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Briefs, Depositions and Reports

BRIEFS AND DEPOSITIONS

  • An African Canadian Open Letter to the UN CERD from Dr. Esmeralda M.A. Thornhill, First James Robinson Johnston Endowed Chair in Black Canadian Studies, to United Nations CERD Members Examining Canada’s 13, and 14th Reports on Compliance with the ICERD, Geneva, Switzerland, June 20th 2002.
  • Mémoire sur le Livre vert sur l’éducation. Brief to Minister of Education of Quebec. In Final Report on the Aspirations and Expectations of Quebec’s Black Community with Regard to Education. (Montreal: Le Conseil superieur de l’education, 1978).
  • Submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism by Esmeralda M.A. Thornhill. Native Friendship Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 20, 2003.
  • The Challenge of Focusing on Racism. Court Expert Deposition. Report of Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Prosecution of Donald Marshall Jr., Vol. VII (Halifax: November, 1988).
  • “The Sharpeville Six and the Death Penalty in South Africa.” Congressional Record. Proceedings and Debates of the 100, Congress of the United States, 2 ed., 134 No. 32, March 16, 1988.

REPORTS

  • “Black Body: ‘Race’, Resistance, Response.” Racism and the Black World Response Symposium Proceedings. (Halifax: Dalhousie University, 2001).
  • “Entering Urban Education: The Special Case of the Black Child.” P.S.B.G.M. Reports (Montreal: PSBGM, 1975).
  • Final Report on the Aspirations and Expectations of Quebec’s Black Community with Regard to Education. Report of Black Community Task Force chaired by Esmeralda M.A. Thornhill (Montreal: April 1978).
  • “History of Congress of Black Women of Canada.” President’s Report. (Montreal: November 1991).
  • L’école et les communautés culturelles. Contributor. Report to the Quebec Minister of Education. Montreal: April 1985).
  • Racism and the Black World Response. Symposium Proceedings (PDF). (Halifax: August 2001).
  • The Congress of Black Women of Canada / Le Congrès des femmes noires du Canada. Xth Anniversary / Xe Anniversaire. President’s Report. Montreal: (November 1991).

Books and Chapters

BOOKS

  • Blacks in Canada: Retrospects, Introspects, Prospects. E.M.A. Thornhill, (Editor). Unprecedented Special Thematic Issue. 38:3 Journal of Black Studies (January 2008).
  • Racism… Talking Out. Co-Editor. Unprecedented Thematic Issue. 6:1 Canadian Journal of Women and Law /La Revue Femmes et Droit (1993).

CHAPTERS

  • “Afterwords”. Co-author. Unprecedented Thematic Issue. 6:1 Canadian Journal of Women and Law /La Revue Femmes et Droit (1993).
  • “Black Women: The Missing Pages from Canadian Women’s Studies.” Canadian Women’s Issues, Volume 2: Bold Visions. Edited by Ruth Roach Pierson and Marjorie Griffin (Toronto: James Lorimer & Co. Ltd., 1994).
  • “Black Women’s Studies in Teaching Related to Women: Help or Hindrance to Universal Sisterhood?” The Issue is -Ism: Women of Colour Speak Out. Fireweed’s Issue 16 : Reprint (Toronto: Sister Vision, 1991).
  • “Diversity: A Challenge for Continuous Learning”. The National Parole Board / La Commission nationale des libérations conditionnelles. General Board Meeting 1998 Conference on “Diversity in a Continuous Learning Environment”, May 24-26,1998. Conference Proceedings. Ottawa: NPB Board Member Training and development Division, September 1998.
  • “Equality in the Legal Profession.” Roads to Equality/Les voies de l’égalité. Canadian Bar Association National Conference. (Toronto: CBA, August 1994).
  • “Ethics in the Legal Profession: The Issue of Access” 33 Alberta Law Review (1995).
  • “Focus On Racism: Legal Perspectives From A Black Experience”. Judicial Awareness: Race, Culture and the Courts. Volume of Reference Materials (Ottawa: National Judicial Institute, March 1995). Translation from Original French, “Regard sur le racisme: perspectives juridiques à partir d’un vécu noir La sensibilisation de la magistrature aux problèmes raciaux et culturels auxquels font face les tribunaux, Volume des textes de référence, l’Institut national de la magistrature (mars 1995); first published in 6:1 la Revue Femmes et Droit, (1993).
  • “Guidelines for Implementing More Visible Partnerships in Schools.” In Ronald J. Samuda and Shiu L. Kong, Multicultural Education: Programmes and Methods (Kingston and Toronto: Intercultural Social Sciences Publication Inc., 1986).
  • La discrimination raciale dans le logement. Dossier sur le racisme. (Montréal: Mouvement québécois pour combattre le racisme, 1978).
  • “Open Letter to Teachers To Be” in Working Together for a Change / Travailler ensemble pour faire (un) changement. Letters to students of Education learning, educating and acting against racism and anti-Semitism. (Montreal: McGill University, Faculty of Education, Department of Religion and Philosophy, 1993).
  • “Race and Class in Canada: The Case of Blacks in Quebec.” Race and Class I. (Chicago: Afro-American Institute, 1982).
  • “Research Priorities Critical for Developing Meaningful Research Programmes on Race.” UIE Report (Hamburg, Germany: UNESCO Institute for Education, 1991).
  • “Special Introduction” to The Romance of Old Annapolis Royal, Newfoundland: Boulder Press, 2012.

Selected Publication for Download

Archives

First James Robinson Johnston Endowed Chair In Black Canadian Studies – 1996-2002 Archives

The James Robinson Johnston Endowed Chair in Black Canadian Studies is an unprecedented national initiative established to “bring Black culture, reality, perspectives, experiences and concerns into the Academy. ” A truly government-public collective effort and collaborative partnership between both institutions and individuals, the Johnston Chair was set up at Dalhousie University with the support of a $2.5 million endowment.

The Johnston Chair was set up at Dalhousie University and is symbolically named for James Robinson Johnston, the first African Nova Scotian university graduate, and the first from his Community to earn a law degree from Dalhousie Law School in 1898.

Following a national recruitment campaign to find a senior scholar, in 1996 Dalhousie University invited Quebec Human Rights Educator,
Esmeralda M.A. Thornhill to inaugurate, anchor and pilot the James Robinson Johnston Endowed Chair in Black Canadian Studies. Homed in Dalhousie’s then Faculty of Law, Professor Thornhill held the Chair from 1996-2002.

Visit the First James Robinson Johnston Endowed Chair In Black Canadian Studies – 1996-2002 Archived website
Visit the ” racism & the black world response international symposium’s ” 2001 archived website
visit the Johnston Chair Eminent Speakers’ Public Lecture Series (1996-2002)

Expertise

Esmeralda M.A.Thornhill
LL.D., LL.D., LL.B., Dip. Int’l. & Comp. Law, M.A., Dip. Ed., B.A. Joint Honours

A rich multidisciplinary training and varied professional experience  equip Esmeralda Thornhill with an Anti-racism and Human Rights expertise that well positions her as an effective Speaker, Lecturer, Researcher, Management Level Trainer, and Workshop Facilitator in such areas as, notably:

  • ‘Race’, Racism and Discrimination
  • Critical Race and Legal Theory
  • Human Rights
  • International Human Rights Law
  • Black Women’s Studies/Feminism
  • “Material Reality” of Racism
  • Racism as a Health Hazard
  • ‘Race’ Literacy: A Professional Ethical Imperative
  • Legal Education and ‘Race’ Erasure
  • Anti-racist Teaching Materials
  • Putting ‘Race’ on the Table
  • Black History/Studies
  • Blacks in Canada
  • ‘Race’ Awareness Training

Anti-Apartheid Legal Education

From 1987-1988, she spent the year on secondment in Washington, D.C. as an International Fellow doing anti-apartheid Legal Education and NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) Advocacy with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. During this time, she was responsible for the Red Ribbon Campaign launched to save the lives of the Sharpeville Six and her research on the use of the death penalty by South Africa is reproduced and chronicled in the U.S. Congressional Record, (“The Sharpeville Six and the Death Penalty in South Africa”. Congressional Record. Proceedings and Debates of the 100th Congress of the United States, 2 ed., 134 No. 32, March 16, 1988).

Education and Professional Training

In addition to an undergraduate Joint Honours degree in Latin and Spanish from McGill University, Professor Thornhill’s academic training includes Post Graduate Studies in Spanish,
French, and Pedagogical Sciences at the Université de Montréal, McGill, and Denver Universities. She also holds a Law degree from the Université du Québec à Montréal and a Diploma in International and Comparative Law from the University of San Diego (Paris, France). Fluently trilingual in English, French and Spanish, this scholar has completed international internships examining ‘race’ both in England and in France at UNESCO headquarters.