We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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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

wesley.crichlow@ontariotechu.ca

Background

Dr. Wesley Crichlow (Ph.D.), professor and scholar activist work dovetails at the intersection Critical Race Theory Intersectionality (CRTI) Decoloniality, Enslavism, Anti-Black Racism and Black Same Gender Loving, Queer, Trans, Non-Binary Embodiment and Scholarship. Advances a critical epistemological perspective connecting these theories as his signature praxis and framing for his research, teaching, and service, advancing a humanizing pedagogy. At the center of my work, I ask what it means to be free, what it means to be human and how humanness can be recognized (2015, pp. 106-123)?. My work not only asks what it means to be free and to be human, but also aims to alleviate LGBTQI+ hegemonic racisms, misogynoir, the logics of anti-Black racisms and racial colonial violence, heterocisnormativity, transmisogyny, structural, and systemic inequalities, as a humanizing epistemology. His first published SSHRC funded book: Buller Men & Batty Bwoys: Hidden Men in Toronto & Halifax Black Communities (2004), focused on interviews with Black Gay Men in Toronto’s Caribbean diasporic community and Halifax Black Community. This monograph was the first Black, scholarly, queer text to offer readers a critical insight into the complex lives of Black, Gay and Bisexual men in Canada. It also offered a critical analysis of racialized heterosexism within Black diasporic communities. This work was also an attempt to restore indigenous sexual terms as a response to politicized language of gay, lesbian, and queer politics.

Current SSHRC Funded Research (2022-2025): His current research project advances these intersections by examining the “Carceral Intersections of Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation and Trans Experience in Confronting Anti-Black Racism, Anti-Black GBTQI+ Racism and Structural Violence in the Prisoner Re-entry Industrial Complex.
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Theoretical Frameworks: The following theoretical frameworks guide my work (a) Critical Race Theory (Delgado, 1993); (b) Decolonial Critiques of Coloniality, Anti-Black Racism Theories (ABRT) and Enslavism; (Fanon,1952); (c) Intersectionality (Crenshaw 1990); (d) Decolonizing sexuality and gender and (e) Decolonizing freedom humanness and humanity (Wynter & Hartman)

Education

PhD, Critical Pedagogy University of Toronto

Courses taught

Dr. Crichlow is a tenured Professor. Areas of teaching expertise:

Critical Race Theory
Critical Race Equity Diversity and Inclusion
Human Rights & Queer Criminology
Deconstructing Ensalvism Anti-Blackness, Anti-Black Racism
Critiques of Race, Crime Masculinities & Prison Subculture
Critical Decolonization
Theories of Abolition & Abolitionist Futures
Black Youth Academic Access
Teaching BlackLives Matter As Scholarly Activism

Decolonizing Gender, Sexuality, Diasporic Caribbean Masculinities, Black Same-Gender, Queer & Trans Non-Binary Embodiment
Critical Race Equity, Human Rights & Social Justice
Critical Race Theory Intersectionality
Deconstructing Anti-Blackness & Anti-Black Racism, Enslavism & Critical Decolonization
Theories of Abolition & Abolitionist Futures
Race Masculinities & Criminal Injustices
Black Youth Scholarly Mentoring

https://ontariotechu.ca/experts/

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

Published and co-published books
He has published widely on critical race theory intersections of gender sexuality, Black LGBTQI+ theorization; enslavism; critical decolonization; critiques of hate crimes as an empirical expression of anti-Black racism; theories of abolition & abolitionist futures; logics of anti-Blackness and anti-Black racism; critical race equity social justice and is highly sought after for community university collaboration and research, community scholarly public lectures and critical race intersectionality consultation. For more in Dr. Crichlow: https://ontariotechu.ca/experts/
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.
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Wesley Crichlow PhD