As a human rights activist he also worked with postsecondary educational institutions to change the system from within; Singh was fired or forced to leave all of his human rights positions (except York University). Now a college professor, he recently received several teaching awards for his work on transforming the curriculum including Centennial College’s Board of Governor’s teaching excellence award, the John and Suanne Roueche Excellence Award for outstanding contributions to teaching, leadership and learning in post-secondary education and the Association of Canadian Community Colleges silver award for teaching excellence.

Singh uses the metaphorical force of music and poetry as a continuum of his activism. He not only seeks to expose injustice, but also explores the ways that we are all implicated in these processes. Jamaican born Singh embraces the creolization processes of the Caribbean and Canada’s diverse cultural landscapes and continues to incorporate various influences such as funk and jazz within the foundational back drop of dub.