Profiles of Research
“Karina Vernon’s work on Black Prairie histories earns Royal Society of Canada honour.” UTSC NEWS. September 4, 2025.
“English professor’s work looks at expressions of the Black experience in the Canadian Prairies” by Chris Garbutt. UTSC Commons Magazine. February 15, 2019. pp.6-7.
“A Lost Literature: Prof. Karina Vernon shares the untold stories of Black people on the Canadian Prairies” by Vicki Mochama. University of Toronto Magazine. June 5, 2019.
Press
“In the Early 1900s, Canada put out ads to Attract White American Farmers. Black Indigenous Settlers Came Too.” CBC Docs. January 05, 2024.
“The Whitewashing of Prairie History.” CBC Web First Person. April 25, 2021.
“Black-Indigenous Futures in Art, Literature and #BlackLivesMatter.” Yellowhead Institute. July 7, 2020.
“‘I don’t care whether All Lives Matter is said in ignorance—it’s just another example of racism.’ Five Black women on their experiences of systemic racism within neighbourhoods across Canada.” Opinion. Maclean’s. July 29, 2020.
Interviewed about my pedagogy for the article “Setting the CanLit Canon on Fire” by Erika Thorkelson. University Affairs, March 6, 2020.
“Decolonizing CanLit Prize Culture.” Published on the Blog everydayoritentalism.wordpress.com. May 19, 2017.
Radio and Podcast
“Unearthing the Songs of Black Cowboys.” Humanities at Large Podcast. JHI, 2025.
Saskatoon Morning with Stephanie Massicotte. CBC radio six-minute live segment, November 21, 2025.
Interview for Black on the Prairies radio special. Aired across Canada on CBC Radio on October 11 (Thanksgiving Day).
Conversation with Esi Edugyan, CBC Ideas Massey Lecture, “Canada and the Art of Ghosts.” Aired January 25, 2022.
Interview for “Strong and Free, John Ware: The Legend of Canada’s First Black Cowboy” podcast with Garvia Bailey. Aired November 2, 2021 (and featured by Apple Canada for Black History Month 2022). Episode awarded “Best Podcast” by Radio, Television and Digital News Canada in June, 2022.
Interview for “The Sunday Magazine: The prairies’ forgotten history of Black life and culture” podcast with Piya Chattopadhyay. Aired December 5, 2021.
CBC Radio Active Calgary, Feb 22, 2021 (10-minute radio interview).
8CBC Radio Active Edmonton, Feb 16, 2021 (10-minute radio interview).
Four-part series on The Black Prairie Archives on The Authority File Podcast.“It Was There All Along: Constructing The Black Prairie Archive” (episode 123) aired May 6, 2020. “Changing the Cultural Record: Constructing The Black Prairie Archives” (episode 125) aired May 13, 2020. “A Search for my Own History: Constructing The Black Prairie Archives” Aired May 20, 2020. “Expanding the Narrative: Constructing The Black Prairie Archives.” Aired May 27, 2020.
CBC Radio One Ideas with Paul Kennedy. “Is Race a Fiction?” Aired December 4, 2013.
ABC Radio (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Hindsight with Lyn Gallagher. “Archive Fever.” Aired September 22, 2013.
Television and Film
Black Life: Untold Stories. An eight-part series. CBC TV. Launched October 25, 2023. Interviewed for the “Prairies” episode.
CBC The National. “Exploring Black History on the Prairies.” Aired April 25, 2021.
Interview subject, Between: Living in the Hyphen, dir. Anne-Marie Nakagawa. NFB documentary film. (Winner, Golden Sheaf Award: Best Multicultural Film) 2005.
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