Priscilla N. Boakye
Dr. Priscilla Boakye recognizes the different ways historical, systemic, and structural conditions shape the dynamics of teaching and learning spaces and the impact that has on a learner's experience. She actively works with students by empowering them to challenge dominant worldviews shaping nursing education, healthcare practice, and the world around them; and be agents of social change and transformation. In addition to her teaching role, she supervises and mentors’ undergraduate students, masters and doctoral students in building their capacity as future scholars.
Dr. Boakye’s research is guided by principles of health equity, intersectionality, anti-Black racism, social and reproductive justice. She is committed to working with Black communities to co-create Afrocentric, equity driven, and culturally responsive programs to promote health and wellbeing, strengthen protective factors, and enhance critical resilience of Black families.
Her areas of research include maternal mental health, maternal health, anti-Black racism, women’s health, transition to motherhood, infertility, pregnancy loss and menopause. She is currently leading three research programs on promoting maternal mental health and wellbeing of Black women and mothers with support from CIHR and SSHRC.
Teaching Responsibilities
- MN 8921: Leadership in Education
- PPN 302: Promoting Perinatal and Child Health
- PPN 302: Promoting Community Health
Teaching Interests
- Global maternal and child healthcare
- Critical social justice and health equity
- Reproductive justice and rights
- Socio-political context of motherhood
- Community health
- Anti-Black racism
- Critical qualitative research
- Health promotion
Project |
Role |
Funding Information |
Exploring Black Mothers Transition to Motherhood in the First year Following Childbirth (2024-26) |
Principal Investigator: Boakye P. Co-Applicants: Prendergast N., Bailey A., Zlobin C. |
SSHRC ($70,900) |
Understanding and taking action on the risk and protective factors of maternal mental health of Black Mothers/Gestational parents (2024-25) |
Principal Investigator: Boakye P. Co-PIs: Wong J., Fung K., Co-Applicants: Yamada J., Tunde Byass M., Mitchell M., Etowa J., Clark C., Maxwell C., Etowa E., Yoon R. |
CIHR Bridging Fund, Priority Announcement ($100,000)
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Co-designing Culturally Informed Framework to Promote the Wellbeing of Black Parents with Preterm Infants (2024-25) |
Principal Investigator: Boakye P. Collaborator: Bacchini F., Canadian Premature Babies Foundation |
SSHRC Partnership Engagement Grant ($24,624) |
Identifying health research and knowledge mobilization priorities for promoting health equity in Canada’s youth (2024-25) |
Principal Investigator: Hilario C.T. Co-Applicants: Cassidy C., Boakye P., Etowa E., Foster-Boucher C., Salami B.O., Smith S., Wong J. |
CIHR Catalyst grant ($100.000) |
| Bridging Divides TRS1.3 - Restorative Storytelling: Using Community Learning for Empowerment Groups to Advance Mental Health Education and Equity with Immigrant Communities (2023-30) | Lead: Wong J. Co-Lead: Boakye P. |
Canada’s First Research Excellence Fund ($430,629) |
| HIV-Response Intergenerational Participation (HIP) Intervention Among ACB Population in Ontario, Canada (2022-24) | Principal Investigator: Etowa E. Co-PIs: Wong J., Boakye P., Antabe R. |
CIHR CBR Catalyst Grant ($100,000) |
| Introduction to anti-racism for the nursing professional (2022-23) | Principal Investigator: Prendergast N. Co-Applicants: Lapum J., Bailey A., Boakye P., Callahan S., Garmaise-Yee J., MacEachern D., Myrie Z., Pingal K., Onwudegwu A., Savicevic N., Andrew A., Barakati S., Ranieri V., Adegbola A., Awal F. |
eCampusOntario ($54,624.00) |
| Negotiating Black Mothering from the Margin: Expectations, Resistance, and Selfcare (2021-22) | Principal Investigator: Boakye P. Co-Applicants: Prendergast N., Bailey A. |
TMU Faculty of Community Services, Seed Grant ($5,262) |
| Well-cared pregnant women, new mothers and babies (2021-22) | Principal Investigator: Zanchetta M. Co-Applicants: Boakye P., St Amant O.
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Faculty of Community Services-Knowledge Mobilization Grant ($3000) |
| Anti Black Racism: Gaining Insight into the Experiences of Black Nurses within Canada's Healthcare System (2021-22) | Principal Investigator: Prendergast N. Co-Applicants: Boakye P., Bailey A. |
TMU Faculty of Community Services, Seed Grant ($5,184) |
- Dean’s Teaching Award, Toronto Metropolitan University, 2024.
- Doctoral Completion Award, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, 2020.
- Mary Kathleen King Graduate Award, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, 2017.
- Helen Maude Carpenter Graduate Award, Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, 2015.
- Dean's Scholarship, University of Toronto, Faculty of Nursing, 2015.