BRN Archive

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...
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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...
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BRN Public and Population Health
Opportunities
Connaught Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers
Coordinated in collaboration with the Black Research Network, the purpose of the Connaught Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers program is...
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BRN Research
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...
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Opportunities
BRN IGNITE Grant 5.0
The Black Research Network (BRN), an Institutional Strategic Initiative at the University of Toronto, is excited to announce the launch...
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Events | Friday, November 14, 2025
Academic Practice Lab: Canada’s Tri-Agency Research Grants
The Black Research Network’s Academic Practice Lab helps researchers build practical skills, access key funding insights and explore success in...
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Events | Friday, December 05, 2025
BRN Inspires Social 2025
The Black Research Network (BRN) invites its members and the wider University of Toronto community to the BRN Inspires Social...
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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...
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Events | Friday, October 17, 2025
Graduate Student Lunch Hour: Shaping BRN Programming
As part of its mission to sustain an interdisciplinary network of researchers at the University of Toronto, the Black Research...
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Events | Friday, October 10, 2025
Academic Practice Lab: Strategic Insights and Institutional Support for Effective Grant Writing
The Black Research Network’s Academic Practice Lab helps researchers build practical skills, access key funding insights and explore success in...
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