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NOW Magazine Robyn Maynard: Canada’s political class is ignoring public opinion on defunding police The Toronto-based author recently assembled a community resource document outlining strategies to defund police forces By Charlie Smith Writer Robyn Maynard says political policy is lagging behind public opinion on defunding the police. When we reached author, Black feminist and police defunding advocate Robyn Maynard by phone, the first question concerned the Vancouver police board’s budget fight with the elected city council. The police board, which is mostly made up of provincia...

Posted: Mar 08, 2021 11:42 PM ET | Last Updated: March 9 York Region District School Board released its Dismantling Anti-Black Racism Strategy at a virtual event on Monday that drew about 1,300 registrants.(York Region District School Board) The York Region District School Board has unveiled what it calls its "dismantling anti-Black racism strategy," a plan board officials say will take five years to implement. "The strategy was developed in response to continued evidence of anti-Black racism in schools," the board said in a news release Monday night.   "The systemic nature of anti-Black r...

UTC ‘Anti-Black racism is a crisis’: U of T scholar imagines a freer society Robyn Maynard, a PhD candidate at U of T's Women and Gender Studies Institute, has studied – and participated in – social movements committed to Black and Indigenous liberation for more than a decade (photo by Stacy Lee Photography) For scholars and activists like Robyn Maynard, our current reckoning with anti-Black racism is long overdue – and not just in the United States. The protests that erupted around the world following George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police last year also s...

Date Time ‘Anti-Black racism is a crisis’: University of Toronto scholar imagines a freer society Robyn Maynard, a PhD candidate at U of T’s Women and Gender Studies Institute, has studied – and participated in – social movements committed to Black and Indigenous liberation for more than a decade (photo by Stacy Lee Photography) For scholars and activists like Robyn Maynard, our current reckoning with anti-Black racism is long overdue – and not just in the United States. The protests that erupted around the world following George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis polic...

Robyn Maynard headlines 2021 UVic Humanities Literacy Week Photo via Fernwood Publishing. Please be advised that this article contains discussions of police violence that may be disturbing to some readers. This year’s iteration of UVic Humanities Literacy Week placed an emphasis on BIPOC voices and non-traditional forms of research in the humanities. Between Feb. 8 and Feb. 12, the Faculty of Humanities hosted three events and promoted over a dozen books recommended by faculty members.  The third and signature event of the week was a talk with renowned Canadian author, academic, and activi...