60: Race and the Law (Joshua Sealy-Harrington)

It's our Season 6 finale and we're ending with a big one!

In this highly-anticipated episode, we're speaking with Joshua Sealy-Harrington for an honest and critical look at the relationship between race and Canadian law.

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Here's what you'll hear:

⚫ How can critical race theory help us understand the intersection between race and the law? (7:56)
⚫  What does the 'statement of principles' debate tell us about the future of diversity in the Law Society of Ontario  (18:44)
⚫ How does the police's use of 'carding' create different versions of the 'reasonable person'? (29:32)
⚫  Our Ask-Me-Anything segment about race issues, including: 
🔵 What can lawyers do to mitigate the over-policing of racial minorities? (40:30)  
🔵 How can senior management address systemic inequalities in the workplace? (43:42)  
🔵 How can law schools become more accessible to persons of different backgrounds? (46:08)  
🔵 What are the impacts of cancel culture on due process? (49:07)  
🔵 What can racialized minorities do to address a lack of awareness of systems of inequality in the workplace? (53:00)
 🔵 As culture becomes better at identifying subtler forms of racism, how does the law keep up? (56:04)

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