Océane Jasor

Biography

Océane Jasor is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Concordia University. A transnational feminist scholar, her work lies at the intersection of African studies, Black diasporic studies, and feminist theory. Drawing on ethnographic research conducted in Southern Africa, West Africa, and the Caribbean, she examines contemporary African feminisms, African-diasporic interactions, and the gendered politics of return, belonging, and transnational Blackness.

She teaches courses on race and ethnic relations, global feminisms, and gender and society. Her teaching and research are informed by Black feminist, postcolonial, and decolonial perspectives that emphasize lived experience, and the production of knowledge across the Global South, with a particular focus on Africa and its diasporas.

She has published her work in various publications, including Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Gender, Place & Culture, Agenda:Empowering Women for Gender Equity, Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, and in the edited volume The Fire That Time: Transnational Black Radicalism and the Sir George Williams Occupation. In partnership with the University of Ghana, she previously led the Queen Elizabeth Scholars project, Gender Equality and the Decolonization of Knowledge: Transnational Collaboration between West Africa and Canada. She is currently leading a SSHRC-funded research project examining gendered encounters between Africa and its diasporas.

Teaching Activities

SOCI/ANTH 276 Gender & Society

SOCI/ANTH/BLST 230 Race & Ethnic Relations

SOCI/ANTH 498 Global Feminisms

Research Funding

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant, “Contemporary African Feminisms: Examining Gendered and Feminist Discourses in South Africa” (2019-2023).

Queen Elizabeth Scholars Program Grant (IDRC), “Gender equality and the decolonization of knowledge: transnational collaboration between West Africa and Canada" (2021-2023).

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grant, "Black Routes: African-Diasporic Interactions and Gendered Returns to Africa" (2026-2028).

Selected Publications

Jasor, Oceane; Cummings, Ronald; Mohabir, Nalini; Abraham, Christiana. "Towards a Post-Apologetic University." Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, 47 (2023): 234-244.

Jasor, Océane. 2022. “Lessons from Protestand Pedagogy: Caribbean Feminism and Radicalism, Past and Present.” Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies 44:94-111.

Jasor, Océane. 2021. “Global Women’s Rights and African Realities:  Examining Discourses of Gender Equality in South Africa.” Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity 35(2): 136-145.

Jasor, Océane. 2021. “Transforming African Masculinity: A Transnational Approach to Gender Justice in South Africa.”Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 46(2): 417-441.

Jasor, Océane. 2015. “Do Local Needs Matter? The Relevance of Women NGOs in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Gender, Place & Culture 23(5):694-713.