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I completed my PhD at the School of Social Work, York University. I earned an MSW at the University of Toronto and a BA in Psychology at the University of Waterloo.
Anh Ngo (she/her) is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University. She is a migrant settler by way of Vietnam and is working to reconnect with and reclaim knowledges from her ancestors and the lands that have sustained them. Her scholarship focuses on the wellbeing of migrant and refugee peoples through the lens of critical refugee and migration studies, and critical social work. She is currently involved in projects that facilitate the use of storytelling and arts-based methodologies in partnership with migrant communities.
Current and recent projects I am involved with are:
- The Cold War inscriptions we carry: A counter archive of one transnational family through digital storytelling (SSHRC Insight Development Grant). Principial investigator: Anh Ngo, Co-investigator: Sonia Meerai
- Indigenous-Migrant relationality in the context of truth and reconcilliation (SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant). Principal investigator: Chizuru Nobe-Ghelani, Co-investigator: Anh Ngo, Brenda Polar, Johanna Reynolds
- Refugee States (SSRHC Race, Gender, and Diversity Initiative). Director: Thy Phu; Co-director: Edward OJ Lee; Collaborators: Muna-Udbi Ali, Gada Mahrouse, Laura Madokoro, Anh Ngo, Vinh Nguyen, Peter Nyers, Y-Dang Troeung
- Other empires: Interrogating the imperial conditions of refugee constitution within local colonial contexts (SSHRC Connection Grant). Principal investigator: Anh Ngo; Co-investigators: Edward OJ Lee, Gada Mahrouse, Vinh Nguyen
- Using photovoice to capture the housing-related needs of Vietnamese seniors in the GTA (SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant). Principal investigator: Anh Ngo; Community partner: Golden Age Village for the Elderly
I am interested in supervising undergraduate and graduate students in the areas of critical refugee and migrant studies, social policy analysis and work with migrant communities.
Meerai, S., & Ngo, A. (2025). Fighting an uphill battle. In S. Dixon & C. DePass (Eds.) Revealing Authenticity: Navigating Identity, Safety, and Belonging in Academia. Lexington Books.
Ngo, A. (2024). Power and positionality in the translations and (un)rendering of stories: Reflections from a critical ethnography of the Vietnamese Canadian community. In C. Carter & C. Jones (Eds.). Contemporary Vulnerabilities, Plans Unraveled: Reflections on Social Justice Methodologies . University of Alberta Press.
Ngo, A., Phu, T., & Mahrouse, G. (2025). Just Reflections. Canadian Literature.
Hou, F., & Ngo, A. (2021). Group differences in elderly living arrangements by mother tongue. Statistics Canada: Economics and Social Report. https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/36-28-0001/362800012021005-eng.htm
Elkchirid, A., Ngo, A. P., & Kumsa, M. K. (2020). Narrating colonial silences: Racialized social work educators unsettling our settlerhood. Studies in Social Justice, 14(2), 287-305. DOI:https://doi.org/10.26522/ssj.v14i2.2215
Nobe-Ghelani, C., & Ngo, A. (2020). In search for ethical relations in Social Work with refugees communities: Reflections on the Syrian refugee “crisis”. Canadian Social Work Review, 37 (1). 63-79. Doi: https://doi.org/10.7202/1069982ar
Selection of courses I currently/recently taught
SK224: Communication and Interviewing Skills
SK315: Practice with Individuals
SK433: Working with Immigrant and Refugee Peoples
SK470H: Anti-racism and Social Work
SK805: Applied Qualitative Research Methods