Bamidele Emmanuel Ola

Dr.

Bamidele

Ola is a mixed-methods family and population health scholar with advanced quantitative and qualitative capacities. He studies the etiology, prevalence, trends and patterns of changes in women and family's experiences of domestic and intimate partner violence (D/IPV), gender-based violence (GBV), victims'/survivors' help-seeking behaviors following GBV experiences and how health and social systems can better respond to GBV among heterogenous groups of immigrant and racialized women and families. He is currently a Purdy Crawford and Stephen Jarislowsky Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Policy at the Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick with office in the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research (MMFC).

Prior, he was a recipient of the prestigious University of Toronto's Provost Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Public Health Sciences at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH) (2023-2025). Exceptionally, he has two Ph.Ds., the first in Economic Sociology and Demography (2021) from the Higher School of Economics in Moscow (Russia), and the second as a Belt and Road scholar in mainstream Sociology (2023) at the Hong Kong Baptist University (Hong Kong). As a Black immigrant scholar in Canada, Dr.

Ola is currently leading a multi-provincial study assessing trends in help-seeking among immigrant survivors of GBV in Canada and a culturally safe single-province study identifying cultural and structural barriers in help-seeking among women and families who are exposed to or at risks of GBV in migrant and rural communities in New Brunswick.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Purdy Crawford and Stephen Jarislowsky Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Policy) - Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick (UNB) - Fredericton, NB, Canada

(2026-03)

• Designed and leading a study on improving health system preparedness and identifying and eliminating barriers to help-seeking following GBV experiences among women-survivors of GBV in migrant and rural communities in New Brunswick
• Co-leading a global health study investigating trends in household alcohol consumption and abuse patterns and patterns in women's victimization with male partner violence across selected low- and middle-income countries

Research Associate in Global Health Initiatives - Centre for Global Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto (CGH, DLSPH, U of T) - Toronto, ON, Canada

(2025-11)

• Co-leading the research execution of a $3.5 million grant project sponsored by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) to CGH to evaluate and improve global health initiatives across low- and middle-income countries
• Lead for GAC's large data management, analyses and reporting

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Provost Award) - Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto - Toronto, ON, Canada

(2023-10 - 2025-11)

Public Health Sciences (PHS)

• Led successful public health research evaluating the impacts of recent increases in gender resources on IPV and help-seeking behaviors following IPV among female survivors of IPV across low- and middle-income countries
• Co-led successful large-scale research on health systems responses to gender-based violence/intimate partner violence across Sub-Saharan African Countries
• Led a successful study investigating trends in increased gender resources and subtle emotional violence among couples sampled across 6 Sub-Saharan African countries
• Led project on bidirectional violence among coresident heterosexual couples

Teaching Assistant - Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Baptist University - Hong Kong SAR, China

(2019-09 - 2022-08)

Teaching assistant for undergraduate courses in Introduction to Social Statistics (SOCI2006)

• Taught classes of over 200 undergraduate students on Introduction to social statistics
• Set weekly assessment tests and graded all student scripts, providing personalized feedback as necessary
• Populate lecture/tutorial notes on Moodle/Qualtrics weekly
• Contributed to mid-term and term examination questions and graded students
• Provided extra one-on-one classes for neurodivergent students

Teaching Assistant for Master and Doctoral Level Courses - Department of Sociology, Higher School of Economics, Moscow - Moscow, Russian Federation

(2017-09 - 2018-04)

• Taught classes of over 150 Master and Doctoral research students on Advanced Social Research Methods and Academic Writing (Literature Reviews and Methods)
• Contributed to Mid-Term and Final Term Examination questions and graded students
• Provided extra tutorial lessons to challenged students

Research Assistant - Institute of Demography, Higher School of Economics, Moscow - Moscow, Russian Federation

(2017-09 - 2018-03)

• Conducted quality interdisciplinary and independent research suitable for publication and boosting institutes' competitiveness
• Supported senior researchers with research outputs and publications
• Led cross-country research on IPV in Nigeria, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

College Teacher - Basil International College - Lagos, Nigeria

(2014-09 - 2016-09)

• Taught various Grades 7 to 11 Social Sciences and Humanities subjects including Social Studies, Christian Religious Studies and English Language to over 200 high school students
• Performed administrative tasks to ensure smooth running of the class as a Class teacher: took daily attendance, wrote to parents, and facilitated a conducive learning environment
• Set questions, graded tests and examinations, computed and reported each student scores and results in both quantitative and qualitative terms

Research Assistant (Contract) - Department of Public Health, Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMER) - Lagos, Nigeria

(2012-05 - 2012-05)

• Participated in participant recruitment
• Ensured research ethics and protocols (informed consent, non-malfeasance, etc.) are duly followed
• Conducted more than 50 face-to-face (one-on-one) interviews with subjects
• Helped respondents fill in the interviewer-administered questionnaires with responses from the respondents
• Worked closely with other professionals and supervisors on the fieldwork

Community and Family Counsellor (Volunteer Lead) - Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) Toronto - Toronto, ON, Canada

(2024-01)

Member of 5-Man Marriage Committee Panel. As a trained family and community counsellor from Nigeria, volunteer as a member of a 5-member committee at Toronto office of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), a faith-based (Christian) charity organization headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, with over 1000 branches globally, and over 50 branches in over 4 provinces (Ontario, Vancouver, British Columbia, New Brunswick) in Canada. MFM Toronto attracts and offers several faith-based and social services to its over 1000 members, over 90% of whom are visible and racialized minorities being black immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean.

With over 10 years' experience in family counseling, volunteer here and co-lead a monthly 3-hour counseling session.

• Offer Christian counseling, Faith-based couples counseling, Marriages and family counselling
• Co-lead and co-facilitate a monthly singles empowerment program An Independent Youth Mentor (Virtual) - Independent - Virtual

(2026-02)

Lead and facilitate a virtual youth mentoring program titled, Christian Youth Empowerment and Mentorship Program (CYEM) mostly involving immigrant youths from the MFM communities in Toronto, where interacting to share and provide emotional and cognitive supports for personal development.

Postdoctoral Training - Public Health Sciences - University of Toronto (2023-10 - 2025-11)

Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology - Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) (2019-09 - 2024-01)

International Visiting Graduate (Ph.D.) Student - Public Health Sciences - Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto (2022-09 - 2022-12)

Cross-Institutional (Ph.D.) Course - Public Ethnography - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (2019-09 - 2020-06)

Cross-Institutional (Ph.D.) Course - Advanced Statistical Analysis - Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) (2020-01 - 2020-06)

Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Economic Sociology & Demography - National Research University Higher School of Economics (2017-11 - 2020-10)

M.A. - Master Program in Population and Development - National Research University Higher School of Economics (2016-09 - 2018-06)

M.Sc. - Master of Science Degree in Sociology - University of Lagos (2011-10 - 2012-09)

B.Sc. Hons. - Bachelor of Science Degree in Sociology - University of Ado-Ekiti (2003-09 - 2007-12)