Former Guelph grad to give the Cassidy-Reid Lecture September 28

On September 28 the University hosts Dr. Benjamin Hoy, a Guelph History BA grad and Stanford PhD who is now a faculty member at the University of Saskatchewan. He returns to Guelph to give the Cassidy-Reid Lecture. This lectureship was established in honour of retired History faculty Dr Keith Cassidy and Dr Richard Reid and is held every two years.

Dr. Hoy, a celebrated young scholar, is also the son of two retired English professors, Helen Hoy and Thomas King, and is one of the country's youngest and most promising scholars of aboriginal history.

Please join us:

Thursday, September 28th, 2017

7:00 - 8:00 p.m.

University Club, Level 5, University Centre

All are welcome.

Reception to follow lecture

Kidnapping for Justice: Extralegal Renditions along the Canada-US Border

Since the 1830s, Canadian and American police officers have regularly utilized transnational abductions and prisoner exchanges to bring wanted men to justice. These practices, while violating at least one country's laws, served as integral parts of border control. In the process, breaking law became a viable means of upholding it.