Canadian Centre for South Asian Studies

Wesley Crichlow

Associate Professor. Dr. Crichlow received his B.A. (Honors) from York University's Department of Sociology & Law and Society, and his M.ED. and Ph.D. from University of Toronto. Before joining University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Dr. Crichlow has been an assistant professor in Carleton University' Department of Law. Dr. Crichlow has taught courses such as: Introduction to Canadian legal Studies, Introduction to Immigration & Customs Law, Introduction To Criminal law, Rights & Freedoms In the Justice System, Understanding Youth Crime.

Dr. Crichlow, was also a Researcher on the Canada/ United States International Visitor Program . A project focussing on HIV/AIDS education, awareness and prevention evaluation. Established by the ( USA) Congress in United States Department of State Washington, DC for the purpose of promoting intellectual, cultural and professional exchanges between the United States of America and other countries.

Aid To Scholarly Publications Programme - Canadian Federation for the Humanities & Social Sciences:

Book Title: Buller Men & Batty Bwoys: Hidden Men In Toronto & Halifax Black Communities. University of Toronto Press, 2003

Chapters/Article In Books , Government Website and Technical Reports:

Forth-coming - In a Caribbean Anthology Titled “A Fi We Time: Contemporary Caribbean Lesbian & Gay Writing” Paper Title - “History, (Re)Memory, Testimony and Biomythography: Charting a Buller Man's Trinidadian Past. Duke University, 2005.

Black History, Colonialism, Memory, Testimony & Biomythography: The Charting of a Buller Man`s Trinidadian Past. Published in Interrogating Caribbean Masculinities. Edited by Dr. Rhoda Reddock. University of the West Indies Press-Trinidad & Tobago, 2003.

Buller Men and Batty Bwoys. Published in a Queer Country: Gay and Lesbian Studies in the Canadian Context. Edited byDr. Terry Goldie, (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2001). Nominated for the 14 th Annual Lambada Non-Fiction Literary Award 2001.

Facing Race Before The Courts: Diversity and Implications for the Judiciary. Published on the National Judicial Institute Website for Judges. (NJI).. Ottawa, 2000.

Black Male Rastafarianism: Racism and Stereotyping: Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de le jeunesse. Quebec Human Rights Commission 2000.

Black Migration, Identity and a Black Same-Sex Consciousness: Ma’ka Diasporic Juks: Contemporary Writing by Queers of African Descent. Ed. by Makeda Silvera, Debbie Douglas, Douglas Stewart and Courtney McFarlane, (Sister Vision Press)1997.

Published Book:

Buller Men & Batty Bwoys: The Hidden Men in Toronto & Halifax Black Communities. ( University of Toronto Press). 2003

Papers Published in Refereed Journals:

Western Colonization as Disease: Native Adoption & Cultural Genocide. In the Journal of Canadian Social Work. 2003.

Western Colonization as Disease: Critical Social Work an e‑journal dedicated to a critical analysis of social work and social issues. 2002.

Contemporary Literature Review: Homophobia and Black Ideologues Establishing the Frameworks. Insurgent Voices in Education: Violence in Education Volume 2. Trans/forms a Graduate Students Journal at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 1996.

Understanding the World of the Black Child, Published in Orbit a co-publication of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto and Nelson Educational Services, Volume 25, Number 2, 1994.

Research & Conference Organizing Works in Progress

Applications in Progress - Racial Profiling, Rights Violation & The Emergence of The Risk Society , 2004.

Applications in Progress - The Merging of Human Rights, Critical Race Theory, & Social Justice University of Ontario Institute for Technology. School of Social Science & Durham College ~ School of Justice Studies Presents - Their First International Human Rights Conference - 1-3 June 2005.

Applications in Progress - Time to Rebuild ~ Peer Mediation in Motion: How to Say No to Gang, Gun & the Violent Youth Subculture & Still Feel Safe & Cool. 2004

Paper Accepted for Publishing In an Anthology Titled “A Fi We Time: Contemporary Caribbean Lesbian & Gay Writing” Paper Title - “History, (Re)Memory, Testimony and Biomythography: Charting a Buller Man's Trinidadian Past - to Binghamton University - State University of New York, Department of English. Publisher Duke University - 2005.

SSHRC Peer Assessor - Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada

Chinese Orphans, Canadian Missionaries & Canadian Adoptive Parents: Gender, Race/Ethnicity and Class in Transnational Child Welfare Processes. Assessed For SSHRC, 2004

Peer Reviewed Papers - Papers Read/Refereed For Academic Journals.

Poison in the Sacred: Homophobia, Hypermasculinity and the US Black Church. Reviewed For - the Journal of Culture, Health & Sexuality, 2004.

Honest Beliefs Credible Lies, and Cognitive Conduct: Rhetoric, Inequality and Mens Rae in Sexual Assault Cases. Reviewed For - Ottawa Law Review Journal, Ottawa, 2003.

The Law is Not Enough: The Case of Restraining Orders In Barbados. Reviewed For - University of Ontario Institute Of Technology - Oshawa, Ontario, 2003.

The Case of Pine Ridge and Industrial Hemp: Genocidal Actions and Sovereignly Violations. Reviewed For - University of Ontario Institute Of Technology - Oshawa, Ontario, 2003.