Black Research Network

Kwame Diko, assistant director, equity & outreach in the Office of Student Recruitment.

News | Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Black Research Network’s first symposium boosts cross-disciplinary research collaborations and mentorship

The Black Research Network (BRN) hosted its inaugural BRN Research Symposium on April 14 at Victoria University in the University...

Black Excellence BRN UofT

Events | Wednesday, April 09, 2025

Annual Equity Symposium – OISE

OISE’s 3rd Annual Equity Symposium, Mobilizing Our Knowledge to Defend Justice Outside the Walls of University, is an important gathering of...

Social Justice UofT

News | Tuesday, March 11, 2025

DLSPH student leads non-profit to address systemic barriers in stem cell donations

Sylvia Okonofua discovered her purpose years prior to joining DLSPH as a student when, in 2016, she worked as a...

Public and Population Health UofT

OISE community members pose for a photo in celebration of the Centre for Black Studies in Education.

News | Monday, December 16, 2024

OISE’s Centre for Black Studies in Education champions Black research and student success

As the Centre for Black Studies in Education (CBSE) embarks on its second year, it seeks to deepen its impact...

Black Excellence Education UofT

News | Tuesday, November 26, 2024

U of T undergrad pursues passion in public policy to amplify every voice

Dacian Dawes decided to pursue a certificate in Black Canadian Studies to uncover the untold histories of Canada and learn how...

Black Canadian Humanities and the Arts Policy and policy administration Student Stories UofT

News | Monday, October 28, 2024

‘This is where change happens’: Wes Hall on becoming U of T’s 35th chancellor

For much of his childhood, Wes Hall lived in a tin shack in rural Jamaica, where he and his siblings were raised...

Leadership UofT

News | Thursday, October 17, 2024

U of T master’s student approaches public health with a community-centered lens

Working at Toronto General Hospital during his undergrad, Denzel Lodge received advice that played an integral role in shaping his...

Public and Population Health Student Stories UofT UTSC

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 | Tuesday, October 8, 2024

IBET Momentum Fellow Kejah Bascon aims to innovate robotic neurosurgical tools using a human factors approach

The path to engineering studies wasn’t always straightforward for Kejah Bascon (MIE PhD student). Born and raised in Ottawa, she spent much...

Black Excellence Engineering and technology 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