Priscilla Boakye

Dr. Priscilla Boakye is an Assistant Professor in the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing at Toronto Metropolitan University. She obtained her PhD in nursing from the University of Toronto in 2020, where her doctoral work examined the social-moral dimension of midwifery practice in Ghana. She previously taught in Ghana and led a midwifery and pediatric nursing curriculum development program under the Netherlands Initiative for Capacity Building in Higher Education. Before joining Toronto Metropolitan University, she worked as a public health nurse-immunizer under the Region of Peel COVID-19 mass immunization program.

Her current research focuses on the impact of systemic injustice on the aspirations of mothers from vulnerable populations. Guided by principles of health equity, intersectionality, anti-Black racism, and social and reproductive justice, she is committed to working with Black communities to co-create Afrocentric, equity-driven, and culturally responsive programs that promote health and well-being, strengthen protective factors, and enhance the critical resilience of Black families.

Her areas of research include maternal mental health, maternal health, anti-Black racism, women’s health, transition to motherhood, infertility, pregnancy loss, and menopause. She is currently leading three research programs on promoting maternal mental health and the well-being of Black women and mothers with support from CIHR and SSHRC.

Dr. Boakye recognizes the ways historical, systemic, and structural conditions shape teaching and learning environments and their impact on learners’ experiences. She works with students to challenge dominant worldviews shaping nursing education and healthcare practice, while supervising and mentoring undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral students in building their capacity as future scholars.