Canisia Lubrin

Canisia Lubrin is a St. Lucian Canadian writer, poet, editor and critic.

C.L. Polk

C.L. Polk is a fantasy fiction novelist and short story writer based in Calgary, Alberta.

Bryan Prince

Bryan Prince is a descendent of enslaved Africans brought to Canada before the American Civil War. He is a Board member of the Buxton National Historic Site and Museum and has worked with Adam Matthew Publications as a consulting editor on projects exploring African Canadian history.

Boulou Ebanda de b’Béri

Boulou Ebanda de b’Béri is a professor in media and cultural studies and the founding director of the Audiovisual Media Lab for the study of Cultures and Societies at the University of Ottawa.

Beverly-Jean Daniel

Beverly-Jean Daniel is an Assistant Professor in Ryerson University’s School of Child and Youth Care. Her areas of expertise include anti-Black racism; race-based identity development in children and youth; social justice and equity in education; and anti-oppression and critical anti-racism practices in education.

Beverly Bain

Beverly Bain is an antiracist, queer feminist scholar in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Toronto. Her research includes Caribbean and Black queer feminist organizing, gender, transnationalism, colonialism, and anti-capitalism.

Beverley Mullings

Beverley Mullings is a professor and Associate Undergraduate Program Head in the Department of Geography and Planning at Queen’s University. Her research focuses on feminist political economy, social transformation, labour, neoliberalism, and intersectionality in the Caribbean and the diaspora.

Bertand Bickersteth

Bertand Bickersteth is a poet born in Sierra Leone and raised in Alberta.

Barrington Walker

Barrington Walker is Associate Vice-President, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and Professor in the Department of History at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Awad Ibrahim

Awad Ibrahim is a Professor in the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Education. His areas of interest include applied linguistics; Black pop culture and hip-hop; and educational social foundation.