Dr. Everton Ellis
Assistant Professor

Office: Seton 345
Phone: (902) 457-6170
Fax: (902) 457-4911
E-mail: Everton.Ellis@MSVU.ca

 

Background

Dr Everton Ellis joins Mount Saint Vincent University’s Faculty of Education as an Assistant Professor of Social Justice (Black Scholar). His research employs theories and praxis of anti-racism, postcolonialism, diversity, equity, and inclusion to explore how school leaders and education stakeholders facilitate diversity, equity, and inclusion for students in diverse school boards. Dr Ellis’ work engages Black communities, especially around social justice, culturally responsive pedagogies/teaching, and public schooling. His research interests centre on anti-racism/anti-Black racism and Black learners in educational contexts in Jamaica and Canada.

Dr Ellis’ publications appear in scholarly journals, including Gender and Education, International Students, The Canadian Review of Sociology, and Comparative and International Education. Ellis’ research has experience conducting SSHRC-funded research in educational contexts including diverse school boards in Canada’s Greater Toronto Area and Jamaica. He also has five years of experience as a certified secondary teacher in Ontario public secondary schooling working in classrooms – in the Peel District and Toronto District School Boards – the two most diverse boards in the province.

Over the past two years, Dr Ellis was the course director for the Black Education Studies in Education Studies program at the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Toronto Mississauga and a sessional instructor in the Educational Leadership and Policy Program at OISE, University of Toronto.  Additionally, he has been an adjunct faculty in the Professional Master of Education Program at Queen’s University (Ontario) for the past three years. Amongst his premiere post-PhD accomplishments, Dr Ellis has undertaken faculty-wide leadership in redressing anti-racism/anti-Black racism in educational policies and organizational contexts to advance organizational change at the University of Toronto. As a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant, Dr Ellis participated in pan-Canadian consultations and collaboratively drafted a proposal with the Black Faculty Caucus at OISE to establish the Centre for Black Studies in Education at the University of Toronto – which is in its second year of operation.

 

Education and Training

Ph.D. Higher Education – Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

M.A., Development Studies – York University, Toronto

B.Ed – York University, Toronto

BA (Hons.) Geography/Political Science – York University, Toronto

 

Professional Affiliations

  • Ontario College of Teachers
  • Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
  • Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE)

 

Selected Publications

  • Ellis, E. G. (2023). Race and neoliberalism in the labour market integration of international student graduates in Canada. Journal of International Students, 13(3), 342-361. https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v13i2.4038
  • Ellis, E. G. & Thomas, E. H. (2019). Localizing international education agendas: Boys (still) underachieving in Jamaica’s secondary education. Comparative and International Education, 48(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.5206/cie-eci.v48i1.9338
  • Ellis, E. G. (2018).  Gender complexities in Jamaican secondary education: class culture and the ‘elephant’ in the room. Gender and Education, 30(8): 1019-1031. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540253.2017.1290218
  • Ellis, E. G. (2018). A valorization of white settler nationalism? The Canadian sesquicentennial anniversary. Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, 55(1), 149-152. https://doi.org/10.1111/cars.12183