Mohamed Banda is a professor in the Faculty of Social Science and the Humanities at Sheridan College. He has a BA (Combined Honors in Sociology and Political Science from York University), a B.Ed. in Intermediate/Senior high school (in Social Science and Politics), and a registered Ontario certified teacher (OCT) with teaching experience in the Public School System. He has a MA in International Development Studies and MES in Environmental and Urban Studies from York University.

His research interests in MA/MES focused on sustainable development in the contexts of climate change, environmental politics, and socio-economic development. Banda’s current Ph.D. research focuses on globalization, higher education, and sustainable development in the global south – exploring the complex decision-making process by international students (and academic diaspora in Canada) to stay in host countries or return to countries of origin after studies, and the impact of such decisions on national development in their native homelands.

His teaching experience includes a variety of courses and topics in Sociology, Human Rights and Equity, Diversity in Canadian Society, Politics and Society, Global Issues, and Environmental Sustainability. He is a counsellor, psychosocial educator, and facilitator in Partner Assault Response (PAR) program, working with men who are charged with domestic violence and abuse towards intimate partners, to better understand domestic violence and abuse, and learn non-violent strategies and skills to engage in healthy relationships. He works with students identified as at-risk, disengaged and learners with various challenges in an alternative (nontraditional) way, supporting their successful transition to postsecondary education.