Black Research Network: BRN IGNITE Grant project examines how documents contribute to land dispossession in Kenya

News | Wednesday, January 21, 2026

BRN IGNITE Grant project examines how documents contribute to land dispossession in Kenya

A developing research project led by Kariuki Kirigia is examining how land documents – including maps, title deeds and leases – are being used in ways that contribute to...

African Studies BRN

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

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