Racialized Creatives' Experiences & Trajectories in Brampton, Ontario

The process of racialization codifies race across subjects and objects, as racialization can lead to the discrimination and marginalization of racial Others (Ahmed, 2002). Theorizations of race and place further identify how spaces are also subject to racialization, bordering and hypervisibilizing racialized populations (Murji & Picker, 2019; Price, 2010). This Major Research Paper examines the trajectories and experiences of 5 racialized artists from Brampton, Ontario, and the racial barriers they experience due to how Brampton is perceived and treated as a racialized site. Semi-structured interviews and a thematic analysis are used in this study to identify and locate the common barriers experienced by Brampton's artists. This study finds how socio-spatial status can implicate and magnify discrimination within creative spaces, and creative and cultural industries.