The Senior Doctoral Fellow Speaker Series is back! This month, hear from #NewCollegeUofT's Senior Doctoral Fellows in African Studies Centre UofT, Centre for Caribbean Studies, Critical Studies in Equity and Solidarity UofT, BPMH, and Human Biology @UofT and their research! Learn more and register: uoft.me/95J 📍 Virtual, 1:30-3:00pm

Meet CSES alumn Jandell-Jamela Nicholas! She is a fourth-year Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Geography and Planning at UofT. Her research engages the experiences of Black and Indigenous women survivors of domestic violence within the spaces of emergency shelters in Toronto

This June, #UofT celebrates all 2SLGBTQ+ members of our community, past and present, who have brought their insights, creativity, and skills to our classrooms and labs, offices and facilities. #Pride2023 campus events: uoft.me/9ji

We had a blast talking about disability culture & accessibility and making multi-sensory art Rawlinson CS. Incredible insights these grade 2 and 3 Ss have about how we can build more welcoming communities!🌈#AccessIsLove #WeMoveTogether #NAAW2023

“It was through critical equity and solidarity studies that we not only were able to critique what we were learning in our program, but also our own knowledge about the world.” Learn how these twin activists and filmmakers champion education for girls. #UofTGrad23 Critical Studies in Equity and Solidarity UofT

Nivaal and Maryam Rehman credit Assistant Professor Stanley Doyle-Wood and the Critical Studies in Equity and Solidarity Program. “He’s super inspiring to us,” says Nivaal. “[The class] helped us enhance our activism so we weren’t reinforcing systems of oppression.” #UofTGrad23

Thank you Erika Chesnick and LimestoneLearningFdn for sharing our book with your primary students! We had such fun this morning and loved hearing all their brilliant questions and comments 🤩🙌

Meet CSES Alumn Yadesha Satheaswaran! She is currently a second year-associate at Stockwoods LLP. Her practice consists primarily of criminal defense, privacy/defamation law, and administrative law. The full interview is on our website: newcollege.utoronto.ca/cses-alumni-pr…

A heartfelt thank you to Yadesha Satheaswaran for taking part in the CSES Alumni Series and sharing your invaluable experiences and insights!

Thank you for having me. Every day, I try to think critically about what it means to be a lawyer in a (neo)colonial system that has and continues to inflict violence on marginalized bodies. We need disruption, not complacency. We need action, not performance.

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Sheryl Nestel as a New College Affiliate Scholar with CSES! Her feminist and anti-colonial scholarship on Jewish identity, Zionism and Race provides the underpinnings for her activism in Palestine solidarity. Learn more: newcollege.utoronto.ca/cses-news-and-…

Meet CSES Alumn Jenn Boulay! She is an interdisciplinary performance artist/creator, playwright, theatre reviewer, and scholar. Her research project examines the gaps/absence of disability theatre (practice and scholarship) in Eastern Canada. newcollege.utoronto.ca/cses-alumni/cs…

Reminder CSES Students! Course enrolment for the 2023-2024 academic year has officially begun for those in 4th, 3rd, and 2nd year. Incoming students mark your calendars as 1st year course enrolment begins tomorrow July 20th.

Congratulations to Boomba Nishikawa for being awarded the 2023 David Clandfield Scholarship in Scholarly Activism! Boomba has demonstrated a clear dedication to climate activism and has been actively involved with Climate Justice UofT to address the urgent climate crisis.

"My studies within the CSES program have taught me the importance of being principled and understanding theory to drive effective organizing and genuine change" - Boomba Nishikawa, recipient of the David Clandfield Scholarship in Scholarly Activism.