U of T Black Research Network

🎤 Beverley Essue of @ihpmeuoft.bsky.social will deliver the keynote at the BRN Research Symposium 2026!

Title: "Beyond Equality: Unpacking the investment potential through a Women and Health lens."

🗓 Join us on March 27
💻 Register by Feb. 20: buff.ly/HQdhGke

#UofT #BlackResearchNetwork

Transcending boundaries: Working at the intersection of people and technology - Engineering Alumni & Friends Register now! Around the world, technology is advancing at an unprecedented pace—but it’s important to remember that it doesn’t develop itself. People design technologies for others to use, and succes...

Join us! February Skule Lunch & Learn

Trancending Boundaries: Working at the intersection of people and technology — ft. Professor Philip Asare

Wednesday, Feb. 11 | 12 – 1 p.m. (online)

🔗 Register here: alumni.engineering.utoronto.ca/event/ll-phi...

📢 Call for Poster Abstracts: BRN Research Symposium 2026!

Whether it’s your first presentation or part of ongoing research, poster sessions are a great way to showcase your work, share ideas and connect with fellow researchers. Submit by Feb. 27 🔗 buff.ly/HQdhGke #UofT

Student-led initiative evolves into experiential @utsc.utoronto.ca political science course ⚖️ buff.ly/dALGmgu #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork

💡 Applications open: BRN Faculty Fellowship 3.0!

Advance your scholarship in any discipline and share knowledge across @utoronto.ca and beyond. $10K awards available for tenure and teaching-stream faculty. Apply by Feb. 26: buff.ly/2BKBCr0 #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork

Event poster features the speaker on the right and text on the left that reads: "The Annual Black History Month Lecture, Dr. Howard W. French on The Second Emancipation." At the bottom, the poster reads: "Thursday, February 5, 4 to 6 PM, William Doo Auditorium, New College"

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

Black Research Network members receive Connaught New Researcher Awards 🎉 buff.ly/rezzChA #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork

Kariuki Kirigia.

#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

EVENT | The BRN Research Symposium 2026 takes place on March 27, 2026 at Alumni Hall, Victoria University in the University of Toronto.

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

@artsci.utoronto.ca @uoft-intl.bsky.social

Samuel Akinbo and Suzi Oliveira De Lima.

BRN IGNITE Grant project aims to preserve traditional Yorùbá recipes 💙 buff.ly/m2Im1zw #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork

EVENT | The BRN Academic Practice Lab workshop "The Teaching Dossier" will take place on Jan. 23, 2026 from 12 - 1 p.m., online. The session is hosted with the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation and facilitated by Samantha Chang and Michal Kasprzak.

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

@jhievents.bsky.social

SA Smythe.

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

Portrait of Audra A. Diptée. Text overlay is Brown Bag wth Audra A Diptée, PhD. Chained in Paradise: History as the Battlefield for the Caribbean Future. Tuesday, January 13, from 1pm to 2pm. Doors open at 12:40pm. William Doo Auditorium.

👋 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

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

Holiday greeting graphic with white text on a black background reads, "Happy Holidays! Warm wishes for the year ahead!" The graphic features multicoloured stars and illustrations.

Happy holidays from the Black Research Network! ✨❄️

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

EVENT | The information session, "Navigating U of T's Internal Grant Landscape" will take place on Jan. 8 from 12 - 1 PM, online. The event is hosted by the Black Research Network and the Division of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation.

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

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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

Speech bubbles in red and teal and a portrait of Karina Vernon. Text overlay is Humanities at Large, a podcast from the Jackman Humanities Institute. With host Melissa Gismondi. Unearthing the Songs of Black Cowboys with Karina Vernon.

🎙️ In case you missed any episodes of Humanities at Large, we're featuring them all week. Here's episode 3

🎧 uoft.me/jhi-podcast

Lauren Cramer.

"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

Kamari Maxine Clarke.

Kamari Maxine Clarke receives SSHRC's 2025 Insight Award 🏆 buff.ly/9NWdIYK #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork

Clockwise from top left: John De Backere, Lisa Zhang, Shelby Riskin, Lauren Cramer, Aditi Mehta, and Naomi Levy-Strumpf

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

@uoftdlsph.bsky.social @aimmlab.bsky.social

Gelan Ayana Zewdie.

BRN IGNITE Grant helps researcher develop AI tool for community-based disease surveillance in Ethiopia 📲 buff.ly/tT6LAuz #UofT #BlackResearchNetwork

@utm-research.bsky.social @utscresearch.bsky.social

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

@utoronto.ca @utm.utoronto.ca @artsci.utoronto.ca @uoftlaw.bsky.social @engineering.utoronto.ca @ihpmeuoft.bsky.social