Lantana Usman

Lantana Altine Martha Usman is a Professor of Education at the University of Northern British Columbia. Her publications include her PhD. dissertation on education policy for women and girls of the nomadic Fulbe tribe of northern Nigeria.
Early life and education
Lantana Altine Martha Usman was born in 1959 in Tudun Wada, Zaria, Northern Nigeria, under the colonial British African territory. She started her primary education at Kabo Girls Boarding School (run by Sudan Interior Mission) in Kabo, Kano state of Northern Nigeria. Due to the outbreak of the Nigerian Civil War, her parents moved her to St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Primary Boarding School in Wusasa Zaria, where she completed her primary school and earned her First School Leaving Certificate. She attended her secondary school education at St. Faith Anglican Girls Boarding Secondary School (currently Government Girls Secondary School), Kawo - Kaduna, of which she completed and earned her West African School Certificate in 1972. She proceeded to Advance Teachers College, Institute of Education, Ahmadu Bello University and obtained her National Certificate in Education (NCE), a teaching licentiate in 1979. She taught at Barewa Boys College (Annex campus at Nurulhuda Primary School, Tudun Wada) in Zaria, and taught at Women Teachers College, Zaria.
She completed a Bachelor’s degree in Education (BEd), Masters of Education (MEd) in Educational Administration and Planning, and MBA (Marketing) from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria from 1983-1997. Dr. Usman was a lecturer for 13 years at the Advance Teachers College and the Distance Education Unit (Annex) of the Institute of Education, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, before leaving for Canada for her PhD degree program. She was awarded the American Association of University Women International scholarship while in Nigeria. Dr. Usman earned her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Educational Administration, Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Alberta in 2001. During her graduate studies, she was awarded University of Alberta graduate scholarships, bursary and grants, and a prize. She is a recipient of the Rotary International University Teachers Scholarship (Canada & USA) and the Delta Kappa Gamma International scholarship. Dr. Usman is the first Northern Nigerian woman to earn a PhD degree at the Department of Educational Policy Studies, at the University of Alberta.
Career
Prof.Usman is the first Black woman to obtain the position of a Tenured Full Professor since the founding of UNBC. She joined UNBC in the early 2002 and was one of the pioneer founding faculty members for the Bachelor of Education degree program. She served as a practicum faculty facilitator for the teacher candidates of her degree program in Prince George, British Columbia SD 57 public schools. At the University of Alberta, she taught as a sessional instructor, and also supervised teacher candidates' practicum across Edmonton Public Schools for some years prior to her current job at UNBC. She is a solo author of over 40 published research papers in international journals, book chapters, and a book. Dr.Usman is a Fellow and grant recipient of American Association of University Women International USA, Delta Kappa Gamma International, USA, and Rotary International University Teachers (Canada & USA). She is a recipient of World Distinguished Woman Educator by Delta Kappa Gamma International (USA), as well as long-time member of Teachers Without Borders International.
Selected papers
*Usman,M.L. "Assessing the universal basic education primary and Koranic schools’ synergy for Almajiri street boys in Nigeria" International Journal of Educational Management, vol. 22, No. 1, 2008, 62-73.
*Usman,M.L. "Street hawking and socio-economic dynamics of nomadic girls of northern Nigeria," International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 37, No. 9, 2010
*Usman,M.L."Terrorism and female teacher leadership in girls’ secondary school" International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 32, No. 4, 2018
*Usman,M.L. "Rural nomadic Fulbe boys’ primary schooling: assessing repertoires of practice in Nigeria," McGill Journal of Education, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2006.
*Usman,M.L. "Communication disorders and the inclusion of newcomer African refugees in rural primary schools of British Columbia, Canada" International Journal of Progressive Education, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2012, 102-120.
*Usman,M.L. "Adult education and sustainable learning outcome of rural widows of central Northern Nigeria," International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and Technology, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2011, 25-41.
*Usman,M.L. "Multicultural pedagogies of ‘recognition’ and the inclusion of newcomer K-4 African refugees in rural British Columbia, Canada" The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities, Nations: Annual Review, Vol. 8, No. 6, 2009, 159-170.
*Usman,M.L. "Assessing the efficacy of health literacy on rural pastoral women of Northern Nigeria," International Journal of Lifelong Education, Vol. 28, No. 5, 2009, 631-637.
*Usman,M.L. "Adolescent street boy urchins and vocational training in Northern Nigeria," Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, Volume 3, No. 3, 2009, 175-190

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