Student Involvement
The Tshepo Institute aims to empower and inform students, especially racialized students, to connect with their immediate communities, and engage in global research initiatives and debates. In addition, we seek to nurture the development of future generations of scholars and researchers through hands-on learning experiences that enhance students’ research skills and knowledge and cultivate critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving abilities.
Laurier Undergraduate Student Interns
Research Assistants
- Aastha Punj
- Graeme Georges
Black Brilliance Event Assistants
- Sariah Seon
- Diane Oyedeji
- Audrey Iteka
- Stephanie Kiggundu
- Paige Mignotte
- Leshelle Tate
- Kiara Murray
- Laila Nasir
- Miriam Obaseki
- Ayomide Aro
- Ayub Faarah
- Debbie Akhigbe
- Jadel Barnwell
- Blessed Olisekodiaka
- Henry Ukweh
- Omer Elyas
- Eyasu Ayele
- Mya Salawu
- Sarah Denny
- Miruelle Mpiana
- Alicia Tatham
- Nia Bailey
- Afua Ntim-Frimpong
Summer 2024 Event Assistants
- Kezia Itaman
- Ayub Faarah
- Ayomide Aro
- Alicia Tatham
- Debbie Akhigbe
Research Assistants
- Olorunfemi Obedengbe
- Natasha Khawaja
- Nabil Kohistani
- Isaac Beckford
- Gilene Graham
- Diana Odunze
Black Brilliance presenters
- Jaycelle Scott
- Adonijah Mitchell
- John Ogunsanya
- Sarah Denny
Black Brilliance Event Assistants
- Priscilla Youkhana
- Olivia Bisasor
- Audrey Iteka
- Sariah Seon
- Eugene Anek
- Olu Oladejo
- Diane Oyedeji
- Simileoluwa Adenuga
- Sabrina John
- Sope Duyile
- Morin Salami
- Jordan Prentice
- Kaliah Patrick-Ruglass
- Jesulayomi Ojutalayo
- Veda Bhavnani
- Jyanessa Sealy
- Chisanem Nsitem
- Aseel Adeinat
- Daniela gooding Carrillo
- Achintaya Chhabra
- Eni Taiwo
Research Assistants
- Sarah Allen
Event Assistants
- Neala Hayratiyan
- Noah Hryniuk
- Rosemarie Forsberg
Research Assistants
- Sarah Allen
Research Assistants
- Amira Springer
- Sara Mathov-Olszewicki
Research Assistants
- Averi Augier
- Devan Shah
- Kimberly Geronimo
Event Assistants
- Chelsea Gordon
- Samantha Burton
- Rebekah Joy Doughty
- Isaac Liam King
- Karen Natasha Pereira Arevalo
- Nikita Nileshwar
- Rachael Bull
- Kelly Middaugh
- Natalie Tzianas Al-Ahmar
Research Assistants
- Shelby Edwards
- Tala Rida
- Stephanie Fajardo
- Clarissa Lopez
- Kimberly Geronimo
Event Assistants
- Mikayla Peach
- Kourtney Reich
- Cassandra Voets
- Susanna Song
- Abigail Myles
- Payton Butler
- Emily charron
- Mathuraa Puwaneshwaran
- Keir Thompson
- Jessica Rafacz
Research Assistants
- Ashley Robertson
- Doris Bara
- Laura Grozo
Event Assistants
- Amber Leigh Kinzie
- Michelle Sukoluhle Ndlovu
- Shayla Elizabeth Hueser
- Maegan Margitta Untch
- Rachel Marie Pearsell
- Sabreana Amber Bradshaw
- Austin Jacob Fowler
- Gabrielle Judith Desjarlais
- Ayak Paul
- Yitha Wel
- Brittany Ann Bennett
- Brittany Marie Doerbecker
- Dammee Jacob Sero
- Lee Taylor Barich
- Shannen Gitte Maili-Mcaleer
- Sinthu Vimaladasan
- Petronella Munemo