July 30, 2013 Toronto Star – Guest opinion by Shelia Burns Turning around Ontario lives hurt by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder The author, a Community Leadership in Justice Fellow, Law Foundation of Ontario, says that fetal alcohol spectrum … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2013
The tides of justice?
July 27, 2013 by
July 27, 2013 MacLean’s – Ken MacQueen A closer look at falling crime statistics MacQueen writes that the costs of policing are skyrocketing while the crime levels fall but that in spite of the contradiction and in spite of the desperate … [Read more...]
Reserve life…
July 24, 2013 by
July 24, 2013 Toronto Star ‘Ordinary Canadians’ get a taste of life on a northern Ontario reserve A second year law student at Osgood Law School and a grandmother was one of 43 people who dared to accept an invitation to spend a week on a … [Read more...]
Income inequality
July 23, 2013 by
July 23, 2013 Ottawa Citizen – Barry Carin No clear definition in ‘inequality’ debate Carin identifies ‘income inequality’ as a key phrase in the international development context this year and then suggests that the term is contentious and … [Read more...]
Mental health and criminal justice: a long and dysfunctional relationship (Ed McIsaac)
July 22, 2013 by
Mental health and criminal justice have a long and dysfunctional relationship. Inevitably it seems our desire for punishment overtakes both the needs of the individual offender suffering from mental illness and our collective long-term interest in … [Read more...]
The kinder side
July 19, 2013 by
July 19, 2013 Wheels.ca The kinder side of vigilante justice Elizabeth Webb and her husband are a different kind of vigilante. When her car was ransacked, she discovered the cell phone of the culprit and instead of the police, she called the … [Read more...]