Project

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Black Internationalism in Canada: Uncovering Traces, Spaces & Faces of Black Self-Determination
This project initially aimed to address one core question: “Where are the women in Pan-Africanism”? The project has since developed...
Social Sciences
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#BlackMusicMatters: Hip Hop & Social Justice In Canada
As the visionary of this project, Hamilton co-wrote lessons with Jon Corbin for this national, cross-curricular resource for secondary Canadian...
Humanities and the Arts Poetry, Essays, and Songs
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Racism, Complaints & Democratic Accountability: Mapping Barriers and Burdens in Human Rights and Policing Institutions 
This project, with McGill researchers Tari Ajadi and Debra Thompson, aims to address a significant barrier to the inclusion of...
Anti-Racism Black Canadian Policy and policy administration Social Sciences
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All Rights Matter”? Assessing the Promise of Human Rights Policy in Combating Racial Profiling in Policing
Human rights institutions play a significant but frequently neglected role in determining how the problem of anti-Black racism and policing...
Policy and policy administration Social Sciences
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The Price of (In)Authenticity
In my research project “The Price of (In)Authenticity”, I provide empirical evidence of the benefits and costs of racial assimilation...
Race and Ethnic Relations Social Sciences
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Growing Apart
In my research project “Growing Apart”, I investigate how stigma concerning racialized aspects of physical appearance (like hair) sustains Black-non-Black...
Black Studies Race and Ethnic Relations Social Sciences
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Counting and measuring in African Languages Spoken in Toronto/Sociolinguistic survey of African languages spoken in Toronto (Connaught New Research Award)
This ongoing project involves both a description counting and measuring in some African languages spoken in Toronto as well as...
African Humanities and the Arts
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HOAs and Residential Exclusion
This project explores the role of homeowners’ associations and patterns of residential exclusion. Using data on HOAs, mortgage lending, and...
Social Sciences
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Housing Assistance Across the GTA
Using administrative data and interviews with tenants and administrators from the Toronto Community Housing Corporation, this project analyzes the effects...
Social Sciences
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In the Diaspora,  Stabroek News
Since 2008, Alissa Trotz has edited a weekly newspaper column in an independent daily in Guyana.
Caribbean