{"id":3232,"date":"2021-06-04T01:08:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T05:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=3232"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:40:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:40:17","slug":"mark-okello-oyat","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/people\/mark-okello-oyat\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Okello Oyat"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"TextRun BCX0 SCXW170443769\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW170443769\"><strong>Mark Okello Oyat<\/strong> is a Ugandan refugee residing in Dadaab, Kenya. He is the director of a community-based research organization, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW170443769\">the&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW170443769\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/what-we-do\/dadaab-response-association\/\">Dadaab Response Association<\/a> (DRA),<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW170443769\">&nbsp;that positions Mark and his team as refugee scholars in encampment. Some of their work&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW170443769\">on refugee education has been<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW170443769\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW170443769\">published in&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink BCX0 SCXW170443769\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/learn-with-lerrn\/publications\/dadaab-response-association\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined BCX0 SCXW170443769\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW170443769\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">LERRN\u2019s&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW170443769\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">W<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW170443769\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">orking&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW170443769\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">P<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW170443769\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">aper&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW170443769\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">S<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW170443769\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">eries<\/span><\/span><\/a>, such as Mark&#8217;s Working Paper \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/2021\/investigating-corporal-punishment-in-refugee-secondary-schools-dadaab-kenya\/\">Investigating Corporal Punishment in Refugee Secondary Schools in Dadaab, Kenya<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark is a graduate of the Master of Education and a research-based study in Language, Culture and Teaching, from York University through the <a href=\"http:\/\/bher.org\/\">Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) Project<\/a> in 2020. 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