This research will focus on the ACMP program, which delivers informal mentorship among secondary and post-secondary Afro-Caribbean Black (ACB) students (ages 16-29). The study seeks participants involved in ACMP programming in Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, and the Caribbean. The study is designed in a way to understand the social and educational experiences of English-speaking Afro-Caribbean Black (ACB) youth and their participation in the ACMP programs. This study aims to understand how the ACMP fosters safe social spaces for learning through mentor-driven, youth-centred, anti-racist, anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, culturally safe, and gender-supportive ways for students. The study will support the ACMP’s educational success of ACB students who are inspired to cultivate the tools and skills necessary to navigate and address the potential impacts of racialized inequities experienced in secondary and post-secondary settings. The study contributes to restorative a community of practice and producing and disseminating knowledge about ACB student experience.
Dr. Clarke is the founder of the ACMP and is conducting this research to understand and make sense of ACMP workshop participants’ experiences utilizing the ACMP. Please know you are not being forced to participate in this study. The purpose of the study is to understand how effective the ACMP initiative is for participants who volunteer to attend the organization’s workshops.
This study involves one 60-minute interview or focus group session, which will take place in a mutually convenient and safe location. The University of Manitoba’s Zoom technologies are an option for facilitating interviews. With your consent, interviews will be audio-recorded. Once the recording has been transcribed, the audio recording will be destroyed.
While this project does involve some professional and emotional risks, care will be taken to protect your identity. This will be done by keeping all responses confidential.
You will have the right to end your participation in the study at any time, for any reason, up until January 25th 2026. If you choose to withdraw, all the information you have provided will be destroyed.
All research data, including audio recordings and any notes, will be encrypted. Any hard copies of data (including any handwritten notes or USB keys) will be kept in a locked cabinet at the home of the researcher. Research data will only be accessible by the researcher.
The ethics protocol for this project was reviewed by the University of Manitoba Research Ethics Board, which provided clearance to carry out the research. (Clearance expires on: November 12th, 2025.)
This research has been approved by the Research Ethics Board at the University of Manitoba, Fort Garry campus. If you have any concerns or complaints about this project, you may contact any of the above-named persons or the Human Ethics Officer at 204-474-7122 or HumanEthics@umanitoba.ca..
If you would like to participate in this research project, or have any questions, please contact me at 873-353-1493 or email at warren.clarke@umanitoba.ca.