Readings on Anti-Black Racism and the Law: Statutes & Cases

Policing

• Bill C-296, An Act to Eliminate Racial Profiling, 1st Sess, 38th Parl, 2004 (first reading 18 November 2004).

Policing

• R v Khan (2004), 244 DLR (4th) 443, 24 CR (6th) 48 (Ont Sup Ct).
• R v S (RD), [1997] 3 SCR 484, 151 DLR (4th) 193.

Juries

• R v Gayle (2001), 54 OR (3d) 36, 201 DLR (4th) 540 (CA).
• R v Parks (1993), 15 OR (3d) 324, 24 CR (4th) 81 (CA).
• R v Williams, [1998] 1 SCR 1128, 159 DLR (4th) 493.

Sentencing

• R v Brissett, 2018 ONSC 4957.
• R v Hamilton (2004), 241 DLR (4th) 490, 72 OR (3d) 1 (CA).

Impact of Race and Cultural Assessment (IRCA)

• R v Borde (2003), 63 OR (3d) 417, 8 CR (6th) 203 (CA).
• R v Boutilier, 2017 NSSC 308.

Human Rights

• Christie v The York Corporation (1939), [1940] SCR 139,[1940] 1 DLR 81.
• Pieters v Law Society of Upper Canada, 2017 HRTO 1251.
• Pieters v Peel Law Association, 2013 ONCA 396.

Introductory

• Ontario Human Rights Commission, Policy and Guidelines on Racism and Racial Discrimiantion.

• Report of the Commission on Systemic Racism in the Ontario Criminal Justice System (Toronto, 1995).

The Destruction Of Africville, Nova Scotia

• Clairmont, Donald H & Dennis William Magill, “The Implications of the Africville Relocation” in Africville Relocation Report (Halifax: Institute of Public Affairs, Dalhousie University, 1971).

Policing

• Ontario Human Rights Commission, Paying the Price: The Human Cost of Racial Profiling Inquiry Report (Toronto, 2003).

• The Report of the Race Relations and Policing Task Force (Toronto: The Task Force, 1989).

• Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall Jr, Prosecution, Consultative Conference on Discrimination against Natives and Blacks in the Criminal Justice System and the Role of the Attorney General (Halifax: 24–26 November 1988) (Submission of Esmerelda Thorn.

Refugee Law

• Canadian Council for Refugees, Report on Systemic Racism and Discrimination in Canadian Refugee and Immigration Policies (1 November 2000).

Juries

• Pomerant, David, Multiculturalism, Representation, and the Jury Selection Process in Canadian Criminal Cases (Ottawa: Department of Justice Canada, 1994).

Racism, Legal Education And The Legal Profession

• Errol P, Mendes, “Promoting Heterogeneity of the Judicial Mind” in Appointing Judges: Philosophy, Politics and Practice (Toronto: Ontario Law Reform Commission, 1991) 91.

Impact Of Race And Cultural Assessment (IRCA)

• Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr., Prosecution: Digest of Findings and Recommendations (Halifax: The Commission, 1989).