Wesley Crichlow, Ontario Tech University

Research

Black Incarceration BLGBTQ Reentry Black Queer Visibility Black Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Men Black Men Who Have Sex With Men Anti-Black Racism Structural Racism Sexual and Gendered Minorities

Latest papers

An analysis of the Mental Health of Black Canadians Fund: facilitators of success, challenges and recommendations.
Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2025 · senior author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Developing partnerships to investigate and address the processes and outcomes criminalization and incarceration in Canada
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$133,936
Carceral Intersections of Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation and Trans Experience in Confronting Anti-Black Racism and Structural Violence in the Prisoner Reentry Industrial Complex
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$156,287
Carceral Intersections of Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation and Trans Experience in Confronting Anti-Black Racism and Structural Violence in the Prisoner Reentry Industrial Complex
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$243,788

All 6 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

An analysis of the Mental Health of Black Canadians Fund: facilitators of success, challenges and recommendations.

Salami B, Tulli-Shah M, Abdillahi I, Crichlow W

Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice2025Senior author

DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.45.4.06 PMID: 40311052

Developing partnerships to investigate and address the processes and outcomes criminalization and incarceration in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Kish, Nyki

Keywords: Critical prison studies; community-engaged research; Participatory Action Research; criminalization; incarceration; oppression and marginalization; public policy; legislative change; lived experienced; mixed methods; arts-based; Knowledge Mobilization

$133,936

Carceral Intersections of Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation and Trans Experience in Confronting Anti-Black Racism and Structural Violence in the Prisoner Reentry Industrial Complex

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Race, Gender and Diversity Joint Initiative

Principal investigators: Crichlow, Wesley

Keywords: Black Incarceration ; BLGBTQ Reentry; Black Queer Visibility; Black Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Men; Black Men Who Have Sex With Men; Anti-Black Racism; Structural Racism; Sexual and Gendered Minorities; Critical Race Theory, Intersectionality and BLGBTQ Communities; Race gender sex

$156,287

Carceral Intersections of Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation and Trans Experience in Confronting Anti-Black Racism and Structural Violence in the Prisoner Reentry Industrial Complex

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Race, Gender and Diversity Joint Initiative

Principal investigators: Crichlow, Wesley

Keywords: Black Incarceration ; BLGBTQ Reentry; Black Queer Visibility; Black Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Men; Black Men Who Have Sex With Men; Anti-Black Racism; Structural Racism; Sexual and Gendered Minorities; Critical Race Theory, Intersectionality and BLGBTQ Communities; Race gender sex

$243,788

Anti-Black racism: criminalization, community, and resistance

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Benjamin, L. Akua

Keywords: Black Canadians; African Canadians; education; child welfare; criminal justice; discrimination; anti-discrimination

$25,000

Rights for children and youth partnership: strengthening collaboration in the Americas

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Grants

Keywords: children and youth rights; central america; caribbean;violence against children and youth; resiliance

$2,499,989

Connected Communities: A Strengths-Based Research Program for Health Equity & Health Promotion Among African/Caribbean/Black Men in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Team Grant: Boys' and Men's Health - LOI

Principal investigators: McCready, Lance T; Manson, Heather; Este, David C; Griffith, Derek; Mckenzie, Kwame J; Morris, David

Keywords: Chronic Illness; Community-Based Participatory Research; Ethno-Racial Populations; Gender Processes; Health Equity; Intersectionality; Intervention Adaptation And Evaluation; Men'S Health; Social Determinants

$10,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Bukola Salami

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Black Incarceration Dear Professor Crichlow, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "An analysis of the Mental Health of Black Canadians Fund: facilitators of success, challenges and recommendations." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Carceral Intersections of Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation and Trans Experience in Confronting Anti-Black Racism and Structural Violence in the Prisoner Reentry Industrial Complex" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]