Dr. 惭茅濒补苍颈别 Knight
It is time to end the terror inflicted on Black lives. Black Lives Matter.
Dr. Knight is on leave during the Fall 2026 term.
Areas of Expertise
Black activism; Black collective economic initiatives; Black women business owners
Research
Dr. Knight鈥檚 interests are grounded in Black activism/organizing, Black collective economic initiatives, Black women business owners, and the subtext of race and gender in the discourse of enterprise. She has participated in a number of SSHRC and community grants and published in a number of journals and books. Outside of her work in the academy she collaborates with a number of community organizations that deliver programs and advocate for the health and well鈥恇eing of Black Canadians. She also supports organizations that promote Black history and heritage. In 2018 she was awarded the Viola Desmond faculty award.
Courses
- SOC 530: Blackness and Freedom
- SOC 472: At Work in a Changing World
- SOC 107: Sociology of the Everyday
Graduate Program Membership
Community & Professional Service
- (President)
Recent Publications
Knight, M., R.N. Ferguson and R. Reece. 2021. Social Sciences 10: 210.
Knight, M. 2020. Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d鈥檋istoire 55(1鈥�2): 1-34.
Esnard, T. and M. Knight (eds.). 2020. Toronto: Demeter Press.
Knight, M. 2020. "Reclaiming motherhood and family: How Black mothers use entrepreneurship to nurture family and community" in edited by T. Esnard and M. Knight. Toronto: Demeter Press.
Knight, M. 2019. 鈥淏lack Women鈥檚 Small Businesses as Historical Spaces of Resistance鈥� in (pp. 203-222), edited by L. Nichols. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press.
Knight, M. 2019. "Whiteness invented" in (pp. 147-169), edited by D. Brock, A. Martin, R. Raby, and M.P. Thomas. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Knight, M. 2016. Gender, Work and Organization 23(3): 310-327.