The Black Experience Project (BEP) in the Greater Toronto Area – Phase 2

This project aims to build on Phase 1 of the The Black Experience Project (BEP) currently being undertaken in the Greater Toronto Area. The multi-year research study that this project will support aims to examine the barriers to success for Black community members living in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) which have and/ or continue to prevent the GTA’s diverse Black community from attaining their potential success (e.g., to become involved in leadership positions in various sectors including, but not limited to, the public, private, educational, political, legal sectors etc.). The purpose of this study is to bring together diverse voices, perspectives and experiences of “Black” people living in the GTA in order to document a more contemporary vision of lived “Blackness” in this context. Explorations of these lived experiences will be documented through focus groups.

Faculty Supervisor:

Wendy Cukier

Student:

Partner:

The Environics Institute

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

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