Bio
Seon Yuzyk, a doctoral candidate in political science at the University of Alberta, is currently working on his dissertation titled “The Canadian Tradition of Anti-Black Racial Capitalism.” This project explores the intersection of racial capitalism and anti-Black racism in Canada's historical context. He is also research lead for the Rainbow Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub national qualitative study in partnership with the Fyrefly Institute for Gender and Sexual Diversity at the the University of Alberta. The project seeks to remove systemic barriers facing Queer entrepreneurs in Canada. Seon is also an Associate Director for the Black Youth for Social Innovation Program where he mentors the next generation of Black social scientists in Canada.
Intérêts de recherche
Black youth mentorship; research surrounding 2SLGBTQI+ youth; the Canadian tradition of anti-Black racial capitalism; coloniality and gender violence; sex and subjectivity; governance and the making of Black subjects.
Publications
Seon Yuzyk and Jared Wesley. 2025. “Pharmakons: The Poison and Cure of Black Mentorship”. Journal for Black Studies, 56 (5).
Seon Yuzyk. 2024. “Six Pipes: Invigorating Race in Canadian Political Science”. Canadian Journal of Political Science (forthcoming).
Seon Yuzyk. 2025. “Disciplining Desire: Rethinking Racial Capitalism Through Black Queer Resistance”. Sociology Compass (Under review).
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