Professor Scot Wortley recently participated in Racial Profiling in Policing, an online conference hosted by the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University. The event "brought together speakers with expertise and personal experience to discuss innovative policy solutions and to foster community trust among marginalized and racialized communities, including Black people, Indigenous people and people of colour."
Professor Wortley participated in Panel 2: “Why Aren’t We There Yet?" Four Decades of Evidence | Racial Profiling in Policing
Panel description: "Policy guidance based on laws, human rights-based approaches, codes of ethics, and data collection are at the heart of the principles and practices needed to move forward. What do we know about efforts to create accountability so far, and what are the obstacles to moving forward?
With Marlene Jennings, Scot Wortley, Anne-Marie Livingstone, and Kanika Samuels-Wortley."
Following the conference, the Max Bell School published a Q&A with Professor Wortley, with questions posed by attendees.
The conference's list of recommended readings, which was provided ahead of the event, featured numerous works by CrimSL faculty, students and alumni:
- Race and Criminal Injustice: An Examination of Public Perceptions of and Experiences with the Ontario Criminal Justice System | Report | Scot Wortley, Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, and Huibin Lin
- Halifax , Nova Scotia: Street Checks Report | Report | Scot Wortley
- Racial Disparity in Arrests and Charges: An Analysis of Arrest and Charge Data from the Toronto Police Service | Report | Scot Wortley and Maria Jung
- A Disparate Impact: Second interim report on the inquiry into racial profiling and racial discrimination of Black persons by the Toronto Police Service | Report | Scot Wortley
- Policing the Police: Public Perceptions of Civilian Oversight in Canada | Article | Jihyun Kwon and Scot Wortley
- Race and Criminal Injustice: An Examination of Public Perceptions of and Experiences with the Ontario Criminal Justice System | Article | Canadian Association of Black Lawyers (CABL)
- Racial Profiling and the Toronto Police Service : Evidence, Consequences, and Policy Options | Report | Scot Wortley
- Use of Force by the Toronto Police Service Final Report | Report | Scot Wortley, Ayobami Laniyonu, and Erick Laming
- Review of Implementation of the Recommendations issued in the Report of the Consultation on Racial Profiling and its Consequences | Report | Scot Wortley, Ayobami Laniyonu, and Erick Laming
- Use of Force by the Toronto Police Service Final Report | Report | Scot Wortley, Ayobami Laniyonu, and Erick Laming