Robyn Maynard

Canadian writer and academic From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Robyn Maynard is a Canadian writer focusing on race and gender-based state violence.[1][2]

She is most noted[according to whom?] for her 2017 book Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present,[3] which received praise in some Canadian publications[4][5] and achieved several awards and nominations.[6][7][8][9] Alongside Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Maynard also co-authored the 2022 book Rehearsals for Living, which was shortlisted in the 2022 Governor General's Awards.[10] She has also produced scholarly publications on the topic of race and police abolition.[11][12]

In 2020 she was shortlisted for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for emerging LGBTQ writers.[13]

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