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Adrian A. Smith is an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, where he joined in July 2018. He serves as Academic Director of Parkdale Community Legal Services (PCLS) and will teach the intensive seminar in poverty law. Prior to this, he was at Carleton University with cross-appointments to the Institute of Political Economy and Institute of African Studies.
- Education: BA (Hons) in Political Science and History from Western University; LLB and LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School; DCL in Law from McGill Faculty of Law.
His research intersects law, political economy, and development, focusing on:
- Labour regulation in colonial and settler colonial contexts
- Temporary labour migration in Canada
- Popular legal education in social movements
- Anti-imperialism and anti-racism
- Visual legal studies
Scientific awards include:
- SSHRC CGS Doctoral Scholarship
He supervises graduate research projects (LLM, PhD) at the intersection of labour and law, particularly those with social justice or activist components. He has also co-edited the book Unfree Labour? Struggles of Migrant and Immigrant Workers in Canada with Professor Aziz Choudry.
His international research spans northern Africa, western Europe, South America, the Caribbean, Australia, Mexico, the U.S., and Canada. He collaborates with Indigenous communities, including the Aamjiwnaang First Nation and Batchewana First Nation, on environmental and energy-related legal issues.
