Grace-Edward Galabuzi
Associate Professor
Department: Politics & Public Administration
Office: JOR-719, Jorgensen Hall
Phone: 416 979 5000 x6189
Email: galabuzi@torontomu.ca
Education: PhD (York University, Political Science)
Discipline: Political Science
Areas of Expertise:
Globalization from Below - Local Community Responses to Global Economic Restructuring in the Global North & South
Social Exclusion & the Social Economic Status of Racialized Groups in Canada
The Racialization of the Canadian Labour Market
Dr. Grace-Edward is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, and a member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies, at Toronto Metropolitan University. He serves as Undergraduate Program Director of the Politics and Governance BA program.
He is also a research associate at the Centre for Social Justice in Toronto. In addition to a Ph.D (Political Science) from York University, he also holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics from the University of Winnipeg, a BA (Honours) in Political Science from York University, and a Master of Arts (MA) in Political Science from York University. He is also a research associate at the Centre for Social Justice in Toronto.
Dr. Galabuzi's appointment began in 2003, and his current teaching areas include equity and human rights and third-world politics. He has previously taught at York University (International Relations) and George Brown College (Anti-Racism, Multiculturalism, and Local Politics).
On 24 October 2012, Grace-Edward received an Urban Alliance Award presented by the Urban Alliance on Race Relations (external link) to honour efforts to promote anti-racism, inclusion, and diversity.
Related Content
- Persistent Inequality: Ontario’s Colour-coded Labour Market (external link) (with Sheila Block). Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 11 December 2018.
- Race and Racialization: Essential Readings, 2nd ed. (ed. with Tania Das Gupta, Carl E. James, Roger C.A. Maaka, and Chris Andersen). Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press, 2018.
- Colonialism and Racism in Canada: Historical Traces and Contemporary Issues (with Maria A. Wallis and Lina Sunseri). Toronto: Nelson Education Ltd., 2010. “Social Exclusion.” In Colonialism and Racism in Canada: Historical Traces and Contemporary Issues, Maria A. Wallis, Lina Sunseri, and Grace-Edward Galabuzi, 227-245. Toronto: Nelson Education Ltd., 2010. [Reprinted, with permission, from Social Determinants of Health, ed. Dennis Raphael and David Langille, 235-251. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press, 2004.]
- Race and Racialization: Essential Readings (co-edited with Tania Das Gupta, Carl E. James, Roger C.A. Maaka, and Chris Andersen). Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press Inc., 2007.
- “Building Hope: Confronting Social Exclusion and Violence in Toronto’s Black Community, 2001.” In Reading Sociology: Canadian Perspectives, ed. Lorne Tepperman and Harley Dickinson, 194-197. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2007.
- “Towards a Decade of Hope and Prosperity (external link) ,” Toronto Star (op. ed.), 08 July 2007, A17.
In addition to his academic career, Dr. Galabuzi has also worked in the Ontario government as a senior policy analyst on justice issues, and he is a former provincial coordinator of the Ontario Alliance for Employment Equity. He has been involved in many community campaigns around social justice issues, including anti-racism, anti-poverty, community development, human rights, education reform, and police reform. He is a frequent contributor to public debates on social justice issues in Toronto.
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Selected Media & Activities
Listen to Dr Grace-Edward Galabuzi speak during The Royal Society of Canada's Annual Symposium about the interplay between diversity and race in the Canadian experience.
Watch Dr. Grace-Edward Galabuzi discuss how identity and diversity intersect with poverty in the Canadian context.
Join Dr. Grace-Edward Galabuzi as a panelist at an event by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, answering the question "Employment Equity: Is it failing Black workers?"