Janelle Brady

"Janelle Brady (she/her/hers) is an assistant professor of Black Studies in the School of Early Childhood Studies, Faculty of Community Services at Toronto Metropolitan University. She completed her PhD at the University of Toronto in the Department of Social Justice Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). Her area of research explores Black mothers’ effective resistance strategies, race and racism in early years, and Black feminisms. She is passionate about supporting children and families through engagement in various community-based research projects to enhance social and racial justice.

Janelle’s work has been presented in peer-reviewed research conferences such as the American Educational Research Association, the Society for the Study of Social Problems, and the Canadian Sociological Association. Some of her peer-reviewed publications appear in the Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education, The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory, Emerging Perspectives, Palgrave Macmillan and Myers Education Press. Her two most recent articles were published in the Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood and the Journal of the Motherhood Initiative."