
Robyn Maynard

Robyn Maynard is a Canadian writer and academic. She is most noted for her 2017 book "Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present", an examination of anti-Black Canadian racism in Canada. Its French translation won the Prix des Libraires du Québec (2019) in the essay category.
Her writing has also appeared in publications including the "Washington Post", the "World Policy Journal", the "Toronto Star", "Canadian Woman Studies", "Scholar and Feminist Online" and "Maisonneuve".
In 2020 she was shortlisted for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize, Canada's literary award for emerging LGBTQ writers.