My Past Work
Workshops, Lectures & Trainings
March 2025 Community Conversation: Sense of Belonging of Immigrant Youth Presented at the Black Youth Helpline, Toronto Ontario
February 2025 Team Building Session co- facilitated at the NS Brotherhood & Sisterhood Initiative, Nova Scotia Health
March 2024 Revisiting foundations for Trafficking support: Insight from West Africa. Panelist at the Dalhousie University, Diversity and Equity Committee, Halifax
October 2023 Trauma informed workplace. co- facilitated at the Community Justice Society, Nova Scotia
June 2023 Trauma-informed practices. co- presented at the Public Service Commission, Government of Nova Scotia.
February 2023 Comprehensive social policies – impact of immigration policies on immigrant employment, delivered at the Department of Political and North American studies, Wilfred Laurier University, Ontario
February 2023 Community Research - Needs Assessment delivered to BSW students at the department of Social Work, Dalhousie University, Halifax. NS
September 2022 Sense of Belonging of immigrant youth in Nova Scotia. Presented to Nova Scotia College of Social Worker members. Halifax, NS.
October 2021 Immigrant Employment & Belonging presented at Metropolis Institute Conference. Ontario.
Publications & Writings
Ann Divine & Temitope Abiagom (2024) Trauma in the Workplace: Building a Resilient Culture. Trauma in the Workplace: Building a Resilient Culture – Ashanti Leadership & PDS
Bryan, C. & Abiagom, T. (2024). Eniwanderungspolitik, Arbeitsmarketintegration und die Grezender Canadian Experience (Immigration policy, labor market integration and the boundaries of the Canadian). In (A-L. Carstensen, P. Birke, N. Huke & L. Riednew (Eds.), Geteilite Arbeitswelten: Konflikte um Migration und Arbeit (Divided working worlds: Conflicts about migration and work) (pp. 80-99). Weinhein: Beltz Juventa.
Bryan, C. & Abiagom, T. (2023) “Canadian Experience” and labour market exclusion in Nova Scotia. CCPA-Monitor-Mar-Apr-2023-WEB-1.pdf
Abiagom, T. (2022) Employment, Precarity and Sense of Belonging of Immigrant Youth https://dalspace.library.dal.ca/items/dcc6e918-3306-49a8-a42e-411417a13a34
Abiagom, T. (2020, Oct 25) CERIC- Career Wise The importance of workplace belonging for immigrant youth
Abiagom, T. (2019, Nov 23) Youth Employability Program: Evaluation Research Developing Skills, Building Relationships: The Social and Employment Outcomes of ISANS’ Immigrant Youth Employability Program – CYRRC
Organizational Development
2025 – Stakeholder engagement / strategic planning with Techsploration (young women in STEM)
2021 – 2024 Multiple R& D projects, including community needs assessment childcare for children with disability, gender- based violence and housing at YWCA
Halifax:
-
Evaluation project: ISANS Immigrant Youth Employability Program
-
Evaluation project: ISANS Youth Life Skills Program
2020 - Immigrant Parents Network (Program development & Planning) Home | Immigrant Parents Network Association
2014-2018: Helping Hands Project, Lagos (program development & Planning) https://www.facebook.com/share/19Yy6ZAvXE/
In the Media
2024, May 01: This article by CBC was written after they interviewed me about the proposed inclusive childcare centre in Nova Scotia YWCA Halifax left hanging after pitch to build inclusive child-care centre | CBC News
2023, February 17: A video interview with Global News during the African Heritage Month to share the community impact of Immigrant Parents Network My East Coast Experience African Heritage Month: Temitope Abiagom | Watch News Videos Online