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In-Person Location: Room 201, Law Building, 128 Union St.
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Anti-black racism in the criminal justice system: building a toolkit for resistance and reform

This talk will provide an overview of the evolution in Canadian criminal law’s approach to the existence of anti-Black racism, from resistance to acknowledgment. Students will then engage in an exercise of building a toolkit which contributes to this evolution: From summarizing key cases that define what anti-Black racism looks like before the criminal justice system to researching novel ways in of considering the prevalence of anti-Black racism in substantive law, such as in the interpretation of the actus reus of an offence.