Muna Osman

Muna Osman is a Mitacs Accelerate Postdoctoral Fellow in the Élisabeth Bruyère School of Social Innovation under the supervision of Dr. Krys Maki. Muna completed her PhD in the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa and then a postdoctoral position at the same university coordinating a Cochrane systematic review on the benefits of school meals for children and youth across the globe. During and after her doctorate, she was a Senior Research Advisor at an Indigenous-owned research firm, advising on anti-racist, critical, and decolonial methodologies for public and private sector organizations. She is currently a Senior Research Scientist at the Black Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub in the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University. Across these roles, her research combines the study of transcultural psychology, critical data studies, and systems of oppression. Her work appears in Canadian Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology, International Journal of Mental Health, and Practice Innovations among others.