Wesley Crichlow
PhD
Professor
Critical Race Intersectional Theorist
Criminology and Justice
Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
Contact information
Bordessa Hall
- Room 322
Downtown Oshawa
55 Bond Street East
Oshawa, ON
905.721.8668 ext. 2651
Background
Dr. Wesley Crichlow is an African Canadian Critical Race Intersectional Queer Theorist whose work critically connects Theories of Anti-Black Racism and Decoloniality as the signature praxis and framing of his research, teaching and service. His work aims to provide measures to alleviate anti-Black racism, heterocisnormativity, transmisogyny, structural, and systemic inequalities. He teaches at Ontario Tech University (2003-present) within the youth and criminal justice discipline with over 25 years of Critical Race Theory Intersectional methodological approaches to university community mobilization and development.
Academic status:
- 2018-2025 - Program Design Expert Committee Member - The mandate of the Program Design Expert Committee (PDEC) was to provide expert advice on issues of EDI throughout the development of the Dimensions pilot program. The committee reviewed and provided feedback related to EDI content, language, and approach on sections of the Dimensions handbook and other documents as they were developed in collaboration with tri-agency staff and Dimensions cohort and affiliate institutions. The committee was designed to include representation from across Canada, from various sizes and types of institutions, and from various equity-deserving groups.
- 2017-Present Full Professor
- 2017-2020 First Past Associate Dean Equity | Chair President’s Equity Taskforce | Director Youth in Foster Care Pathways to University
- May 2003-July 2017 Associate Professor (with tenure)
Critical Race Theory Intersectional Criminological Specialization
Critical Race Intersectional Scholar and Equity Committees Service:
- 2021-Present. Child and Youth Death Review and Analysis: Research Advisory Committee. Office of the Chief Coroner Child and Youth Death Review and Analysis Team. Toronto
- 2018-Present. Promoting Health Equity: Mental Health of Black Canadians (for the Public Health Agency of Canada).
- 2018-Present. Director Equity, Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
- 2018-Present. Dimensions Expert Member, the Dimensions Charter Program on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in collaboration with NSERC, CIHR and SSHRC.
- 2021-Present. Anti-Racism: Human Services and Justice Coordinating Committees (HSJCCs)
Past service:
- City of Toronto Partnership and Accountability Circle (PAC) of the Confronting Anti-Black Racism Unit (CABR).
Education
- PhD, Critical Pedagogy University of Toronto
Courses taught
Dr. Crichlow is a tenured Professor. Areas of teaching expertise:
- Critical Equity Diversity and Inclusion
- Race and Queer Criminology
- Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality
- Deconstructing Anti-Black Racism and Colonization
- State, Race, Masculinities and Prison Subculture
- Race, Ethnicity and Crime Within Canadian Criminal Injustice
- Teaching Black-lives-Matter As Racial Justice Love and Activism
Research and expertise
Research interests and supervision areas:
- Gender, Sexuality & Diaspora Caribbean Masculinities
- Critical Race Equity Diversity and Inclusion Studies
- Critical Race Theory Intersectional Scholarship
- Critical Race Analysis of Anti-Black racism & Decolonization
- Black Youth Scholarly Mentoring
- Race Crime Masculinities & Criminal Injustices.
Current research:
- Investigates the intersectional matrixes effects of anti-Black racism (ABR), stigma, and sexuality on reintegration for Formerly Incarcerated (FI) Black Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer Men (BGBTQM) and Black Men who have sex with Men (BMSM).
Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC): Race, Gender, and Diversity Initiative (RGDI): Title: Carceral Intersections of Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation and Trans Experience in Confronting Anti-Black Racism and Structural Violence in the Prisoner Re-entry Industrial Complex.
Objectives: To understand the needs of formerly federally incarcerated Black Gay Bisexual, Trans and Gender-Diverse Men's (BGBTQM) Re-entry needs, while accessing services and supports.
Evaluated: Total Score: (weighted): 16.44 / 18. Rank: 4 / 85. Sextile category within overall competition: First, 2022-2025.
- $400.075
SSHRC Partnership Grant Competition. Rights for Children and Youth Partnership: Strengthening Collaboration in the Americas. Ryerson University Dr. Henry Prada (Principal Investigator), Wesley Crichlow (co-applicant) et, al. 2015 to 2021.
- $2.5 million
Academic publishings
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Published and co-published books
He has published one book, co-authored two books, coedited 3 journals, written numerous peer-reviewed academic articles, book chapters and government reports.
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Media appearances
Government of Canada recognizes postsecondary institutions for their work in advancing equity, diversity and inclusion
Cision | April 27, 2023
Ten post-secondary institutions recognized for their work in advancing equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in their research environments through the Dimensions program. The Dimensions program was formed by the Government of Canada to address equity, diversity and inclusion in post-secondary institutions. Dr. Wesley Crichlow is a committee member of Dimesions.
View more - Government of Canada recognizes postsecondary institutions for their work in advancing equity, diversity and inclusion