Anti-Black Racism in Canada

Robyn Maynard, author of Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present (Fernwood 2017), in conversation with Andrea Ritchie, discussing similarities and differences in histories, tactics, modes, and consequences of state violence targeting Black communities in the U.S., Canada and at the border, articulating critical questions and strategies for cross-border solidarity, organizing, and resistance in the current political moment.

Remember Africville

In the 1960s, black families living in Africville, Nova Scotia were uprooted and their homes demolished in the name of urban renewal and integration. More than 20 years later, the site of the community of Africville is a stark, under-utilized park. Former residents, their descendants and some of the decision-makers speak out and, with the help of archival photographs and films, tell the story of that painful relocation.

Suggested Reading

• Race and Criminal Injustice; a report created by the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers

• Policy Proposals to Tackle Anti-Black Racism; compiled by the Broadbent Institute

• Bias behind bars; an investigation into Canadian prisons by the Globe and Mail