Black Research Network

News | Wednesday, January 14, 2026

BRN Brilliance Season 2 puts research, teaching and collaboration in focus

From public health and sport inclusion research to dance studies and environmental justice, members of the Black Research Network (BRN)...

BRN

Events | Friday, March 27, 2026

BRN Research Symposium 2026

The Black Research Network (BRN) Research Symposium brings together multidisciplinary researchers from across the University of Toronto to showcase the transformative impact of Black...

BRN

News | Monday, January 12, 2026

BRN IGNITE Grant project aims to preserve traditional Yorùbá recipes

Growing up in the city of Ijebu-Ode in Ogun State, Nigeria, Adébísí Ògún learned to cook traditional Yorùbá dishes at her paternal grandmother’s side, memorizing recipes passed...

African Studies BRN Humanities and the Arts

Events | Friday, January 23, 2026

BRN Academic Practice Lab: The Teaching Dossier

The Black Research Network’s Academic Practice Lab helps researchers build practical skills, access key funding insights and explore success in diverse academic...

BRN

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

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...

BRN Research