< News | Thursday, February 3, 2022

Black History Month: Recognizing Graduate Award Recipients

News Overlay

In celebration of Black History Month, the Department of Geography & Planning has recognized this year’s recipients of the Black Graduate Scholar Award in Geography & Planning. Established in partnership with the BRN, the award supports Black graduate student scholars working broadly in the areas of geography, planning and social justice. Learn more about them, here.

Categories

Awards Black Excellence BRN Geography Planning Social Justice

Recent News

Chelsi Ricketts and Shalom Brown.
News | Wednesday, March 4, 2026
U of T researchers unpack identity, safety and sport participation
More than 600,000 young people in Canada drop out of sports during adolescence, with girls and youth from equity-owed groups most...
Read More Arrow Pointing Right
Social Sciences
R. Cassandra Lord
News | Wednesday, March 4, 2026
R. Cassandra Lord named director of Black Research Network
R. Cassandra Lord has been named director of the Black Research Network (BRN). 
Read More Arrow Pointing Right
BRN
Myrtede Alfred
News | Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Connaught project aims to develop framework to help hospitals address health-care inequities
A developing project by Myrtede Alfred aims to build a modelling approach to identify equity issues and reduce adverse outcomes for racialized patients in Canadian hospitals.
Read More Arrow Pointing Right
Engineering and technology