Chevy R. J. Eugene

Brief Biography

Recognized as one of the Global Top 100 Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) in politics and governance, Dr. Chevy Eugene is a cross-pointed Assistant Professor in the Black and African Diaspora Studies (BAFD) Program and the Department of Political Science, where he holds a Killam Memorial Chair in Black Reparative Futures. Dr. Eugene鈥檚 research takes up the historical struggles for reparations by conceptualizing it as a liberation praxis for conquest, enslavement, colonialism, and neocolonialism in new worldmaking in the Caribbean context. It proposes a decolonial reparations framework that seeks to delink demands for reparations from neoliberal epistemologies and mechanisms that perpetuate the continuation of neocolonial governmentalities in the Caribbean. Additionally, his research explores the role of the arts and social movements in the politicization and mobilization of young people in the Caribbean and its diasporas on the issue of reparatory justice. Dr. Eugene鈥檚 current project argues for a decolonial and holistic undertaking of reparations in Canada by connecting the contemporary manifestations of anti-Black systemic racism to transatlantic slavery. Furthermore, he has undertaken various consultancy projects, most notably with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), to assist States and other key partners to deliver reparations for people of African descent through a human rights and intersectional approach.

Dr. Eugene鈥檚 professional involvement extends beyond academia. He serves as the Caribbean Special Representative for the Pan-African Council (PAC). This role allows him to lead a collective of entrepreneurs, business leaders, cultural ambassadors, government actors, academics, and activists from the Anglophone, Francophone, Spanish, and Dutch Caribbean to foster political, economic, and social cooperation with Africa.

Publications:

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article(s)

2026听听听 Eugene, C. R. J., & jules, tavis d. (2026). Alternative Worlds are Possible: Educational Decolonization and Open Reparative Futures. 52, 154鈥�163.

2024 听听 Scherrer, B., Folson, B., Eugene, C. R. J., Ernest, E., Indrarajah, T., jules, tavis d., Lutterman, M., & Toland, A. (2024). Global Injustices of Colonial Schools: Educational Reparations and Representations of the Human. Emerald Publishing, 48, 235鈥�248.

2024 听听 Eugene, C. R. J., jules, t., & Indrarajah, T. (2024). An African Union-Caribbean Community alliance in the global reparations movement: Promises, perils, and pitfalls. The Round Table, 103(1), 29鈥�42.

2022听听听 Eugene, C. (2022). The Politics of Reparations in Rastafari Livity and Reggae. Iyaric, 1(1), 41鈥�48.

2019听听听 Eugene, C.R.J. (2019). Towards a Framework for Caribbean Reparations. Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, 44(3), 54-77.

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapter

Williams, Y., Gray, A., & Eugene, C. (2022). Groundings and Rastafari: Re-territorializing Caribbean Indigenous knowledge. In Affirming Methodologies: Research and Education in the Caribbean (pp. 157鈥�172).Routledge.

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Books

Eugene, C., & jules, t. d. The Politics of Pluralities for Reparatory Justice: Challenges, Consequences, and Prospects for Fugitivity and New World Making. Fernwood Publishing. (2027)

Eugene, C. Towards a Decolonial Caribbean Reparations Movement. (Forthcoming)

Eugene, C. A Radical Youth Intervention in the Caribbean Reparations Campaign. Bloomsbury Academic. (Forthcoming)

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article(s)

Jules, t. d., Brissot, N., & Eugene, C. 鈥淧luriversal Futures 鈥� Ecological Reparatory Justice as a Reparatory Framework.鈥� The Round Table (2026)

Eugene, C. 鈥淓xile鈥� Reparations for the Soul of Black Studies and Caribbean Studies in Canada.鈥� Journal of Canadian Studies (2027)

Eugene, C. 鈥淒ecolonizing the Legal Framework of the Caribbean Reparations Campaign: An Intervention through Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL).鈥� TWAIL Review (2027)听

Invited Talks:

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2026听听听 Eugene, C. 鈥淰isions and Experiences for a Regional Reparations Agenda.鈥� Environmental Justice and Ancestral Territories: Rights and Reparations for Afro-descendant Peoples, Organization of American States (OAS), Washington D.C., March 27 (Online Participation).

2026听听听 Eugene, C. 鈥淏lack Reparative Futures.鈥� Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC) 鈥� Africa, 脕gora Convention Centre, Bogot谩, Colombia, March 18 鈥� 21.

2025听听听 Eugene, C. 鈥溾�楨xile鈥� Reparations for the Soul of Black Studies and Caribbean Studies in Canada.鈥� Reflections on Repair, Responsibility, Resistance, and Reform: New Pathways Conference, University of the West Indies, Headquarters, Kingston, Jamaica, October 14 鈥� 17.

2025 听听 Eugene, C. 鈥淩eflections on Avenues for Possible Partnership and Collaboration between the Group of Experts of People of African Descent and Academic Institutions.鈥� 36th Session of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (WGEPAD), UN Headquarters, New York City, April 21 鈥� 25.

2025听听听 Eugene, C. 鈥淭he Role and Power of Collective Cross-Regional Struggle for Reparations.鈥� Side Event to the Fourth Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (PFPAD), UN Headquarters, New York City (Online), April 15.听听

2025 听听 Eugene, C. 鈥淟ocating Canada in the Global Reparations Movement,鈥� 鲍鱼tv Faculty Association (DFA) African Heritage Month Lecture (Online), February 25.

2024听听听 Eugene, C. 鈥淢aking the Case for Reparations for Transatlantic Slavery and its Legacies in Canada,鈥� 35^th Session of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent (WGEPAD), UN Headquarters, New York City, Dec 2 鈥� 5.

2024听听听 Eugene, C. 鈥淟egacies of Colonialism and Enslavement: A Dialogue on Environmental Losses and Damages in Relation to Historical Reparations,鈥� UN Biodiversity Conference, COP16, Cali, Colombia, Oct 21 鈥� Nov 1.

2024听听听 Eugene, C. 鈥淭he Caribbean Community Reparations Campaign,鈥� Programa de sensibilizaci贸n sobre Derechos de las personas y pueblos Afrodescendientes en Am茅rica Latina, para Instituciones Nacionales de Derechos Humanos, Association for Afro Colombian Women, (Online), October 23.

2024听听听 Eugene, C. 鈥淒iaspora Repatriation and Engagement in Contemporary Kenya,鈥� East Africa Trade and Investment Symposium, Diamond Trust Bank Centre, Nairobi, September 28.

2024 听听 Eugene, C. 鈥淭owards a Decolonial Framework for the Second International Decade for People of African Descent.鈥� Third Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Palais Des Nations of the United Nations, Geneva, April 16-19.

Conferences:

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2025听听听 Eugene, C. 鈥淎 Fanonian and Rodeyite Framework Towards a Decolonial Pan-African Reparations Movement.鈥� International Conference: Centenary of Frantz Fanon, Museum of Black Civilization, Dakar, December 17-20, 2025.听听

2025 听听 Eugene, C., 鈥淎ddressing Black Globalities: A Decolonial Reparations Intervention.鈥� Black Futurities Conference, Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCAD), Toronto, May 30.

2025听听听 Eugene, C., 鈥淚nstitute of Peoples, Territories and Pedagogies for Peace Global Links between Education and Historical Reparations.鈥� Autonomous and Decolonial Education Conference, Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie, May 23.

2024听听听 Eugene, C., 鈥淭he Groundings Method as a Decolonial Pedagogical Approach.鈥� Access & Equity in Higher Education for Mature Students, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), Toronto, October 4.

2024听听听 Eugene, C., 鈥淒ecolonizing the Legal Framework of the Caribbean Reparations Campaign: An Intervention through Third World Approaches to International Law.鈥� Rethinking the Dimensions of International Economic Law, 鲍鱼tv University, Halifax, September 13 鈥� 14.

2024听听听 Eugene, C. 鈥淏lack Futures in Black Canadian Studies,鈥� Black Futurities, McMaster University, Hamilton, May 31, 2024

2024 听听 Eugene, C. 鈥淗aiti and Resistance to the Imperialist Project as a Reparative Justice Undertaking.鈥� Third Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Palais Des Nations of the United Nations, Geneva, April 16-19, 2024.

2023听听听 Eugene, C. 鈥淩eparations, Debt, and Wealth: Reimagining the Possibilities of Economic Liberation for People of African Descent.鈥� Second Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, UN Head Quarters, New York, May 30, 2023 鈥� June 2, 2023.

2020 听听 Eugene, C., Williams, Y., & Gray, A. 鈥淕roundings and reasoning: re-territorialising Caribbean Indigenous knowledge鈥� Caribbean Research Methodologies Online Seminar 2020, October 16.

2019听听听 Eugene, C. 鈥淭he Roles of the Youth and Arts in the Caribbean Reparations Movement鈥� Caribbean Festival of the Arts (CARIFESTA), University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine, August 22.

2018听听听 Eugene, C. 鈥淎 Fanonian Humanist Approach in Understanding Caribbean Reparations.鈥� Strategies of Critique XXXII, York University, Keele Campus, Toronto, October 11 鈥� 13.

Professional Affiliations

• Research Associate, Centre for Research for Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC), York University
• Research Associate, Harriet Tubman Institute, York University
• Research Fellow Member, Jack and Mae Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security, York University
• Research Associate, Centre for Reparations Research (CRR), University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus
• Member (Fellow), UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
• Member, Caribbean Solidarity Network (CSN)
• Member, Caribbean Studies Association (CSA)
• Member, National Association of African American Studies & Affiliates (NAAASA)
• Member, Association for the Study of Worldwide African Diaspora (ASWAD)