From these stories and recollections of childhood to workplace experiences, the authors critiqued the existence and commonality of racism, disparities and resistance. In Rivers Have Sources, Trees Have Roots (1986) Brand and co-author Krisantha Sri Bhaggiyadatta interviewed a hundred people from the Canadian Native, Black, Chinese, and South Asian communities about their perspectives of racism and how it has impacted their lives.

Brand is currently Professor of English at the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph where she also holds a University Research Chair.

Program Faculty in the Writing Studio, Banff Centre (2007 2009).

Distinguished Poet for the Ralph Gustafson Poetry Chair, Vancouver Island University (2006).Lawrence University, Canton, New York (2004–2005) Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Writer-in-Residence, St.Writer-in-Residence, University of Guelph (2003–2004).

Ruth Wynn Woodward Professor in Women's Studies, Simon Fraser University (2000–2002).Assistant Professor of English, University of Guelph (1992–1994).Writer-in-Residence, University of Toronto (1990–1991).Academic career īrand has held several prestigious academic positions, including: In 'Bread Out of Stone', Brand uses personal experiences and strong metaphoric language to expose racism, white male domination, injustices and the moral hypocrisies of Canada with its own assessment as being 'not like the United States' Īs a show of support of women solidarity, Brand has participated in many anthologies and writing opposing the violent killings of Black men and women and specifically pointing out the massacre of fourteen women in Montreal and the racism and inequality experienced by Aboriginal women of Canada, particularly Helen Betty Osborne's death in the Pas. īrand frequently explores themes of gender, race, sexuality and feminism in her writing. (1989) from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). She graduated from Naparima Girls' High School in 1970, and immigrated to Canada, to attend the University of Toronto, where she earned a B.A. Dionne Brand was born in Guayaguayare, Trinidad and Tobago.

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