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Congratulations to Zeinab Farokhi

Congratulations to Zeinab Farokhi, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, Digital Islamophobia: A Comparison of Right-Wing Extremist Groups in Canada, the United States and India. Zeinab was supervised by Professor Victoria Tahmasebi-Birgani, […]

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Reading the beads: U of T Mississauga researcher, Kristen Bos, examines Indigenous visual storytelling

A beaded bag by a Cree artist from James Bay circa 1865 (photo courtesy of Professor Kristen Bos) Kristen Bos initially resisted going into the field of Indigenous studies. “I started […]

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Congratulations Dr. Mary Kay Bachour!

WGSI is very pleased to announce that Dr. Mary Kay Bachour has been offered a position of  Senior Research Specialist at the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) to pursue […]

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Robyn Maynard joins HCS as Assistant Professor of Black Feminisms in Canada

It is with tremendous pleasure WGSI shares the exciting news that Robyn Maynard, doctoral candidate in WGSI who is currently writing her dissertation, will be starting a tenure-stream position at […]

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Why British Vogue’s ‘celebration’ of the African model fell short

Fashion continues to trade in the white lie that it is inherently a non-racial practice and a business. M Neelika Jayawardane Associate Professor of English at the State University of […]

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All About Love: A Readathon Honoring bell hooks

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Congratulations Dr. Grey

Congratulations to Cornel Grey, who successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on Black Synesthetics: On Queer Feeling, Real Contact and Black Flesh. Cornel was supervised by Professor Rinaldo Walcott, with Professors Chris […]

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Remembering Lee Maracle (July 2, 1950 – November 11, 2021)

Lee Maracle, the celebrated writer, is being remembered by the University of Toronto as an inspirational instructor, adviser, activist and mentor to students – and as someone whose pen helped […]

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Visiting Lectureship in Human Rights

Register here for Policing Black Lives 5 Years Later Policing Black Lives 5 Years Later: On the limitations of reform, and the expansive terrain of liberation. In this talk, Maynard […]

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PAPER TRAILS: AARZOO SINGH

Continuing our August deep dive into the history of forced displacement in the British Empire, MBC interviewed Dr Aarzoo Singh, who recently completed her PhD at the Women & Gender […]