{{Short description|Canadian scholar}} '''Frances Henry''' is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] scholar and Professor Emerita at [[York University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frances Henry - Our Backgrounds |url=https://www.yorku.ca/fhenry/background.htm |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=www.yorku.ca}}</ref> She is a member of the [[Royal Society of Canada]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Appointments to the Order of Canada {{!}} The Royal Society of Canada |url=https://rsc-src.ca/en/news/2021-appointments-to-order-canada |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=rsc-src.ca}}</ref> and the [[Caribbean Studies Association]] (CSA).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Caribbean Studies Association » Frances Henry |url=https://www.caribbeanstudiesassociation.org/frances-henry/ |access-date=2023-03-08 |language=en-US}}</ref>
She specializes in Caribbean Studies and is considered one of Canada's leading experts in the study of racism and [[anti-racism]]. She is the first scholar to conduct research on racism in Canada publishing a study of racial discrimination in employment in 1975. She has a long list of books, reports and articles on many aspects of racism in Canadian society.
== Research == Her Caribbean studies include: ''The Caribbean Diaspora in Toronto: Learning to Live with Racism'' (1994)<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Toronto Press - The Caribbean Diaspora in Toronto |url=https://utorontopress.com/9780802077424/the-caribbean-diaspora-in-toronto |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=University of Toronto Press |language=en-CA}}</ref> and ''Reclaiming African Religion in Trinidad: The Sociopolitcal Legitimation of the Orisha and Spiritual Baptists Faiths'' (2003).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reclaiming African Religions in Trinidad |url=https://www.uwipress.com/9789766401290/reclaiming-african-religions-in-trinidad/ |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=University of the West Indies Press |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2009, she co-authored the fourth edition of ''The Colour of Democracy: Racism in Canadian Society''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frances Henry - THE COLOUR OF DEMOCRACY: RACISM IN CANADIAN SOCIETY |url=https://www.yorku.ca/fhenry/colourofdemocracy.htm |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=www.yorku.ca}}</ref> that is widely used in universities as a text.
Henry’s most recent work relates to racism at Canadian universities. Her books include: Racism in the Canadian University (with C. Tator) "The Equity Myth: Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities (developed and edited) ''He Had the Power: Pa Neezer, the Orisha King of Trinidad'', about ‘Pa Neezer’ (Ebenezer Elliott).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Henry |first=Frances |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9sw4OgAACAAJ |title=He Had the Power: Pa Neezer, the Orisha King of Trinidad : a Personal Memoir |date=2008 |publisher=Lexicon |isbn=978-976-631-047-9 |language=en}}</ref>
In recognition of her research on racism in Canada, she was invested into the [[Order of Canada]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=General |first=Office of the Secretary to the Governor |date=2022-10-25 |title=Order of Canada appointees - November 3, 2022 |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/media/order-canada-appointees-november-2022 |access-date=2025-11-16 |website=The Governor General of Canada}}</ref>
== Personal life == Henry is a life long Wagnerian serves as Chair of the Toronto Wagner Society.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frances Henry - Our Backgrounds |url=https://www.yorku.ca/fhenry/background.htm |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=www.yorku.ca}}</ref>
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