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Appearances

Looking to find an inspiring and informative lecture or workshop for your students?

Danardo Jones offers engaging talks sharing his expertise on a number of areas in the criminal law realm. He further offers workshop opportunities and is available for conference appearances.

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Danardo has an active, well-constructed research portfolio that includes peer-reviewed
publications in leading journals, book chapters, a forthcoming book, successful grant applications, an award-winning documentary on race and the Charter, submissions before Parliamentary and Legislative Committees, Op-eds, and co-editorship of a forthcoming special issue of the Journal of Law and Social Policy that will publish 16 papers on critical race theory (“CRT”) from leading critical race scholars across Canada. As a result of his research activities, he have been afforded the opportunity to participate in peer-reviewing articles for leading Law Reviews.

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Danardo is  an expert in criminal law and procedure, with a specific emphasis on race, criminal punishment, and legal geographies. â€‹

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Past Appearances

  • Langston Workshop - Paper Presenter, CUNY Law School, New York, New York, 2023, June, Session topic: "Race and the Charter" - "A Case Comment on R v Stairs".

  • Canadian Association of Law Teachers Conference - Panelist, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, ON, 2023, May, Teaching Criminal Law from a critical Perspective.

  • Canadian Law and Society Association - Panelist, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, ON, 2023, May, Topic: Race and Sentencing Roundtable

  • Annual Meeting on Law and Society Association, Law and Society Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2023, Punishing Black Bodies: Creating Space for Race in Criminal Sentencing

  • Presenter: Osgoode Constitutional Cases Conference, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, ON and virtual, 2023, Exploring the intersectional blind sides of the police power to search dwellings.

  • Presenter: 50th Anniversary Big Ideas Workshop, Dalhousie Law Journal, Virtual, 2022.

  • Keynote Speaker "Pushing through the Barriers.", Vauxhall High School Career Fair, 2021, March, March 31, 2021

  • Panel Moderator: Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues regarding the 14th annual Canadian Law Student Conference, University of Windsor, 2021, February, February 24, 2021.

  • Panellist: BLSA Windsor Chapter Black in Canada Panel Discussion, University of Windsor, 2021, February, February 25, 2021.

  • Presenter: Osgoode GLSA's (Virtual) Graduate Student Conference 2021 #LawsTopologies, Osgoode Hall Law School, 2021, February, February 18-20, 2021.

  • Panellist: Let's Talk Careers in Law, 2021, January, January 29, 2021.

  • Canadian Law and Society Association - Paper Presenter, Canadian Law and Society Association, Virtual, 2021, "Darkscapes" Paper Presentation. 

  • Embodied Collections: Racism, Antiracism, and Interdisciplinary Scholarship, Racialized Academics and Advocates Centering Equity and Solidarity (University of Windsor), Virtual, 2021, Pre-Conference Presentation.

  • Panellist: A Second Chance Screening - Only Way Forward Series, 2020, December, December 14, 2020.

  • Bail in Canada: Recent Developments and Perspectives, 2020, November, November 3, 2020

  • Panellist: BLSA Windsor Law Chapter Black Legal Professionals & Mental Health Panel, University of Windsor, 2020, November, November 23, 2020.

  • Panellist: Youth Justice Network Meeting - Black Youth in the Justice System Part 3, 2020, November, November 4, 2020.

  • Workshops on Criminal Justice responses to intimate partner violence, Elspeth Heyworth Centre for Women, 2020, February.

  • Black Mental Health Panel, University of Toronto BGSA, 2019, November, November 22, 2019

  • Co-organizer and Speaker: African Canadian Justice Strategy Community Planning Forum, 2019, April, April 27, 2019.

  • Black Entrepreneurs and Visionaries Table Talk, University of Toronto Hart House, 2019, March, March 11, 2019.

  • Closer to Home Panel Discussion: Critical discussion of the films "Lessons Injustice" and "Walk Good.", University of Guelph, 2018, October, October 24, 2018.

  • Durham Community Action Group, Anti-racism and education workshops, Durham Community Action Group, September 21, 2017

  • Anti-Black racism training: Toronto District School Board Legal Department and Safe and Caring Schools Team, Toronto District School Board Legal Department and Safe and Caring Schools Team, July 12, 2017.

  • Anti-Black racism training: Toronto District School Board Legal Department, Toronto District School Board Legal Department, June 13, 2017.

  • Dixon Community Centre, Understanding the Criminal Justice System workshop, Dixon Community Centre,  April 28, 2017.

  • Know Your Worth Conference - Lessons Injustice Workshop., 2017, February, February 27, 2021.

  • Oakwood Collegiate Institute, Black History Month Talk to Grade nine male students, Oakwood Collegiate Institute, 2017, February.

  • Anti-Black racism training: York Regional Police's Hate Crime Unit, York Regional Police's Hate Crime Unit, 2016, December, December 16, 2016.

  • Disrupting Violence: A Community Discussion on "The Interrupters", 2014, March, March 1, 2014.

  • Workshop: How Do We Build Cultural Competence? "A World of Learning": STLHE 2008 Annual Conference, University of Windsor, 2008, June, June 20, 2008.

Conference Appearances

Invited Presentations

  • Expert Witness- The Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Bill C-48, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (bail reform),  October 2023

  • Expert Witness- The House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights Panel, Canada's Bail System, 2023

  • Abolition and Criminal Law: What Does Justice Require?: 32nd Annual Black Law Students Association of Canada Conference, February 2023 

  • Critically revisiting the SCC decision in R. v. S. (R.D.), Locating RDS in the 21st Century Conference, September 2022

  • Race and Sentencing, 31st Annual BLSA Canada Conference, February 2022

  • #LawTopologies, Graduate Law Student Association's Graduate Student Conference, Osgoode Hall Law School, February 2021

  • Bail in Canada: Recent Developments and Perspectives, 2020 Proulx Roundtable Conference in Criminal Law, McGill University, November 2022

Contributed Presentations

  • Roundtable: Beyond Barriers: Black Voices in Legal Academia- Black Law Students Association  2024

  • Guest Lecture: Race Visibility & Sentencing - Canadian Law and Society Association 2024

  • Roundtable: Black Resistance- Public Prosecution Service of Canada - Black History Month Celebration Panel 2024

  • Discussant: The Cascading Effects of Racism & Community Upheaval: Anti- Black Racism and the Toronto Police Services- Scarborough Community Legal Aid Services - Black History Month Panel, 2024 

  • Discussant:  Discredited Data: The Epistemic Origins of Algorithmic Discrimination- Windsor Law LTEC Lab, 2024

  • Guest Lecture: Advanced Criminal Law - Racial Profiling, McGill University, 2024

  • Roundtable: New Perspectives in Sentencing and Incarceration Scholarship, Canadian Law & Society Association, 2024

  • Roundtable: Comparative and Critical Perspectives on Race in Sentencing, Canadian Law & Society Association, 2024

  • Roundtable: Exploring Connections Between Research and Teaching Criminal Law, Canadian Association of Law Teachers, 2024

  • Panelist: Canadian Law Review Black History Month Panel, 2023​

  • Public Law Centre Criminal Law Workshop, University of Ottawa, 2023

  • Guest Lecture: Springing Forward: Reflecting, Thriving, and Moving Forward on your Academic Journey, Black Professional Leadership Program, University of Victoria, 2023

  • Guest Lecture: Racism and the War on Drugs, University of Windsor

  • Panelist: Panel on Bail Reform: C-48 - does it go too far or not far enough? Ontario Justice Education Network's Summer Law Institute, 2023 

  • Guest Lecture: Legal Ethics and Race, University of Windsor, 2023

  • Guest Lecture: Race and Sentencing, McGill University 

  • Commentator: Is Justice Still Blind in Canada?, Free Press, 2023

  • Guest Lecture: Legal Ethics and Interviewing, University of Windsor, 2023

  • Commentator: Bail Reform Advocacy, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, 2023

  • Workshop: Race and Sentencing, Public Law Centre Criminal Law Workshop, University of Ottawa, 2023

  • Presenter: Promoting Access to Justice, Advocating for Systemic Change and Truth & Reconciliation Commission, The Ontario Bar Association Call Forward, 2022 

  • Commentator: John Mercer Langston Writing Workshop, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, 2022

  • Guest Lecture: Race and the Law, Racial Justice and Criminal Law, University of British Columbia, 2022

  • Guest Lecture: Race and Criminal Trials , Public Law Centre Criminal Law Workshop, University of Ottawa, 2022

  • Panelist:  University of Toronto Black Future Lawyers Panel, 2022

  • Presenter: Embodied Collaborations: Reflections on race, antiracism, and interdisciplinary scholarship, Racialized Academics and Advocates Centring Equity in Solidarity Committee, 2021

  • Presenter: Supporting Black youth in the Justice system, with a specific focus on Human Trafficking, Dalhousie Law Journal, 50th Anniversary, Big Ideas Workshop, 2021

  • Roundtable: Expert Roundtable on R v Morris, Accounting for Anti-Black Racism in Criminal Sentencing, 2021

  • Guest Lecture: Race and the Law, Racial Justice and Criminal Law, University of British Columbia

  • Presenter: Journeys through the Darkscape, Law and Society Association, 2021

  • Guest Lecture: Access to Racial Justice, University of Windsor, 2021

  • Roundtable: Black Entrepreneurs and Visionaries Table Talk, Hart House, 2021

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