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DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\n(En anglais seulement) In this presentation\, Dr. A
 mar Khoday examines the Supreme Court of Canada’s unanimous 1977 decision 
 in Smithers v The Queen. Smithers is a criminal law case that focused larg
 ely on the issue of causation and is likely taught in most if not all Cana
 dian law faculties annually. The case arose out of a fight following an un
 der-18 hockey league game where one of the combatants died. In constructin
 g its brief narrative of the facts\, the Court drastically understated the
  racial dynamics that were in play before and during the game which prompt
 ed Paul Smithers\, a Black teenager to confront Barrie Cobby\, who was whi
 te\, and his primary racial antagonist. In framing its narrative\, the Cou
 rt caricatured Smithers as a Black aggressor preying on Cobby. Drawing fro
 m critical race theory and various primary sources\, Khoday advances a det
 ailed counter-narrative challenging the Court’s official account which lar
 gely ignored Paul Smithers’s experiences of racism and interpretation of e
 vents leading to Cobby’s death.\n\nBio\n\nDr. Amar Khoday is an associate 
 professor at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law. He earned his Do
 ctor of Civil Law (2014) and Master of Laws degrees (2008) from McGill Uni
 versity and his Juris Doctor (2004) from the »ÆƬÀóÖ¦ÊÓƵ England School of Law in 
 Boston. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in history from Concor
 dia University. He is a member of the Law Society of Ontario and the Massa
 chusetts bar. A researcher with varied interests\, he is the author or co-
 author of over 20 articles or book chapters in addition to numerous blog p
 osts. These interests include criminal law and procedure with a focus on r
 ights related to police interrogations and detentions\, legal history\, ra
 ce and the law\, as well as the intersections of law and resistance. Prof.
  Khoday is a former O’Brien DCL Graduate Fellow from the McGill Faculty of
  Law\n\nRSVP to penelope.plessas [at] mcgill.ca is required.\n
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LOCATION:Room 609\, NCDH
SUMMARY:Black Legal History Matters Too: Counter-Narrating Smithers v The Q
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