Mr. Okafo joined the Coady Institute in September 2001 as a Fellow in Innovative Approaches to Education and Public Information. Prior to joining the Coady, he was a founding member of the Endemik project, an artist-based new media arts collective in Halifax, and also sat on the youth media literacy committee of the NS Human Rights Commission. He assists Mary Coyle, Director of the Coady Institute, and Hugh Landry, Assistant Director, in efforts to use new communications technology in public education and information. This includes forming an international study group to examine the role of ICT's in public education and information. He is also working with Olga Gladkikh, Manager of Direct Education Programs, to develop materials resulting from Coady's Learning and Innovations Institute 2001.
Mr. Okafo received a B.Sc. in Biology-Psychology from the University of New Brunswick.tion.
Contact: dokafo@stfx.ca