canadian students in the Ontario Public School system. This research became the core of the co-authored book Reconstructing `Drop-Out': A Critical Ethnography of the Dynamics of Black Students' Disengagement from School (1997).