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Syrus Marcus Ware

Syrus Marcus Ware is a Canadian artist, activist and scholar. He is currently a CLA Assistant Professor in the School of the Arts at McMaster University. He has worked since 2014 as faculty and as a designer for The Banff Centre. Ware is a founding member of Black Lives Matter Toronto. For 13 years, he was the coordinator of the Art Gallery of Ontario's youth program. During that time Ware oversaw the creation of the Free After Three program and the expansion of the youth program into a multi pronged offering. He has published four books and in 2020 co-edited (with Rodney Diverlus and Sandy Hudson) Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada, a collection of reflections on the Black Lives Matter movement in Canada.

 

Books by Syrus Marcus Ware

Until We Are Free

Reflections on Black Lives Matter Canada

edited by Rodney Diverlus, Sandy Hudson & Syrus Marcus Ware

Bridge of Flowers

by (author) Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
illustrated by Syrus Marcus Ware

I Promise

text by Catherine Hernandez
illustrated by Syrus Marcus Ware

Marvellous Grounds

Queer of Colour Formations in Toronto

edited by Jin Haritaworn, Ghaida Moussa & Syrus Marcus Ware

Queering Urban Justice

Queer of Colour Formations in Toronto

edited by Jinthana Haritaworn, Ghaida Moussa, Syrus Marcus Ware & Gabriela (Rio) Rodriguez

Queering Urban Justice

Queer of Colour Formations in Toronto

edited by Jinthana Haritaworn, Ghaida Moussa, Syrus Marcus Ware & Gabriela (Rio) Rodriguez

Love Is In The Hair

by (author) Syrus Marcus Ware

Who's Your Daddy?

And Other Writings on Queer Parenting

edited by Rachel Epstein
contributions by Melissa Hart, Emma Donoghue, Syrus Marcus Ware, Shira Spector, Suzanne Pelka, Aviva Rubin, Allison Eady, Lori E. Ross, Scott Andersen, Rebecca Trotzky-Sirr, Maura Ryan, Derek P. Scott, Anika Stafford, Nancy Nicol, LGBT Family Coalition, Lois Fine, Diane Flacks, David Rayside, Becky Idems, Adinne Schwartz, Jamie K. Evans, Karleen Pendleton Jimenez, Cindy Holmes, Anne Fleming, N. Gitanjali Lena, Toby Hill-Meyer, Serena Patterson, Julie Mooney-Somers, Eamon Somers, Makeda Silvera, Elizabeth Ruth, christina starr, Shelley M. Park, Jaime Grant, Joanna Radbord, Allesandra (Alex) Iantaffi, Laurie Bell & Jonathan Feakins
interviewee Chris Veldhoven, Thom Vernon, Anne-Marie MacDonald & Single Moms Group