A total of nine researchers at York, including four from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), received over $223,000 in funding through the Black Research Seed Fund. The fund supports Black scholars focusing on Black experiences and on projects that challenge systemic barriers while redefining knowledge creation.
The four LA&PS recipients are:
Damilola Adebayo, assistant professor, Department of History
Taming the Niger River: The Kainji Dam and Socioeconomic Development in Twentieth-Century West Africa
Desirée de Jesus, assistant professor, Department of Communication & Media Studies From Archive to Imagination: Building Canada’s Future with Black Histories
Ola Mohammed, assistant professor, Department of Humanities
From the Margins to the Major: The Insurgent Archive of Black Studies at York
Salewa Olawoye, associate professor, Department of Social Science
Money Demystified: An Inclusive Monetary Theory
Congratulations to the recipients on their success.
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