Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Bobb-Smith, Yvonne
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Description area
Dates of existence
[ca. 1998]
History
Yvonne Bobb-Smith earned her PhD in Adult education from OISE in 1998. In 2000, she joined Ryerson in the Department of Sociology and taught courses in Caribbean studies. Concurrently, she was taught courses in Caribbean studies at New College at the University of Toronto. Bobb-Smith was the first Executive Director of the Black Secretariat of Canada and co-ordinated the creation of the first directory of Black Organizations in Canada. She worked at Ryerson until 2003.