Rachel Berman, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

anti-racism anti-Black racism early childhood educators knowledge sharing

Latest funding

Honouring Black refusal through the counter-stories and lived experiences of Black community members in Early Childhood Education and Care: A Study with Black mothers, Early Childhood Educators, and Elders
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$74,453
Give Race its Place: An Anti-Racist Knowledge Sharing Initiative for Early Childhood Educators
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$9,240
Can we talk about race? Confronting colour-blindness in early childhood education settings
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$33,553

Honouring Black refusal through the counter-stories and lived experiences of Black community members in Early Childhood Education and Care: A Study with Black mothers, Early Childhood Educators, and Elders

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Brady, Janelle

Keywords: Black studies; Black mothers; Black early childhood educators; Black Elders; race and racism; Black feminist theory; critical race theory; early childhood education and care; anti-Black racism; pro-Black classrooms

$74,453

Give Race its Place: An Anti-Racist Knowledge Sharing Initiative for Early Childhood Educators

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Berman, Rachel C.

Keywords: anti-racism; anti-Black racism; early childhood educators; knowledge sharing

$9,240

Can we talk about race? Confronting colour-blindness in early childhood education settings

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Berman, Rachel

Keywords: young children; early childhood educators; early learning setting; race; racialization; critical race theory; qualitative research; single-site pilot study; critical discourse analysis; social justice practices

$33,553

The well being, family functioning, and social development of adolescents in military families

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Harrison, Deborah A.

Keywords: adolescents; military families; mental health; schools

$125,000

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

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: anti-racism Dear Professor Berman, 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]. Your research on anti-racism 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 "Give Race its Place: An Anti-Racist Knowledge Sharing Initiative for Early Childhood Educators" (2020), 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]