Policing Black Lives in Ottawa, Canada and Beyond

Criminology Week: 150 years of [De]criminalization in Canada
Monday, 13 November 2017 - 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location
Room number: 
Auditorium
Off-campus address: 
Ottawa Public Library, 120 Metcalfe Street
Registration
Registration required: 
No
Cost to attend: 
Free of charge
  • This event is offered only in English.
Event type: 
Lectures & conferences, Lecture/talk
Event organizer: 
Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Criminology
Event language: 
English
Intended audience: 
Open to all, Students, Undergraduate students, Graduate students, Professors, Staff, Alumni, Public

The Carceral Studies Research Collective will host its inaugural lecture by Robyn Maynard, author of Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present (Fernwood – 2017). The lecture, which is co-sponsored by uOttawa Criminology Week 2017: 150 Years of (De)criminalization in Canada (November 13-16), will be followed by a community discussion facilitated by Dahabo Amed Omer, spokesperson for Justice for Abdirahman.