U of T Black Research Network
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U of T's Black Research Network is an Institutional Strategic Initiative promoting Black research excellence and innovation. #UofT
💻: brn.utoronto.ca
💻: brn.utoronto.ca
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The Department of History presents a keynote lecture exploring French's argument that Africa had a pivotal role in shaping world history according to his recent book, The Second Emancipation.
RSVP here: bit.ly/3YSyY1y
RSVP here: bit.ly/3YSyY1y
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
The Department of History presents a keynote lecture exploring French's argument that Africa had a pivotal role in shaping world history according to his recent book, The Second Emancipation.
RSVP here: bit.ly/3YSyY1y
RSVP here: bit.ly/3YSyY1y
Black Research Network members receive Connaught New Researcher Awards 🎉 buff.ly/rezzChA #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
January 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Black Research Network members receive Connaught New Researcher Awards 🎉 buff.ly/rezzChA #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
#BRNBrilliance: A BRN IGNITE Grant project led by Kariuki Kirigia of @artsci.utoronto.ca examines how documents contribute to land dispossession in Kenya 🌍 buff.ly/GS4IH52 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
January 21, 2026 at 4:08 PM
#BRNBrilliance: A BRN IGNITE Grant project led by Kariuki Kirigia of @artsci.utoronto.ca examines how documents contribute to land dispossession in Kenya 🌍 buff.ly/GS4IH52 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
BRN Brilliance Season 2 – premiering on Jan. 21 – puts research, teaching and collaboration in focus 💡 buff.ly/DSvYCo7 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
January 14, 2026 at 8:14 PM
BRN Brilliance Season 2 – premiering on Jan. 21 – puts research, teaching and collaboration in focus 💡 buff.ly/DSvYCo7 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Register for the BRN Research Symposium 2026!
With the theme “Transforming Research into Impact: Strategies, Stories, and Futures” @utoronto.ca researchers, innovators & practitioners will explore how ideas move into action 💡 buff.ly/rj4SKLR #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
With the theme “Transforming Research into Impact: Strategies, Stories, and Futures” @utoronto.ca researchers, innovators & practitioners will explore how ideas move into action 💡 buff.ly/rj4SKLR #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
January 13, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Register for the BRN Research Symposium 2026!
With the theme “Transforming Research into Impact: Strategies, Stories, and Futures” @utoronto.ca researchers, innovators & practitioners will explore how ideas move into action 💡 buff.ly/rj4SKLR #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
With the theme “Transforming Research into Impact: Strategies, Stories, and Futures” @utoronto.ca researchers, innovators & practitioners will explore how ideas move into action 💡 buff.ly/rj4SKLR #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
BRN IGNITE Grant project aims to preserve traditional Yorùbá recipes 💙 buff.ly/m2Im1zw #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
January 12, 2026 at 8:12 PM
BRN IGNITE Grant project aims to preserve traditional Yorùbá recipes 💙 buff.ly/m2Im1zw #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Join the BRN for its first Academic Practice Lab of 2026!
Hosted w/ the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation, this session will help #UofT faculty understand how teaching dossier components and divisional guidelines align ✍🏽 buff.ly/VQ7CdhI #BlackResearchNetwork
Hosted w/ the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation, this session will help #UofT faculty understand how teaching dossier components and divisional guidelines align ✍🏽 buff.ly/VQ7CdhI #BlackResearchNetwork
January 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Join the BRN for its first Academic Practice Lab of 2026!
Hosted w/ the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation, this session will help #UofT faculty understand how teaching dossier components and divisional guidelines align ✍🏽 buff.ly/VQ7CdhI #BlackResearchNetwork
Hosted w/ the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation, this session will help #UofT faculty understand how teaching dossier components and divisional guidelines align ✍🏽 buff.ly/VQ7CdhI #BlackResearchNetwork
Congratulations to SA Smythe, who has received a 12-month Chancellor Jackman Faculty Research Fellowship in the Humanities for 2026-27 🎉 buff.ly/ilDtMAp #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
January 8, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Congratulations to SA Smythe, who has received a 12-month Chancellor Jackman Faculty Research Fellowship in the Humanities for 2026-27 🎉 buff.ly/ilDtMAp #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
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👋 You're invited to this free talk by Audra A. Diptée. She'll present her most recent work which explores the relationship between power and historical production in the twentieth century Caribbean as well as its impact on the region’s future.
Info uoft.me/c3F
Info uoft.me/c3F
January 6, 2026 at 5:05 PM
👋 You're invited to this free talk by Audra A. Diptée. She'll present her most recent work which explores the relationship between power and historical production in the twentieth century Caribbean as well as its impact on the region’s future.
Info uoft.me/c3F
Info uoft.me/c3F
In the first BRN Programming collaboration of 2026, we're set to help provide you with valuable insight on navigating grants at
@utoronto.ca!
➡️ Register to attend the Jan. 8 session: buff.ly/VUhpJHC #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
@utoronto.ca!
➡️ Register to attend the Jan. 8 session: buff.ly/VUhpJHC #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Jan. 8 🗓 Join the BRN & VPRI for an information session on navigating internal grants at #UofT!
We’ll cover key resources + tools to match your research goals and provide an overview of Connaught grants, including the Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers.
🔗 Register: buff.ly/VUhpJHC
We’ll cover key resources + tools to match your research goals and provide an overview of Connaught grants, including the Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers.
🔗 Register: buff.ly/VUhpJHC
January 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
In the first BRN Programming collaboration of 2026, we're set to help provide you with valuable insight on navigating grants at
@utoronto.ca!
➡️ Register to attend the Jan. 8 session: buff.ly/VUhpJHC #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
@utoronto.ca!
➡️ Register to attend the Jan. 8 session: buff.ly/VUhpJHC #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Happy holidays from the Black Research Network! ✨❄️
Wishing the @utoronto.ca community a wonderful and restful winter break. #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Wishing the @utoronto.ca community a wonderful and restful winter break. #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
December 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Happy holidays from the Black Research Network! ✨❄️
Wishing the @utoronto.ca community a wonderful and restful winter break. #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Wishing the @utoronto.ca community a wonderful and restful winter break. #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for the BRN Inspires Social!
From our mentorship workshop to the networking event, it was wonderful to connect with our community as the semester draws to a close. We appreciate your energy, engagement and support 💙
#UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
From our mentorship workshop to the networking event, it was wonderful to connect with our community as the semester draws to a close. We appreciate your energy, engagement and support 💙
#UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
December 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us last week for the BRN Inspires Social!
From our mentorship workshop to the networking event, it was wonderful to connect with our community as the semester draws to a close. We appreciate your energy, engagement and support 💙
#UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
From our mentorship workshop to the networking event, it was wonderful to connect with our community as the semester draws to a close. We appreciate your energy, engagement and support 💙
#UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Jan. 8 🗓 Join the BRN & VPRI for an information session on navigating internal grants at #UofT!
We’ll cover key resources + tools to match your research goals and provide an overview of Connaught grants, including the Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers.
🔗 Register: buff.ly/VUhpJHC
We’ll cover key resources + tools to match your research goals and provide an overview of Connaught grants, including the Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers.
🔗 Register: buff.ly/VUhpJHC
December 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Jan. 8 🗓 Join the BRN & VPRI for an information session on navigating internal grants at #UofT!
We’ll cover key resources + tools to match your research goals and provide an overview of Connaught grants, including the Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers.
🔗 Register: buff.ly/VUhpJHC
We’ll cover key resources + tools to match your research goals and provide an overview of Connaught grants, including the Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers.
🔗 Register: buff.ly/VUhpJHC
Save the date! The BRN Research Symposium is set for March 27, 2026 📚
The event brings together multidisciplinary @utoronto.ca researchers to highlight the transformative impact of Black research excellence on the future.
Registration opens in January. Visit: brn.utoronto.ca #BlackResearchNetwork
The event brings together multidisciplinary @utoronto.ca researchers to highlight the transformative impact of Black research excellence on the future.
Registration opens in January. Visit: brn.utoronto.ca #BlackResearchNetwork
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Save the date! The BRN Research Symposium is set for March 27, 2026 📚
The event brings together multidisciplinary @utoronto.ca researchers to highlight the transformative impact of Black research excellence on the future.
Registration opens in January. Visit: brn.utoronto.ca #BlackResearchNetwork
The event brings together multidisciplinary @utoronto.ca researchers to highlight the transformative impact of Black research excellence on the future.
Registration opens in January. Visit: brn.utoronto.ca #BlackResearchNetwork
Reposted by U of T Black Research Network
🎙️ In case you missed any episodes of Humanities at Large, we're featuring them all week. Here's episode 3
🎧 uoft.me/jhi-podcast
🎧 uoft.me/jhi-podcast
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🎙️ In case you missed any episodes of Humanities at Large, we're featuring them all week. Here's episode 3
🎧 uoft.me/jhi-podcast
🎧 uoft.me/jhi-podcast
"The advances I make in my research are all, in some way, a result of the time spent in the classroom."
Lauren Cramer of @artsci.utoronto.ca is one of six #UofT faculty recognized with a Cheryl Regehr Early Career Teaching Award 🎉 buff.ly/Jw4n7Cw #BlackResearchNetwork
Lauren Cramer of @artsci.utoronto.ca is one of six #UofT faculty recognized with a Cheryl Regehr Early Career Teaching Award 🎉 buff.ly/Jw4n7Cw #BlackResearchNetwork
December 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"The advances I make in my research are all, in some way, a result of the time spent in the classroom."
Lauren Cramer of @artsci.utoronto.ca is one of six #UofT faculty recognized with a Cheryl Regehr Early Career Teaching Award 🎉 buff.ly/Jw4n7Cw #BlackResearchNetwork
Lauren Cramer of @artsci.utoronto.ca is one of six #UofT faculty recognized with a Cheryl Regehr Early Career Teaching Award 🎉 buff.ly/Jw4n7Cw #BlackResearchNetwork
Kamari Maxine Clarke receives SSHRC's 2025 Insight Award 🏆 buff.ly/9NWdIYK #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Kamari Maxine Clarke receives SSHRC's 2025 Insight Award 🏆 buff.ly/9NWdIYK #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
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From making chemistry greener to examining the aesthetics of Blackness in popular culture, #UofT professors are constantly developing new ways to advance learning & engage students in the classroom & beyond. 💡 uoft.me/c0X
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
From making chemistry greener to examining the aesthetics of Blackness in popular culture, #UofT professors are constantly developing new ways to advance learning & engage students in the classroom & beyond. 💡 uoft.me/c0X
BRN IGNITE Grant helps researcher develop AI tool for community-based disease surveillance in Ethiopia 📲 buff.ly/tT6LAuz #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
BRN IGNITE Grant helps researcher develop AI tool for community-based disease surveillance in Ethiopia 📲 buff.ly/tT6LAuz #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
The Connaught Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers provides up to $250K to new, Black-led research initiatives at @utoronto.ca driving innovative solutions to major research challenges.
🤝🏽 Coordinated by the Connaught Fund & BRN. The NOI deadline is Feb. 9, 2026: buff.ly/8mDhBH9 #UofT
🤝🏽 Coordinated by the Connaught Fund & BRN. The NOI deadline is Feb. 9, 2026: buff.ly/8mDhBH9 #UofT
November 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The Connaught Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers provides up to $250K to new, Black-led research initiatives at @utoronto.ca driving innovative solutions to major research challenges.
🤝🏽 Coordinated by the Connaught Fund & BRN. The NOI deadline is Feb. 9, 2026: buff.ly/8mDhBH9 #UofT
🤝🏽 Coordinated by the Connaught Fund & BRN. The NOI deadline is Feb. 9, 2026: buff.ly/8mDhBH9 #UofT
Black Research Network members receive Canada Research Chairs 🍁 buff.ly/nOEj7Xr #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Black Research Network members receive Canada Research Chairs 🍁 buff.ly/nOEj7Xr #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
The BRN Inspires Social takes place on Dec. 5!
BRN faculty & postdocs can join us for a Mentor Roundtable Mixer from 4-5 PM, right before the social.
Connect with @utoronto.ca faculty, share experiences & get strategies to navigate your academic journey: buff.ly/44uUO1I 🤝🏽
BRN faculty & postdocs can join us for a Mentor Roundtable Mixer from 4-5 PM, right before the social.
Connect with @utoronto.ca faculty, share experiences & get strategies to navigate your academic journey: buff.ly/44uUO1I 🤝🏽
November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The BRN Inspires Social takes place on Dec. 5!
BRN faculty & postdocs can join us for a Mentor Roundtable Mixer from 4-5 PM, right before the social.
Connect with @utoronto.ca faculty, share experiences & get strategies to navigate your academic journey: buff.ly/44uUO1I 🤝🏽
BRN faculty & postdocs can join us for a Mentor Roundtable Mixer from 4-5 PM, right before the social.
Connect with @utoronto.ca faculty, share experiences & get strategies to navigate your academic journey: buff.ly/44uUO1I 🤝🏽
Nov. 24 🗓 Join the Black Research Network and its collaborators for the webinar, "Being A Scholar Activist: Challenges, Contradictions and Possibilities."
Register to attend 🔗
Register to attend 🔗
Black Research Network: Being A Scholar Activist: Challenges, Contradictions and Possibilities
On Nov. 24, join the Black Research Network (BRN) and its collaborators for an important webinar, “Being A Scholar Activist:...
brn.utoronto.ca
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Nov. 24 🗓 Join the Black Research Network and its collaborators for the webinar, "Being A Scholar Activist: Challenges, Contradictions and Possibilities."
Register to attend 🔗
Register to attend 🔗
IBET Momentum Fellow Paige McFarlane aims to use microfluidics to design faster, more accurate medical tests 🧪 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork | @engineering.utoronto.ca
Black Research Network: IBET Momentum Fellow Paige McFarlane aims to use microfluidics to design faster, more accurate medical tests
For Paige McFarlane (EngSci 2T5, BME PhD student) biomedical engineering was the perfect middle ground between two paths. “Where I come from, there’s this...
brn.utoronto.ca
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
IBET Momentum Fellow Paige McFarlane aims to use microfluidics to design faster, more accurate medical tests 🧪 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork | @engineering.utoronto.ca
🫀 Interested in heart failure research? Join @transformhf.bsky.social for its 2025 Fall Network Event on Nov. 28!
Learn about research from the TRANSFORM HF community – covering everything from smart garments to cardiac care solutions co-designed with equity at the forefront.
Learn about research from the TRANSFORM HF community – covering everything from smart garments to cardiac care solutions co-designed with equity at the forefront.
Black Research Network: TRANSFORM HF 2025 Fall Network Event
TRANSFORM HF is thrilled to bring together its diverse network of clinicians, scientists, trainees, people with lived experience, industry reps,...
brn.utoronto.ca
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🫀 Interested in heart failure research? Join @transformhf.bsky.social for its 2025 Fall Network Event on Nov. 28!
Learn about research from the TRANSFORM HF community – covering everything from smart garments to cardiac care solutions co-designed with equity at the forefront.
Learn about research from the TRANSFORM HF community – covering everything from smart garments to cardiac care solutions co-designed with equity at the forefront.