Systemic
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![]() Black CopMy 36 years in police work, and my career-ending experiences with official racism |
Calvin Lawrence became a cop at age twenty. He was recruited by the Halifax police department at a time of heightened racial tension in the city. From the start, some fellow African Canadians … | 272 | View | ||
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From ![]() Boxing LifeFrom: Black Cop |
Calvin details his experiences as an amateur boxer. | Calvin Lawrence; Miles Howe | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Broader Approaches to Community and Officer Safety and Well-BeingFrom: Canadian Policing |
In Broader Approaches to Community and Officer Safety and Well-Being author Kent Roach examines the potential of redistributing of limited public spending from the police to community safety. The … | Kent Roach | 19 | 2022 | $1.90 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Building Tenant Power Out of Crisis |
In this chapter, the authors examine how Atlanta’s Housing Justice League navigated the 2020 pandemic and racial uprisings to build tenant power. | Dani Aiello; Karmiah Dillard-Mickey; Natalie McLaughlin | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
![]() NEW! Canadian PolicingWhy and How It Must Change |
Canadian Policing: Why and How It Must Change is a comprehensive and critical examination of Canadian policing from its colonial origins to its response to the February 2022 blockades and … | Kent Roach | 276 | 2022 | View |
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From ![]() NEW! Capitulation |
Putting People of Color at Risk Stuck in the Middle with You Normalization of the White Woman What About Me? Silent Consent Between Helpless and Powerful Passive Aggression The Politics of … | Ilsa Govan; Tilman Smith | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() Chapter 1What is it? From: The Colour of Justice |
Chapter one defines and outlines the scope of racial profiling in Canada by police with a case study whereby an unwarranted police encounter was challenged, resulting in a police strike in … | David M. Tanovich | 22 | 2006 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 1: QuerenciaFrom: Searching for Serafim |
This chapter recounts the early life and background of Serafim Fortes. Included is an image of a handwritten note signed by Serafim. | Ruby Smith Diaz | 5 | 2025 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() Chapter 10Legislative Reform From: The Colour of Justice |
The final chapter deals with legislative reform. The author also recommends creating a racial-profiling tort, and adding racial profiling to the criminal code. The book concludes with … | David M. Tanovich | 13 | 2006 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() Chapter 2Exposed From: The Colour of Justice |
This chapter explores the role of the media in heightening racial profiling in Canada. The chapter provides case studies including those of Dee Brown, a player for the Toronto Raptors, who … | David M. Tanovich | 21 | 2006 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 2: He Always Followed the SeaFrom: Searching for Serafim |
This chapter further discusses Serafim’s early life, him leaving his home in Kairi, his travels and treatment while sailing on the Robert Kerr. | Ruby Smith Diaz | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() Chapter 3Adjusting Our Lens From: The Colour of Justice |
Chapter three, Adjusting Our Lens, begins with a look at the pivotal case Drybones, which highlighted the unique needs of Aboriginal peoples in trials. The chapter then looks at the historical … | David M. Tanovich | 17 | 2006 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 3: All Crab Find Dey HoleFrom: Searching for Serafim |
This chapter details how the crew aboard the Robert Kerr, including Serafim, came to land in Vancouver and the communities settling on the land at this time. | Ruby Smith Diaz | 16 | 2025 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() Chapter 4Social Science and Beyond From: The Colour of Justice |
In chapter four, Social Science and Beyond, the evidence for racial profiling is examined, starting with the Ontario Systemic Racism Commission, established in 1992 and continuing with the … | David M. Tanovich | 14 | 2006 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 4: Reading Between the Lines of White SupremacyFrom: Searching for Serafim |
This chapter discusses the impact racism and white supremacy had on the preservation of Black history in Vancouver and why it made difficult for Díaz to locate true details of … | Ruby Smith Diaz | 10 | 2025 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Chapter 5The War on Drugs From: The Colour of Justice |
Chapter five is devoted to the "war on drugs" and its impact on racial profiling in policing, especially on Blacks in Ontario and on Southeast Asians in Vancouver. The chapter looks at … | David M. Tanovich | 9 | 2006 | $0.90 Add |









