Bunmi Obateru

Cross-College Black Entrepreneurship Research Initiative, Alberta
(Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council – Community and College Social Innovation Fund)
Awarded Funding: $360,000 | Project Duration: [Insert Duration]

• Successfully conceptualized, wrote, and secured a $360,000 SSHRC-CCSIF grant for an applied research project examining the Black and immigrant entrepreneurship ecosystem in Alberta.
• Provided strategic leadership for a multidisciplinary research team, including research assistants, facilitators, and data analysts, fostering a collaborative and high-performing research environment.
• Oversaw and led the development, submission, and approval of all institutional and partner-based Research Ethics Board (REB) applications, ensuring strict adherence to ethical research protocols.
• Designed and implemented a robust mixed-methods research methodology, incorporating both qualitative and quantitative instruments to explore systemic, social, and economic factors affecting Black and immigrant entrepreneurs.
• Conducted comprehensive literature reviews to ground the project in current academic and policy-related discourse on equity, migration, and entrepreneurship.
• Directed extensive field research, including participant recruitment and community outreach, ensuring ethical engagement, informed consent, and inclusion of underrepresented voices.
• Collected, managed, and safeguarded research data with strict attention to privacy, confidentiality, and data integrity.
• Conducted thematic analysis and coding of qualitative data, and led statistical interpretation of quantitative findings to identify trends, barriers, and opportunities within the entrepreneurial landscape.
• Led all knowledge mobilization and dissemination activities, including writing technical and public-facing reports, delivering academic and community presentations, and representing the project at local and national conferences.
• Fostered institutional and community partnerships to support the sustainability of the project and enhance its impact on policy and practice.

Courses Taught:

• Microeconomics and Macroeconomics
• Business Mathematics
• Corporate Finance
• Organizational Behavior & Emotional Intelligence
• Additional applied business and economics courses as assigned

Teaching Highlights & Pedagogical Approach:

• Developed and delivered learner-centered curriculum tailored to diverse international student cohorts with varied academic, cultural, and professional backgrounds.
• Employed an inclusive, adaptive teaching philosophy focused on making complex economic and business theories relevant to students' real-life experiences and professional aspirations.
• Recognized by students for creating an interactive, dynamic, and empathetic classroom atmosphere that supported both academic excellence and personal wellbeing.

Innovations in Online Teaching:

• During the COVID-19 pandemic, designed and facilitated a highly engaging and participatory virtual learning community, achieving consistent live attendance rates of over 75%.
• Integrated interactive tools, discussion-based learning, and synchronous collaboration to replicate the intimacy of in-person learning in an online environment.
• Mentored and coached students through complex team dynamics, fostering critical soft skills such as conflict resolution, peer leadership, and collaborative problem-solving.

Ethics and Emerging Technologies in Learning:

• Created a classroom culture that prioritized academic integrity and ethical thinking, particularly in the digital age.
• Delivered specialized instruction on the responsible and creative use of Artificial Intelligence in academic and professional contexts, guiding students to engage in original thinking rather than over-relying on generative tools.

Courses Taught:

• Microeconomics and Macroeconomics
• Business Mathematics
• Corporate Finance
• Organizational Behavior & Emotional Intelligence
• Additional applied business and economics courses as assigned

Teaching Highlights & Pedagogical Approach:

• Developed and delivered learner-centered curriculum tailored to diverse international student cohorts with varied academic, cultural, and professional backgrounds.
• Employed an inclusive, adaptive teaching philosophy focused on making complex economic and business theories relevant to students' real-life experiences and professional aspirations.
• Recognized by students for creating an interactive, dynamic, and empathetic classroom atmosphere that supported both academic excellence and personal wellbeing.

Innovations in Online Teaching:

• During the COVID-19 pandemic, designed and facilitated a highly engaging and participatory virtual learning community, achieving consistent live attendance rates of over 75%.
• Integrated interactive tools, discussion-based learning, and synchronous collaboration to replicate the intimacy of in-person learning in an online environment.
• Mentored and coached students through complex team dynamics, fostering critical soft skills such as conflict resolution, peer leadership, and collaborative problem-solving.

Ethics and Emerging Technologies in Learning:

• Created a classroom culture that prioritized academic integrity and ethical thinking, particularly in the digital age.
• Delivered specialized instruction on the responsible and creative use of Artificial Intelligence in academic and professional contexts, guiding students to engage in original thinking rather than over-relying on generative tools.

Courses Taught:

• Microeconomics and Macroeconomics
• Business Mathematics
• Corporate Finance
• Organizational Behavior & Emotional Intelligence
• Additional applied business and economics courses as assigned

Teaching Highlights & Pedagogical Approach:

• Developed and delivered learner-centered curriculum tailored to diverse international student cohorts with varied academic, cultural, and professional backgrounds.
• Employed an inclusive, adaptive teaching philosophy focused on making complex economic and business theories relevant to students' real-life experiences and professional aspirations.
• Recognized by students for creating an interactive, dynamic, and empathetic classroom atmosphere that supported both academic excellence and personal wellbeing.

Innovations in Online Teaching:

• During the COVID-19 pandemic, designed and facilitated a highly engaging and participatory virtual learning community, achieving consistent live attendance rates of over 75%.
• Integrated interactive tools, discussion-based learning, and synchronous collaboration to replicate the intimacy of in-person learning in an online environment.
• Mentored and coached students through complex team dynamics, fostering critical soft skills such as conflict resolution, peer leadership, and collaborative problem-solving.

Ethics and Emerging Technologies in Learning:

• Created a classroom culture that prioritized academic integrity and ethical thinking, particularly in the digital age.
• Delivered specialized instruction on the responsible and creative use of Artificial Intelligence in academic and professional contexts, guiding students to engage in original thinking rather than over-relying on generative tools.