BRN Archive

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...
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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News | Wednesday, September 17, 2025
‘The UTSC community has given me a lot’: Maydianne Andrade reflects on 25 years of research, leadership and impact 
When Maydianne Andrade reflects on her legacy, it’s not just her research and leadership that come to mind – it’s...
Events | Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Reimagining  Education: Black Indigenous Waterways
How do Black and Indigenous pedagogical approaches challenge dominant educational frameworks? What does it look like to centre these methodologies...
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News | Thursday, June 19, 2025
R. Cassandra Lord named the Black Research Network’s acting director 
The Black Research Network (BRN) is pleased to announce that  R. Cassandra Lord, an associate professor of sexuality studies in...
News | Thursday, May 1, 2025
How can engineering culture be more inclusive? U of T doctoral student turns to her own story for answers
Dimpho Radebe wanted to use her engineering degree to create positive change and impact everyday life. That’s when she found industrial...
News | Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Developing database aims to improve access to Black health research in Canada
Rayshaun Whyte is part of an interdisciplinary team of student researchers, faculty and librarians developing the Black Canadian Health Research Database...