Black Research Network: Lauren Cramer recognized with Cheryl Regehr Early Career Teaching Award

News | Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Lauren Cramer recognized with Cheryl Regehr Early Career Teaching Award

Lauren Cramer, an assistant professor at the Cinema Studies Institute in the Faculty of Arts & Science has received a...

Black Excellence Social Sciences

News | Thursday, November 27, 2025

Kamari Maxine Clarke receives SSHRC’s 2025 Insight Award

Kamari Maxine Clarke, a Distinguished Professor of transnational justice and sociolegal studies, and director of the Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal...

Black Excellence BRN

News | Tuesday, November 25, 2025

BRN IGNITE Grant helps researcher develop AI tool for community-based disease surveillance in Ethiopia

When Gelan Ayana Zewdie was growing up near Bedele in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, his community became deeply concerned when a...

BRN Public and Population Health

News | Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Black Research Network members receive Canada Research Chairs

Four members of the Black Research Network have been awarded Canada Research Chairs in recognition and support of their work. Abdi Aidid, an...

Black Excellence BRN

News | Wednesday, November 12, 2025

IBET Momentum Fellow Paige McFarlane aims to use microfluidics to design faster, more accurate medical tests

For Paige McFarlane (EngSci 2T5, BME PhD student) biomedical engineering was the perfect middle ground between two paths. “Where I come from, there’s this...

Engineering and technology Medical, Health, and Life Sciences

News | Tuesday, October 28, 2025

‘More than just fantasy’: How this UTSC undergrad found her calling in outer space policy

Long before studying outer space policy, Leah Wolfe was captivated by the characters and worlds of science fiction novels like...

Natural Sciences UTSC

Jade Nixon (left) and kara lynch (right)

News | Thursday, October 16, 2025

BRN talk centres Black, Indigenous histories in the classroom

A recent talk hosted by the Black Research Network (BRN) invited participants to consider how institutions can better reflect the...

BRN

News | Tuesday, September 23, 2025

U of T Engineering researcher, Alberta enterprise test AI tool to support nurses in First Nations communities

LaShawn Murray, a PhD student in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering, is exploring how digital tools can improve...

Engineering and technology Public and Population Health

News | Wednesday, September 17, 2025

‘The UTSC community has given me a lot’: Maydianne Andrade reflects on 25 years of research, leadership and impact

When Maydianne Andrade reflects on her legacy, it’s not just her research and leadership that come to mind – it’s...

Black Excellence BRN Natural Sciences UTSC

News | Monday, September 15, 2025

U of T Scarborough researcher looks at how racial stereotypes follow Black girls into the classroom

When Olivia Bernard arrived in Canada from Jamaica at age 19, she encountered racism that left a lasting impression. On...

School System Social Sciences UTSC