Research briefs, news, and event recaps related to racial minorities.
Join our next “GATE Live” as we welcome Dr. Katherine DeCelles, Professor of Organizational Behaviour, who will share insights on how she and her co-authors redesigned the traditional five-star rating scale to help mitigate racial bias against workers on digital platforms. | May 2, 2025
This study finds that changing rating scales to be dichotomous (thumbs up or thumbs down) can stop customers from expressing racist beliefs when they rate workers.
When faced with racism in the music industry, Indigenous, Black, and People of Colour workers weigh avoiding conflict to preserve relationships or confronting it to challenge injustice.
Children with disabilities are discriminated against before they even start school, and even more when parents are perceived to be Black.
These insights emerged from a 1-day workshop of researchers and community activists on topics related to gender-based violence at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management
What are the barriers to accessing support services for racialized women who experience gender-based violence? This report synthesizes key research and draws out implications for policymakers, practitioners and researchers.
GATE Faculty Teaching Fellow Nouman Ashraf joins The Inspire Podcast to discuss how most organizations understand the importance of a diverse workforce. But diversity without inclusion isn't enough. Listen in to see how you can build a more inclusive workplace.
GATE Faculty Teaching Fellow Nouman Ashraf and Face2Face host David Peck talk about self-dialogue and discovery, exclusion and empathy, racism, disrupting the status quo and something called “diversity by default.”
GATE Faculty Teaching Fellow Nouman Ashraf discusses protecting ourselves against systemic racism using cultural fluency and cultural pride.
Sonia Kang discusses her research and thoughts on name discrimination in this Wired UK article.
