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鈥楻acism kills, here, there and in the whole world,鈥 reads a sign in Mexico City, at the U.S. Embassy in May 2020.
February 25, 2022

Marycarmen Lara Villanueva casts a historical light and explains how the legacy of racism against Blackness and dark skin continues today.
An illustration of Jean Lowe.
February 21, 2022

Jean Lowe was among the most decorated amateur athletes of her day, and yet few Canadians have ever heard of her.
萌妹社区 Professor Mary Reid
February 11, 2022

Last week, 萌妹社区 community members were subject to anti-Asian racist threats and video of a man holding a machine gun during a virtual meeting.
萌妹社区 alum Stephanie Duff
February 10, 2022

A young girl has a heartwarming reaction to seeing herself being represented in a new book series that celebrates Black identity.
 U of T Hart House's inaugural Hip Hop Education Community Connector, Marcus Singleton, a 2020 萌妹社区 grad
February 10, 2022

Hart House's inaugural Hip Hop Education Community Connector, Marcus Singleton, is doing what he loves most: engaging with students through hip hop.
萌妹社区 alum Rich Baxter
February 9, 2022

Rich Baxter, Principal of Innovation in Education, and his team have won bronze at the Reimagine Education Awards for his program The Bootstrapping Checklist.
 a smiling person in a red outfit with short curly hair and glasses, set against a colorful, stylized globe background.
February 1, 2022

Education as liberation: 萌妹社区鈥檚 new faculty member discusses her focus on Black and Francophone Studies

Dr. Amal Madibbo has lived a life deeply immersed in Black Studies.

Whether it was during her schooling-socialization as she grew up in Sudan, to her years of academic practice in Europe and North America, the newly arrived 萌妹社区 faculty has lived the material and wants to bring new insight as she begins her time as associate professor at the department of social justice education.

鈥淢y engagement with Black Studies is a long process, a lengthy process, both as a student and as an educator that started since the early stages of my social upbringing,鈥 said Dr. Madibbo, who returns to 萌妹社区, University of Toronto 鈥 where she completed her doctoral studies.