My Past Work
Workshops, Lectures & Trainings
March 2025 Community Conversation: Sense of Belonging of Immigrant Youth Presented at the Black Youth Helpline, Toronto Ontario
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February 2025 Team Building Session co- facilitated at the NS Brotherhood & Sisterhood Initiative, Nova Scotia Health
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March 2024 Revisiting foundations for Trafficking support: Insight from West Africa. Panelist at the Dalhousie University, Diversity and Equity Committee, Halifax
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October 2023 Trauma informed workplace. co- facilitated at the Community Justice Society, Nova Scotia
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June 2023 Trauma-informed practices. co- presented at the Public Service Commission, Government of Nova Scotia.
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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
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February 2023 Community Research - Needs Assessment delivered to BSW students at the department of Social Work, Dalhousie University, Halifax. NS
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September 2022 Sense of Belonging of immigrant youth in Nova Scotia. Presented to Nova Scotia College of Social Worker members. Halifax, NS.
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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
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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.
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Bryan, C. & Abiagom, T. (2023) “Canadian Experience” and labour market exclusion in Nova Scotia. CCPA-Monitor-Mar-Apr-2023-WEB-1.pdf
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Abiagom, T. (2022) Employment, Precarity and Sense of Belonging of Immigrant Youth https://dalspace.library.dal.ca/items/dcc6e918-3306-49a8-a42e-411417a13a34
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Abiagom, T. (2020, Oct 25) CERIC- Career Wise The importance of workplace belonging for immigrant youth
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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
Research & Development
2025 – Stakeholder engagement / strategic planning with Techsploration (young women in STEM)
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2021 – 2024 Multiple R& D projects, including community needs assessment childcare for children with disability, gender- based violence and housing at YWCA
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Halifax:
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Evaluation project: ISANS Immigrant Youth Employability Program
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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
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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