An EconoTimes perspective

Anna Lippman

Sociology Instructor, York University, Canada

Sociology Instructor, York University, Canada Department: Sociology Dissertation topic: All I Need is One Mic: Utilizing hip-hop culture for community-based youth knowledge mobilization and activism RESEARCH INTERESTS Identity; Youth Culture; Sociology of Music; Gender; Social Movements; Sociology of Education; Qualitative Methods; Racialization; Intersectionality; Gentrification EDUCATION York University 2019 - Present Ph.D. Student, Sociology Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA): 4.0 Comprehensive Exams: Sex and Gender Systems, Qualitative Methods Committee: Carl James (supervisor), Elaine Coburn, Lesley Wood “All I Need is One Mic: York University 2017 - 2018 Master of Arts, Sociology Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA): 4.0 RRP Committee: Carl James (supervisor), Tania Das Gupta “Growing Roses from Concrete: exploring how racialized youth build resistance identity through hip-hop culture” Quest University Canada 2009 - 2013 Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences Thesis Question: What is the relationship between law and morality? President’s Honour List ADDITIONAL TRAINING Indigenous Community Research Partnership Open Access Training 2022 Queens University Knowledge Translation Canada Summer Institute 2022 Knowledge Translation Canada Specialist Knowledge Translation Training Course 2022 SickKids Learning Institute Innovation York Mobilize YU 2021 York University Youth Engagement for Research 2019 Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Community Based Research in Social Service Settings 2018 St. Michael’s Hospital, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training 2017 Toronto Hostels Training Centre Youth Mental Health First Aid 2016 Canadian Mental Health Association Motivational Interviewing 2016 Corrections BC Children Who Witness Abuse Counselling Certification I&II 2014 British Columbia Society of Transition Houses Mediation Skills Level I 2014 Justice Institute of British Columbia RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Assistant “The Story of a Generation” Dec 2020 – Present Dr. Carl E. James, Dr. Paul Anisef Research Assistant Nov 2019 – Mar 2020 Canadian Observatory on Homelessness Dr. Stephen Gaetz Research Assistant Aug 2018 – Dec 2019 Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation Dr. Daniel Werb Research Assistant Sep 2017 – Dec 2017 Dr. Amber M. Gazso TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor York University WRIT Sep 2022-Apr 2023 Teaching Assistant York University HREQ 1920: Male-Female Relationships Sep 2020-Sep 2022 (virtual) Teaching Assistant York University SOCI 1010: Introduction to Sociology Sep 2019 – Apr 2020 Teaching Assistant York University Guest Lecture Toronto Metropolitan University “Do white People Have a Role to Play in Racial Justice?” Feb 21, 2022 Guest Lecture York University “Appropriation and Hip-Hop Culture” Feb 8, 2020 Guest Lecture Quest University Canada “Youth Political and Community Engagement” March 16, 2015 PUBLICATIONS Lippman, A. (Mar 10 2023). Students Across ‘Canada’ Are Calling for an End to Genocidal Companies on Campus. The Excalibur. Lippman, A. “Respect for the North: the sociopolitical significance of Toronto DJ culture” Hancock, M & Marsh, C. (Eds.). We Can Dance If We Want To: Canadian DJ Culture Turns Up Wilfred Laurier Press: Waterloo. (forthcoming) REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Lippman, A. 2022 “Hip-Hop as a Knowledge Mobilization Tool”. Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum, Online. Lippman, A. 2022. “Who’s Classroom? Disrupting Eurocentricity with hip-hop based pedagogy”. Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference, Online. Lippman, A. 2022. “"Who's Streets": Hip-hop as a place-making space for youth in carceral webs”. Canadian Sociological Association Annual Conference, Online. Lippman, A. 2022. “Sensitive Thugs: reformulating masculinity and vulnerability through rap music”. Canadian Sociological Association Annual Conference, Online. Lippman, A. 2022. “Straight from the Streets: hip-hop culture, masculinity, and homeless youth” Popular Culture Associate Annual Conference, Online. Lippman, A. 2022. “We the North: The Sociopolitical importance of Toronto Rap History” Global Conference on Hip Hop Education, Online. Lippman, A. 2021. “Hip-Hop Hope: utilizing hip-hop to mobilize youth for social change”. Child and Youth Performance Conference, Toronto, ON. Lippman, A. 2020. “Hip-Hop Culture as an Agent of Social Change”. York Sociology Graduate Association 9th Annual Symposium. Toronto, ON. Lippman, Anna. 2020. “Engaging Youth in Community Based Research: The Squamish Teen Action and Advisory Group”. Health Xchange Conference. Vancouver, BC. (Cancelled). Lippman, Anna. 2020. “Hip-Hop Based Activism and Youth Engagement”. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association Conference, London, ON, June. (Cancelled). Lippman, Anna. 2020. “Hierarchical Masculinities amongst Homeless Black Youth”. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Sociological Association Conference, London, ON, June. (Cancelled). Lippman, Anna. 2020. “Homelessness, Hip-Hop, and Black Masculinity in Toronto”. Canadian Association of Social Work Education Conference, London, ON. (Cancelled). Lippman, Anna. 2020. “Hip-Hop Based Youth Interventions in Toronto”. Canadian Association of Social Work Education Conference, London, ON. (Cancelled). Lippman, Anna. 2020. Poster Presentation. “Teaching Outside the Classroom: Hip Hop Based Educational Interventions”. National Conference on Race and Ethnicity, New York, NY. (Cancelled). Lippman, Anna. 2020. Poster Presentation “Pathways to Education: Hip-Hop Based Inquiry”. Research Centre for Public Sociology Open House. Toronto, ON. (Cancelled). INVITED TALKS Masri, L., Lippman, A., Sebei, M. 2023. “The Labour Movement and International Solidarity”. Labour4Palestine: Online, January. Lippman, A. 2022. “Identity, Intersectionality, and Understanding Our Social Location”. Showing Up for Racial Justice. Lippman, A. & Tecle, S. 2022. “Reimagining Safety Beyond Carcerality”. Social Planning Toronto: Online, January. Alqasem, M., Gill, R., Lippman, A. 2021. “Solidarity with Palestinian People and Workers” Canadian Union of Public Employees National Convention: Online, November. Lippman, A. 2021. “Poverty, Policing, and Social Determinants of Health” Health Providers Against Poverty: Online, October Alqasem, M., Jarrar, Y., Lippman, A. 2021. “Beyond Our Local Borders: Palestine”. Jane and Finch Political Conversations Café: Online, June Lippman, Anna. 2021. “Jewish Perspectives on the Palestine”. Palestine House Speakers Series: Mississauga, ON, May Lippman, Anna. 2021. “Online Organizing 101”. Urban Alliance on Race Relations 2021 Workshop Series: Toronto, ON, February. Lippman, Anna. 2016. “Reconciliation in the Boardroom; Beyond Land Acknowledgments”. British Columbia Library Trustee Association 2016 Conference: Libraries Connect! Richmond, BC, May.