Black Research Network

News | Tuesday, February 11, 2025

U of T Geography and the BRN announce 2024 Black Graduate Scholar Award recipients

The Department of Geography & Planning and the Black Research Network are proud to announce the latest recipients of the Black Graduate Scholar...

BRN Geography Social Sciences Urban and regional planning

News | Monday, January 20, 2025

Announcing the newest cohort of BRN Faculty Fellows

The Black Research Network is pleased to announce the second cohort of BRN Faculty Fellows. Established in 2023, the BRN...

Black Excellence BRN

The Black Research Network (BRN) Research Symposium takes place on April 15 at the University of Toronto.

Events | Monday, April 14, 2025

BRN Research Symposium 2025

The Black Research Network (BRN) Research Symposium will bring together multidisciplinary researchers from across the University of Toronto tri-campus to...

Black Excellence BRN Research

Four BRN members have been names Canada Research Chairs.

News | Thursday, November 21, 2024

Black Research Network members receive new or renewed Canada Research Chairs

Four members of the Black Research Network have been awarded Canada Research Chairs in recognition and support of their research. ...

Black Excellence BRN Research

News | Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Holland Bloorview and BRN collaboration advances research to highlight experiences of racialized children and youth with disabilities in Canada

De-Lawrence Lamptey has dedicated his career to understanding the experiences of racialized children and youth with disabilities in Canada. As the...

equity Medical, Health, and Life Sciences Public and Population Health

News | Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Temerty Medicine PhD candidate investigates non-invasive gene therapy approaches to treat Alzheimer’s disease

An estimated 750,000 people live with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia in Canada. With no cure for the disease and...

Medical, Health, and Life Sciences Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects

News | Wednesday, October 23, 2024

‘A place where you belong, not just in words but in action’: UTM initiative champions Black excellence

Black at UTM, a growing initiative at U of T Mississauga, is nurturing Black flourishing on campus, ensuring community members...

Black Excellence Leadership UTM

News | Wednesday, October 9, 2024

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...

Natural Sciences UofT

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...

Black Studies BRN Humanities and the Arts UofT

News | Wednesday, September 18, 2024

BRN Brilliance: New multimedia series to spotlight Black-led research and initiatives at U of T

A new multimedia series from the Black Research Network will spotlight Black-led research and initiatives at the University of Toronto....

Black Excellence Leadership Research