Black Studies

Events | May 25-29, 2026
2025-2026 Black Studies Summer Seminar
The 2025-2026 Black Studies Summer Seminar, “the next place we go, they will follow: Beyond Digital Capture,” will take place at...
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Black Studies UTSC
Network | Researcher Profile
Ahmed Ali Ilmi
Ahmed Ali Ilmi is an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, in the Department of Global Development Studies at the University of...
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Black Diaspora Black Studies School System Social Sciences
Piano
Events | Thursday, February 05, 2026
A Celebration of Black History through Music: Lecture – Legacy of African American Music
On Feb. 5, the Faculty of Music will present the lecture “Legacy of African American Music,” featuring Trineice Robinson-Martin of...
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Black Studies music
Events | Thursday, November 27, 2025
Seltzer Lecture: Reclaiming Black Memory, Forging Black Possibilities
This year’s John Seltzer and Mark Seltzer Memorial Lecture is a conversation about Black memory. What does Black memory look...
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Black Studies Humanities and the Arts
Events | October 15, 2025 - June 17, 2026
[magnitude + bond] Reading Group – Collaboratory for Black Poiesis
Join the Collaboratory for Black Poiesis for a multimedia series of slow engagement with black cultural production & community-led ‘maker-thinker’...
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Black Studies Humanities and the Arts Literature
SA Smythe
News | Wednesday, September 25, 2024
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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Black Studies BRN Humanities and the Arts UofT
Afua Cooper
News | Wednesday, September 11, 2024
For Afua Cooper, unveiling the truth of Canada’s African history isn’t just a curriculum — it’s a purpose
It’s a moment that Afua Cooper still vividly recalls. It was the early 1980s, and Cooper, then newly arrived in...
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Black Studies Humanities and the Arts UTSC
Network | Researcher Profile
Karina Vernon
Karina Vernon researches and teaches in the area of Canadian literature, with a special focus on black Canadian literature, archives, critical...
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Black Studies Creative Writing Humanities and the Arts Literature
News | Wednesday, October 4, 2023
UTSC’s Afrosonic Innovation Lab provides a thriving space for music of the African diaspora
A growing academic space at U of T Scarborough is offering students a meaningful outlet to engage with music from...
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Black Studies BRN Researcher Profile Series Humanities and the Arts Poetry, Essays, and Songs UTSC
Ann Lopez
Network | Researcher Profile
Ann Lopez
Dr. Ann Lopez is a Jamaican-born professor of educational leadership and policy at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education...
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Black Studies Curriculum, pedagogy, and didactics Decolonization equity Leadership Social Justice Social Science