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:
- 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.