Dr. Lance T. McCready is an Associate Professor in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and Director of the Transitional Year Programme at University of Toronto. His research explores education, health and the welfare of Black families, youth and adults in urban communities and schools. He is the author of Making Space for Diverse Masculinities published by Peter Lang and is Co-Principal Investigator of the Exploratory Study of Black Gender-Expansive Youth, and African, Caribbean, Black Family Group Conferencing Project. He also serves as Co-Investigator on the Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP) Getakit study, #iCruise and International Partnership for Queer Youth Resilience, He is the 2018 recipient of the Distinguished Research Scholar Award from the Ontario Education Research Symposium.

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