Dr. Cheryl Thompson has been named a new Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Black Expressive Culture and Creativity. Her research will explore, map and share how Black Canadians’ lives have shaped Canada’s creative landscape.
She will engage with Black scholars, practitioners and industry stakeholders across Canada to deepen understanding of how Black creative histories are represented in Canadian archival collections. This knowledge will extend her pioneering project, Mapping Ontario’s Black Archives (MOBA), by collecting archival stories from across Canada.
Through MOBA, Dr. Thompson is creating a digital platform to make Black archival collections accessible to all. She is also an Associate Professor in Performance at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University.
