Amarachi Chukwu

What will my child walk away with?  The confidence to say what they actually think about a text, and the vocabulary to say it with nuance. My students leave able to engage critically and compassionately with ideas that challenge them.

What can families expect?  A facilitator, not a lecturer. I build a safe, supportive space where curiosity is welcomed, and I focus on drawing genuinely thoughtful discussion out of every student rather than just covering material.

What does class actually feel like?  Discussion driven and relational. Students learn as much from responding to each other’s ideas as they do from me, and I make sure every voice actually gets heard.

How do you challenge a curious mind?  I invite students into real, open questions, the kind without a single tidy answer, and ask them to sit with the complexity rather than rush past it. That’s where genuine critical thought starts to grow.

Credentials and Experience  I hold a BA in Psychology from UBC and an MA in Gender Studies & Feminist Research from McMaster University, and I am currently a PhD student in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies at York University. I have over eight years of teaching experience, including as a teaching assistant at McMaster and York, where I led tutorials across the humanities and social sciences, and I have tutored students of varying ages in written and spoken English.