June 16, 2023 – A warning… Toronto Star – Bruce Arthur A 9-year-old girl with short hair was bullied by adults. It’s a warning about the anti-LGBTQ panic in Canada - The anti-trans and other hateful views and policies that we’re seeing in the … [Read more...]
June 16, 2023 – A warning…
June 16, 2023 by Michael Maher
Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bernardo transfer, Blackness in Canada, bullying, LGBTQ, police in schools, police killings, policing Blacks, prison power, private prisons, sentencing, transitional housing for women
No thanks!
September 23, 2021 by Michael Maher
September 21, 2021 Toronto Star – Noor Javed ‘It came out of nowhere’: Residents in the small town of Kemptville don’t want a prison. Doug Ford’s government says they’re getting one anyway A prison is often a welcomed development in small town … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: ACLU, bullying, class action, extreme sentencing, harassment, LWOP, prison farms, prison medical care, prisons, RCMP, SDG's, Smart Justice Training, solitary, women
Blame and resistance…
September 17, 2016 by Michael Maher
Sept 17, 2016 National Post – Andrew Coyne We are staring into the abyss of a Trump presidency and many people are to blame Blame is always filled with more regret than satisfaction, once whatever that is distasteful or wrong arrives. Coyne … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: bullying, Canadian values, immigration, Indigenous judges, SCC, sexual assault, Statistics Canada, transition housing
Thanksgiving imagination…
October 12, 2014 by Michael Maher
Oct. 12, 2014 (Communiqué wishes all our readers a happy Thanksgiving and commends the lead article as a context for our neighbourly reflections.) Globe and Mail – Joe Friesen Former Governor-General Clarkson says Canada has redefined … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: bullying, citizenship, disappearances, foreign fighters, juveniles, LWOP, mental health, policing
Three deaths…
February 13, 2014 by Michael Maher
Feb. 13, 2014 Toronto Star – Laura Kane Toronto police shootings inquest rules deaths as homicides; recommends training changes Three months and dozens of witnesses later, the police inquest into the deaths of three mentally ill but … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: bullying, deaths, immigration detention, Khadr, labels. offender, mental health, sentencing, transgender
RCMP budget cuts…
February 2, 2014 by Michael Maher
Feb. 2, 2014 Police and Community Partnerships: A National Symposium March 26, 27, 2014 - National Arts Centre, Ottawa Faculty for the sessions: Molly Baldwin, Founder/CEO, Roca Inc., Boston, USA. Danny Graham, QC, Halifax, … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: bullying, cost benefit analysis, partnerships, RCMP, RJ standards
Yet another glaring failure…
January 12, 2014 by Michael Maher
Jan. 12, 2013 CBC News – Susana Mas First Nations treaty talks with Ottawa end in 'failure' - The Assembly of First Nations received $400,000 to fund a committee on treaties that never met The Assembly of First Nations and the federal … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: bullying, First Nations, government, harrassment, lawyers, mental health, statistics
Access to justice
January 10, 2014 by Michael Maher
Jan 10, 2014 Globe and Mail - Editorial High-priced justice The editorial is commenting on the recent Canadian Bar Association report on access to justice, described as ‘abysmal’. Estimates are that approximately one half of those involved … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: access to justice, bullying, C-13, drugs, habitual criminal, mandatory minimums, mentally ill, prison, racism, RJ, schools, Sweden
Hollow Water hope…
October 30, 2013 by Michael Maher
Oct. 30, 2013 IIRP Blogger Robert Koehler Hope flows from Hollow Water… Chicago Journalist Robert Koehler writes about the experiences of the Hollow Water First Nations Reserve in eastern Manitoba. Elder Burma Bushie and former crown Rupert … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: Aboriginal, bullying, gangs, immigration, marijuana, mentally ill, prisons, RJ
Thabksgiving
October 12, 2013 by Michael Maher
Oct. 11, 2013 (Ed Note: We at Smart Justice wish all our readers a happy thanksgiving. Besides all our other blessings, we have the blessing of the conviction of the worthiness of our caring for healing rather than punishment, for justice rather … [Read more...]
Filed Under: News Tagged With: bullying, homeless, income inequality, mentally ill, prison policy, RJ, tough-on-crime