Our Network
The BRN puts a spotlight on Black research excellence that plays an integral part of what makes the University of Toronto the top university in Canada. We are a vibrant network of award-winning, multidisciplinary and leading researchers shaping a better future, with local and global impact.
Network Features
U of T master’s student approaches public health with a community-centered lens
Working at Toronto General Hospital during his undergrad, Denzel Lodge received advice that played an integral role in shaping his…
BRN Research Conversation Series: Black Excellence in Research & Leadership
The BRN Research Conversation Series connects University of Toronto researchers for insightful and meaningful conversations about Black-led research and leadership. …
NSERC Banting Postdoctoral Fellow explores puzzling questions of how the earliest galaxies came to be
In the 1990s, astronomers discovered two distant, massive galaxies that had completely stopped, or quenched, their star formation. The discovery…
IBET Momentum Fellow Kejah Bascon aims to innovate robotic neurosurgical tools using a human factors approach
The path to engineering studies wasn’t always straightforward for Kejah Bascon (MIE PhD student). Born and raised in Ottawa, she spent much…
Call for 2024 – 2025 Black Research Network Faculty Fellows
The Black Research Network (BRN) was launched in October 2021 as a University of Toronto Institutional Strategic Initiative to promote…
Collaboratory for Black Poiēsis brings scholars, artists and archivists together for a deeper understanding of Black life
Rebuilding the traditional structures of a classroom is at the root of SA Smythe’s teaching philosophy. For Smythe, an assistant professor of…
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