Yvonne Bobb-Smith

Yvonne Bobb-Smith was born in Trinidad. She now teaches Caribbean Studies at Ryerson University and New College, University of Toronto. Bobb-Smith was the first Executive Director of the Black Secretariat of Canada, and was responsible for the publication of the first ever directory of Black Organizations in Toronto.

List of Published Works

• I know Who I am: A Caribbean Woman’s Identity in Canada. Toronto: Women's Press, 2003
• Community Involvement As Cultural and Political (Forum address at the National Society of Black Engineers - Ryerson Chapter), 2003
• "Caribbean Woman and Racism." In Trans/forms: Insurgent voices in education, issue five. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000.
• There is no place like ‘home’. In Alena Heitlinger (Ed.) Émigré Feminism: Transnational perspectives. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999.
• Book Review of "Maid in the USA," in Resources for Feminist Research, Fall/winter, 22 3 &4) 1993. (p.87)
• Model Policy for Employment Equity in Public Libraries: Drafted for publication. Toronto: Ontario Library Association, 1990.