daysha@yorku.ca
Daysha Loppie is a journalist and researcher based in Toronto. She has a Bachelor of Journalism and a Black Studies minor from Toronto Metropolitan University. Her journalism was published in the Toronto Star, West End Phoenix, ByBlacks, The Local and more. She’s interested in long-form feature writing and primarily covers Black communities, social justice, business, arts and culture. Daysha is also interested in Black feminist theory and praxis, disability studies, communication and culture. She is a co-author of Possibilities of Care within Institutional Constraints: A Case Study in Black Creative Knowledge Production. Daysha is writing her major research project on the subjugation of Black women in the medical field of gynaecology.
Keywords: disability studies, reproductive justice, Black feminist theory, social and political thought,