U of T Black Research Network
@uoftbrn.bsky.social
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
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:...
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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...
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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,...
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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.
🧐 How should you approach planning your first tri-agency grant application as a lead PI?
Do you need tips on effectively managing your budget or choosing the right agency for your interdisciplinary research?
Join our Nov. 14 Academic Practice Lab: buff.ly/wgwkFWg #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Do you need tips on effectively managing your budget or choosing the right agency for your interdisciplinary research?
Join our Nov. 14 Academic Practice Lab: buff.ly/wgwkFWg #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
The BRN's Academic Practice Lab is back on Nov. 14!
Join us for a session focused on NSERC, CIHR and SSHRC grants – designed to support your success in securing research funding 📚 buff.ly/wgwkFWg #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Join us for a session focused on NSERC, CIHR and SSHRC grants – designed to support your success in securing research funding 📚 buff.ly/wgwkFWg #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
🧐 How should you approach planning your first tri-agency grant application as a lead PI?
Do you need tips on effectively managing your budget or choosing the right agency for your interdisciplinary research?
Join our Nov. 14 Academic Practice Lab: buff.ly/wgwkFWg #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Do you need tips on effectively managing your budget or choosing the right agency for your interdisciplinary research?
Join our Nov. 14 Academic Practice Lab: buff.ly/wgwkFWg #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Reposted by U of T Black Research Network
Nov 19: Mercedes Sobers presents her research on racial disparities in mental health experiences & services and explores how the Black Joy Art Initiative balanced the work strain by highlighting everyday practices sustaining wellness in Black communities https://ow.ly/WBX750Xl85y
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Nov 19: Mercedes Sobers presents her research on racial disparities in mental health experiences & services and explores how the Black Joy Art Initiative balanced the work strain by highlighting everyday practices sustaining wellness in Black communities https://ow.ly/WBX750Xl85y
Reposted by U of T Black Research Network
Nov. 19 | Black Table Talk
Join in celebrating Black students, staff, faculty and librarians for an empowering and insightful exploration of Blackness at the #UTM.
⏰ 12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
📍 MN3230
Register ➡️ https://bit.ly/3Xc6Y82
Join in celebrating Black students, staff, faculty and librarians for an empowering and insightful exploration of Blackness at the #UTM.
⏰ 12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
📍 MN3230
Register ➡️ https://bit.ly/3Xc6Y82
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Nov. 19 | Black Table Talk
Join in celebrating Black students, staff, faculty and librarians for an empowering and insightful exploration of Blackness at the #UTM.
⏰ 12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
📍 MN3230
Register ➡️ https://bit.ly/3Xc6Y82
Join in celebrating Black students, staff, faculty and librarians for an empowering and insightful exploration of Blackness at the #UTM.
⏰ 12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
📍 MN3230
Register ➡️ https://bit.ly/3Xc6Y82
Applications are open for the BRN IGNITE Grant 5.0!
The grant provides $5K - $15K to support interdisciplinary research through professional development, research dissemination and other research-related expenses.
Deadline: Jan. 12, 2026 💡 buff.ly/Q4qhPiv #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
The grant provides $5K - $15K to support interdisciplinary research through professional development, research dissemination and other research-related expenses.
Deadline: Jan. 12, 2026 💡 buff.ly/Q4qhPiv #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
November 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Applications are open for the BRN IGNITE Grant 5.0!
The grant provides $5K - $15K to support interdisciplinary research through professional development, research dissemination and other research-related expenses.
Deadline: Jan. 12, 2026 💡 buff.ly/Q4qhPiv #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
The grant provides $5K - $15K to support interdisciplinary research through professional development, research dissemination and other research-related expenses.
Deadline: Jan. 12, 2026 💡 buff.ly/Q4qhPiv #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
‘More than just fantasy’: How this @utsc.utoronto.ca undergrad found her calling in outer space policy 🌌 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Black Research Network: ‘More than just fantasy’: How this UTSC undergrad found her calling in outer space policy
Long before studying outer space policy, Leah Wolfe was captivated by the characters and worlds of science fiction novels like...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
‘More than just fantasy’: How this @utsc.utoronto.ca undergrad found her calling in outer space policy 🌌 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
The BRN's Academic Practice Lab is back on Nov. 14!
Join us for a session focused on NSERC, CIHR and SSHRC grants – designed to support your success in securing research funding 📚 buff.ly/wgwkFWg #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Join us for a session focused on NSERC, CIHR and SSHRC grants – designed to support your success in securing research funding 📚 buff.ly/wgwkFWg #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
October 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The BRN's Academic Practice Lab is back on Nov. 14!
Join us for a session focused on NSERC, CIHR and SSHRC grants – designed to support your success in securing research funding 📚 buff.ly/wgwkFWg #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Join us for a session focused on NSERC, CIHR and SSHRC grants – designed to support your success in securing research funding 📚 buff.ly/wgwkFWg #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
#UTSC's Karina Vernon is featured on the Humanities at Large podcast by @jhievents.bsky.social!
She traces the songs of Black cowboys across Canada's prairies, Texas and West Africa – uncovering an archive that reshapes how we think about belonging and survival on the frontier 🎧 buff.ly/K0Q8AsV
She traces the songs of Black cowboys across Canada's prairies, Texas and West Africa – uncovering an archive that reshapes how we think about belonging and survival on the frontier 🎧 buff.ly/K0Q8AsV
October 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
#UTSC's Karina Vernon is featured on the Humanities at Large podcast by @jhievents.bsky.social!
She traces the songs of Black cowboys across Canada's prairies, Texas and West Africa – uncovering an archive that reshapes how we think about belonging and survival on the frontier 🎧 buff.ly/K0Q8AsV
She traces the songs of Black cowboys across Canada's prairies, Texas and West Africa – uncovering an archive that reshapes how we think about belonging and survival on the frontier 🎧 buff.ly/K0Q8AsV
BRN talk centres Black, Indigenous histories in the classroom 📚 buff.ly/et9Uil9 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
October 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
BRN talk centres Black, Indigenous histories in the classroom 📚 buff.ly/et9Uil9 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
University of Toronto Scarborough researcher looks at how racial stereotypes follow Black girls into the classroom ✍🏽 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Black Research Network: U of T Scarborough researcher looks at how racial stereotypes follow Black girls into the classroom
When Olivia Bernard arrived in Canada from Jamaica at age 19, she encountered racism that left a lasting impression. On...
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October 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
University of Toronto Scarborough researcher looks at how racial stereotypes follow Black girls into the classroom ✍🏽 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Attend the Possibilities & Refusals in Black Canadian Studies Symposium at @utsc.utoronto.ca!
Hosted by the Black Canadian Studies Association,
celebrate the JCS Special Issue, "Nah! On the Possibilities of Ongoing Refusals in Black Canadian Studies," attend an author panel + network 📕
Hosted by the Black Canadian Studies Association,
celebrate the JCS Special Issue, "Nah! On the Possibilities of Ongoing Refusals in Black Canadian Studies," attend an author panel + network 📕
Black Research Network: Possibilities & Refusals in Black Canadian Studies Symposium
Join colleagues and community members at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) campus as the Black Canadian Studies Association launch...
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October 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Attend the Possibilities & Refusals in Black Canadian Studies Symposium at @utsc.utoronto.ca!
Hosted by the Black Canadian Studies Association,
celebrate the JCS Special Issue, "Nah! On the Possibilities of Ongoing Refusals in Black Canadian Studies," attend an author panel + network 📕
Hosted by the Black Canadian Studies Association,
celebrate the JCS Special Issue, "Nah! On the Possibilities of Ongoing Refusals in Black Canadian Studies," attend an author panel + network 📕
Kamari Clarke, director of the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, has been shortlisted for a 2025 @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca Impact Award.
Clarke is one of three U of T scholars shortlisted, and is a finalist in the Insight Award category 🎉 buff.ly/Bbwfsjz
#UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Clarke is one of three U of T scholars shortlisted, and is a finalist in the Insight Award category 🎉 buff.ly/Bbwfsjz
#UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
October 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Kamari Clarke, director of the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, has been shortlisted for a 2025 @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca Impact Award.
Clarke is one of three U of T scholars shortlisted, and is a finalist in the Insight Award category 🎉 buff.ly/Bbwfsjz
#UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Clarke is one of three U of T scholars shortlisted, and is a finalist in the Insight Award category 🎉 buff.ly/Bbwfsjz
#UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
📢 Calling all #UofT graduate students!
On Oct. 17, join the BRN for a virtual lunch-hour to help shape the future of our programming.
This informal session is your chance to share ideas on how we can better support your academic + professional journey 🤝🏽 buff.ly/GzIARpa #BlackResearchNetwork
On Oct. 17, join the BRN for a virtual lunch-hour to help shape the future of our programming.
This informal session is your chance to share ideas on how we can better support your academic + professional journey 🤝🏽 buff.ly/GzIARpa #BlackResearchNetwork
October 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
📢 Calling all #UofT graduate students!
On Oct. 17, join the BRN for a virtual lunch-hour to help shape the future of our programming.
This informal session is your chance to share ideas on how we can better support your academic + professional journey 🤝🏽 buff.ly/GzIARpa #BlackResearchNetwork
On Oct. 17, join the BRN for a virtual lunch-hour to help shape the future of our programming.
This informal session is your chance to share ideas on how we can better support your academic + professional journey 🤝🏽 buff.ly/GzIARpa #BlackResearchNetwork
Launching Oct. 10: The BRN's Academic Practice Lab, a monthly workshop series to support researchers on their academic journey!
Our first workshop will explore how to craft strong applications & proposals at #UofT – including for the BRN IGNITE Grant ✍🏽 buff.ly/f7UwaJO #BlackResearchNetwork
Our first workshop will explore how to craft strong applications & proposals at #UofT – including for the BRN IGNITE Grant ✍🏽 buff.ly/f7UwaJO #BlackResearchNetwork
September 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Launching Oct. 10: The BRN's Academic Practice Lab, a monthly workshop series to support researchers on their academic journey!
Our first workshop will explore how to craft strong applications & proposals at #UofT – including for the BRN IGNITE Grant ✍🏽 buff.ly/f7UwaJO #BlackResearchNetwork
Our first workshop will explore how to craft strong applications & proposals at #UofT – including for the BRN IGNITE Grant ✍🏽 buff.ly/f7UwaJO #BlackResearchNetwork
There is still time to register for "Reimagining Education: Black Indigenous Waterways," taking place on Sept. 30!
Learn more to join us ➡️ buff.ly/dIihRxL #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Learn more to join us ➡️ buff.ly/dIihRxL #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Join the BRN on Sept. 30 for, "Reimagining Education: Black Indigenous Waterways" 🌊
Inaugural BIW recipients Jade Nixon & kara lynch will share insights on the role of Black Indigenous histories & relationships in their work: buff.ly/dIihRxL #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Inaugural BIW recipients Jade Nixon & kara lynch will share insights on the role of Black Indigenous histories & relationships in their work: buff.ly/dIihRxL #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
September 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
There is still time to register for "Reimagining Education: Black Indigenous Waterways," taking place on Sept. 30!
Learn more to join us ➡️ buff.ly/dIihRxL #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Learn more to join us ➡️ buff.ly/dIihRxL #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
#UofTEngineering researcher, Alberta enterprise test AI tool to support nurses in First Nations communities 🩺 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Black Research Network: U of T Engineering researcher, Alberta enterprise test AI tool to support nurses in First Nations communities
LaShawn Murray, a PhD student in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering, is exploring how digital tools can improve...
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September 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
#UofTEngineering researcher, Alberta enterprise test AI tool to support nurses in First Nations communities 🩺 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
‘The @utsc.utoronto.ca community has given me a lot’: Maydianne Andrade reflects on 25 years of research, leadership and impact 🔬 buff.ly/fE95KZ4 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
September 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
‘The @utsc.utoronto.ca community has given me a lot’: Maydianne Andrade reflects on 25 years of research, leadership and impact 🔬 buff.ly/fE95KZ4 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
In a recent Toronto Star article, Tanya Sharpe of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work shared her research supporting Black survivors of homicide victims 🗞️ buff.ly/3yynmDm #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
September 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In a recent Toronto Star article, Tanya Sharpe of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work shared her research supporting Black survivors of homicide victims 🗞️ buff.ly/3yynmDm #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Black Research Network members named to Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists 🏫 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork
Black Research Network: Black Research Network members named to Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
Two members of the Black Research Network have been named to the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists...
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September 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Black Research Network members named to Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists 🏫 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork