Congratulations Aysha Campbell!
CSN Best MA (or Equivalent) Thesis or Major Research Paper in Canadian Studies Prize winner

Scarborough Through the Lens of Sound and Literature

It is with great pleasure that the Canadian Studies Network awards the Best MA Thesis or Major Research Paper in Canadian Studies Prize to Aysha Campbell. Aysha’s Major Research Paper explores how despite the contradictory dichotomies of invisibility and hypervisibility produced by systems of oppression, Black, Brown, Asian and Indigenous residents of Scarborough have their own understanding of the city that makes it home on their own terms. Aysha draws on the field of sound studies for conceptual tools and approaches to reveal how these racialized communities redefine, transform, and register Scarborough as a dynamic place. Aysha shows that Black, Indigenous and racialized residents are committed to creating spaces that are grounded in ways of being that are in relation to one another. Aysha’s MRP is rigorous and theoretically interesting yet is also immensely readable. This is an important contribution to the field of Black Canadian Studies.

The CSN warmly thanks the committee members for this prize.