ABOUT ME

Sam Madesi is a veteran adult and peace educator/facilitator in North America, Asia and Africa. He has based his experiences to strongly believe that adult education and peace education are inextricably intertwined in community development approaches and processes. Quality education is the key to nurturing talent, which is crucial for the development of the society. My goal is to nurture future generations to become citizens who are socially responsible and equipped with a sense of national identity, Patriotic and international perspectives.

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About Me

1983-1999

Beginning

Originally from Kabale, Uganda, I am an Educator/ Facilitator of Adult Education Community Development, Peace education and Immigration Acculturation at Calgary University, located in western Canada. Prior to that, I was a University Junior Lecturer in the Prestigious University of Makerere, Kampala faculty of Humanities and Sociology. I moved to Canada in 2003, after spending the previous fourteen years at Calgary University. I received my PhD from the Department of Adult education and have engaged in quite a number of research works since 2008, where my main advisor was Sung Bae Park, a specialist in Adult Education.

2000-2014

Early Formative Years/ Research

My main field of research is Adult Education and Peace Education, but I am also a student of the broader area of East Asian philosophy and sociology During graduate school and the first few years after finishing my doctorate, I worked primarily with Prof Dorothy Lander, concentrating on the works of Professor B. Allan Quigley

Adult Education Consultant .For more than a decade starting from 2008, my work focused on the writings of the Peace and adult education (617–686). This constituted a journey that ended up leading me deeply into the study of Adult Education and Community development. During 2010–2015, my main project was an investigation in Adult development as a point of departure, entering into related approaches found in Western epistemology, psychology, political and cognitive science. In connection with this, I also investigated the meaning and role of good faith in Human lives. I have recently returned to working on a topic that I was working on earlier in my career: the origins, permutations, and applications of the adult education paradigm in the three traditions of human sociology, psychology, and Daoism. But also during this time, I have been translating and publishing many other works. [For those who are interested, a longer autobiographical essay is available as part of Human Nature Generations of development of humanity Studies Project]

2014- TODAY

The Growth Trajectory

EDUCATION

The University of Calgary PhD Fellowship in Educational Research specializing in Adult Learning at the Werklund School of Education.

Research Interest: Strategic Acculturation of Recent African Immigrants in Canada by Transforming Cultural Navigation Conflicts into Creatively Shared and Engaging Learning Experiences.

Supervisor: Dr. Colleen Kawalilak

St. Francis Xavier University Master of Adult Education, Nova Scotia, Canada. (2006 – 2009)

Thesis: Investigating Approaches to the Effective Facilitation of Intra-Family Peacebuilding: Cases of HIV/AIDS Affected Families in Canada, Zambia, and Uganda.

Supervisor: Dr. B. Allan Quigley

Co-Supervisor: Dr. Dorothy Lander

Coady International Institute Diploma, Community-Based Development, at St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada. (2005).

Independent Study: Intra-Organizational Conflict Analysis

Supervisor: Dr. Thomas Mark Turay

Coady International Institute Graduate Certificate, Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding, at St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada. (2005).

Independent Study: Learning to Unlearn as a Conflict Resolution Method.

Supervisor: Dr. Thomas Mark Turay

Makerere University Bachelor of Arts, Social Sciences, Kampala, Uganda. (1997 – 2001). Thesis: The Rise of Religious Fundamentalism in Uganda: The Case of Pentecostal Churches.

Supervisor: Dr. Philip Kasaija.

AWARDS

Werklund School of Education. PhD Fellowship Award for Doctoral studies in Educational Research at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary – for the next four years 2020 – 2024.

Canada Student Grant PhD Fellowship Grant for Doctoral studies in Educational research at Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary.

Alberta Student Grant PhD Fellowship Grant for Doctoral studies in Educational research at Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary.

John Dobson Award. Winner for best thesis in research and international development. Accepted at St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada (May 2009).

The Margaret Meagher

Scholarship Bursary. To study a graduate diploma in Adult Education and Community-Based Development at the Coady International Institute of St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada. 2005.

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

now renamed Global Affairs

Canada (GAC) To study a graduate diploma in Adult Education and Community-Based Development at the Coady International Institute of St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada. 2005.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES: Teaching and Research Interests

Coady International Institute Education Programs Associate/Facilitator, St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada. (2006 – 2019).

Facilitator for courses such as:

Advanced Adult Education for Participatory Development,
Advocacy and Citizen Engagement
Facilitation and Training Approaches for Community Change
Community Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding
Gender Analysis for Policy and Planning
Cooperative Inquiry Seminars
Courses Integration Workshops
Field Trips and Practicum facilitation processes

Other Roles:

Consultancy Services to other Institutions, Organizations and other off-campus work
Independent Study Advisor for Eight Participants
Research and Development
Institute’s Fundraising Drives
Institute’s Strategic Planning
Student/Participant Advisory Services
Curriculum Design and course manuals/handbook development

Centre for Peace Studies Director (Canada – Uganda Partnership) at Busoga University, Uganda. (2011 – 2013).

Establishment and management of the Centre for Peace Studies
Teaching diploma and degree courses in Peace and conflict studies
Fundraising and resource mobilization for the centre
Building/nurturing academic partnerships, collaborations and networks
Team-Leader University consultancy bureau (Adult & Peace Education)
Community academic engagements and learning

Makerere University Tutor Institute of Adult and Continuing Education

Department of Community Education and Extra-Mural Studies,

Kampala, Uganda (2001 – 2004).

Tutoring & Facilitating Courses Like:

Local Government Administration
Mobilizing & Organizing Communities for Development Projects
Administrative Law
Citizen Rights and Citizen Responsibilities
Transformative Learning
Stop-Action Theatre – Radical Adult Education Methodology
Steppingstone Methodology – HIV/AIDS Methodology Combined.

Research Interests:

Transformative Learning
Experiential Learning
Immigrant Acculturation
Inclusive Learning
Resilient Learners

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Hearts 4 Peace Team-Leader, Calgary Alberta and Kampala, Uganda. 2010 – 2018

Responsibilities:

Managed a team of 16 facilitators in Adult and Peace Education
Facilitated workshops and seminars for development organizations
Developed curriculums and course manuals for client institutions
Developed projects and administer/oversee contracts

Families Matter Society Coordinator Fathers parenting Programs, Calgary, Alberta (2008 – 2010)

Responsibilities:

Managed a team of facilitators on parenting projects
Developed training and facilitation manuals and materials
Facilitated parenting workshops
Built partnerships and networks for dads in Alberta

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

Taskforce Chair: Restructuring and Reprofiling the Private Sector in Western

Uganda. A project implemented under the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in partnership with the World Bank (2000 – 2004).

Responsibilities:

Chaired all Taskforce meetings
Mobilized and organizing various stakeholders in the private sector
Facilitated workshops and seminars for member organizations
Spearheaded the formation of KABUKYE Microfinance for members
Handed over a newly restructured company called PRICON with over 200 member institutions.

SCHOLARLY WORKS

Book Chapter:

Madesi, S. Poriferous or Pernicious: The Quandary Foreign Aid Knee on the

African Neck. In Debbie, C; David, F; & Olga, G. (eds.) Sprouting Seeds of Radical Education around the World. Antigonish: Kindle Direct Publishing and People Development Ltd. (Expected Publication date is January 2021).

Book Chapter:

Madesi, S. (2019). ‘From Participant to Teaching Associate: My Experiential

Learning Journey’, in Debbie, C; David, F; & Olga, G. (eds.) Seeds of Radical Education at the Coady Institute. An Anthology of Personal Essays. Antigonish: Kindle Direct Publishing and People Development Ltd.

Journal:

Madesi, S. Receiving Feedback as a Learning Methodology for Recent

Immigrants. For submission to Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education (Work in Progress)

Thesis:

Madesi, S. (2009). Investigating Approaches to the Effective Facilitation of Intra-

Family Peacebuilding: Cases of HIV/AIDS Affected Families in Canada, Zambia, and Uganda. Master of Adult Education dissertation, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

Independent Study:

Madesi, S. (2005). Intra-Organizational Conflict Analysis. An independent

research report at the Coady International Institute, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

Education Course Materials:

Madesi, S., & Natalie, A. (2017). Facilitation and Training Approaches for

Community Change. A train the trainer manual for human transformation and organizational development. Coady International Institute, St. Francis Xavier University; Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

Madesi, S. & Gladkikh, O. (2012). Advocacy and Citizen Engagement.

Participants manual. Coady International Institute, St. Francis Xavier University; Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

Madesi, S. (2011). Simplifying Knowledge Management. How Effective

Organizations Collect, Store and Manage Knowledge for Organizational Development. Hearts 4 Peace Consulting Inc, Calgary.

Madesi, S. (2010). Managing Change Conflicts Constructively. Hearts 4 Peace

Consulting Inc, Calgary.

Madesi, S. (Ed. 2009). Be a Great Dad. A manual for transforming Dads into

Present and Engaging Dads. Families Matter Society, Calgary, Alberta.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Council for the Advancement of African Canadians (African Center) 2019

Guest Speaker at a constituent/membership general assembly in Edmonton.

The theme of the assembly was: Restructuring, Reprofiling and Institutional Transformation

Centre for Peace Studies, Busoga University 2013

Keynote Address at a special assembly for university senate, teacher’s union,

student leadership and members of the administrative body in Iganga, Uganda. The theme of the special assembly was: “No War, Still No Peace.”

National Council for Education, Kampala Uganda 2012

Keynote Speaker at a conference for Student Leaders from secondary schools in

Central Uganda hosted at Lubiri Secondary School. The conference theme was: “The Urgency for Peace Education in Schools.”

Alberta Father Involvement Initiative (AFII) 2009

Keynote Speaker at a father’s conference in Edmonton, Alberta. My talk at the

conference centered on: “Learning on Job. Fatherhood and Child Health Development.”

Stephen Lewis Foundation 2007

Guest Speaker at a fundraising dinner in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Funds raised were

to help support the ‘turning the tide of AIDS in Africa’ programs. My address centered on “the AIDS conflict and opportunities. Turning challenges into learning experiences.”

Coady International Institute, St. Francis Xavier University 2005

Guest Speaker at a fundraising dinner for Canadian Executives in Ottawa.

The Keynote speaker was Justin Trudeau. Funds raised were used to grant scholarships to international students accepted to study adult learning and community development courses. Keynote Title: The Forgotten Grassroots Educators

United Nations Development Program (UNDP) 2004

Keynote Speaker/Guest of Honour at the launching of the Private Sector

Development and Consultancy Center (PRICON) in Fort-Portal, Uganda. This was in partnership with the Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development of the Republic of Uganda.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE)
Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE)
Canadian Educational Researchers’ Association (CERA)
The Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration (CASEA)
Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM)
Canadian Association for the Study of Women and Education (CASWE)

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

Amani African-Canadian Family Support Services Association (ACAFASA) – Co-founder and Director.
Canada-Uganda Association of Southern Alberta (CASA) Calgary, AB – Current President
Pan-African Movement (PAM) – Former East African Student Leaders Coordinator
Africa Peace Initiative (API) – Former President
Uganda North American Association (UNA) – Facilitator
Center for Development and Peace (cdPeace) Sierra Leone – Facilitator
The International Criminal Court and Conflict Transformation in Uganda (ACCORD) – Facilitator
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) – Consultant/Facilitator
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) – Consultant/Facilitator
Plan International Uganda – Facilitator
Save the Children, a coalition of Uganda, Norway and Sweden – Consultant/Facilitator
Black Business Initiative (BBI) Halifax, Nova Scotia – Facilitator
African Diaspora Association of Maritimes Canada (ADAM) Halifax, NS – Facilitator
Women for Change (WFC) Lusaka, Zambia – Consultant/Facilitator
Ministry of Gender Labor and Social Development (MGLSD) Kampala, Uganda – Facilitator
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Uganda and Rwanda – Facilitator
South Sudanese Community in Calgary and Brooks – Consultant/Facilitator
National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda (NUDIPU) Kampala, Uganda – Facilitator
Action Aid International Uganda – Consultant/Facilitator
Community Living Alternative Services (CLAS) and Calgary Young Offenders – Facilitator