News & Stories: Black Excellence

The Centre for Black Students in Education opened its doors in January 2023, with the official unveiling taking place in the summer of 2023.

The Centre for Leadership & Diversity (CLD) 4th Annual International Conference was held on October 13th-14th, 2023 at OISE.

The LHAE Black Student Connect hosted its inaugural event on September 15th, 2023.

Tanitiã Munroe, a PhD candidate in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, leads a research team that trains Black students in youth participatory action research (YPAR).

Alum, community champion and trailblazing politician Jean Augustine recalls that her OISE, U of T education gave her possibilities and an expanded horizon.

Dr. Keren Brathwaite, an OISE alumni and 2009 honorary degree recipient at the University of Toronto, passed during the week of June 23, 2023.

On June 9, the Centre for Black Studies in Education (CBSE) at the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education (OISE) officially launches.

Currently, Dr. Alexander teaches a course called “Pedagogies of Abolition” that is drawn from their research.

OISE Professor George Dei, a renowned Black scholar, researcher, writer, and community leader, has been named a co-recipient of the 2023 President’s Impact Award.

Black faculty and educators discuss systemic racism in academia