Janelle Joseph
Janelle Joseph is an internationally recognized and award-winning storyteller and scholar committed to disseminating knowledge about wellbeing, recreation, and equity. Dr. Joseph is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Racial Justice, Health, and Sport and is the Founder and Director of the IDEAS Research Lab, which has produced over $4.5 million in research grant funding. As an Associate Professor at Brock University situated at the intersection of Black Studies, Health Sciences, and Sport Management, Dr. Joseph’s research enables storytelling about uninhibited joy, abiding colonialism, and steadfast resistance of racialized peoples.