A writer and award-winning artist and curator, Zachary's research focuses on the idea of the artist as brand, exploring the concept's interaction with race, class, and identity. His research offers a decolonising analysis of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s artworks, exploring the impact of Basquiat’s Afro-Caribbean heritage, appropriation, and commodification on his work. Central to his study is […]
Mbalu Lumor has a sociology degree and completed her Master's degree in Leadership and Community Engagement at York University. She is currently a doctoral student in Health Policy & Equity at York University. Mbalu is a community organizer with over 20years experience working with survivors of torture. Her research explores the intersectionality of distress and […]
Dr. Sylvia Bawa is an Associate Professor of Sociology at York University. She is a global sociologist with expertise in human rights, globalization, critical development, and postcolonial feminisms. She is interested in the mobilizing impact of human rights, specifically how discourses of rights, self-determination, and development evolve and are shaped by global events, new technologies, […]