Smart Justice Network Jan 16, 2024 – Integration of services… What is Integrated Youth Services (IYS)? The link offers, among other things, a five-minute explanation of Integrated Youth Services, an effort to confront the many faceted … [Read more...]
Oct 6, 2023 – The police and …
October 6, 2023 by
Oct 6, 2023 – The police and … BC Tyee - Ted Rutland and Karl Beaulieu Why Pairing Police and Social Workers Makes Life Worse for Unhoused People - And what we should be doing instead. Since 2009, Montreal police have patrolled with … [Read more...]
On the streets, in the jails…
January 26, 2023 by
Jan 26, 2023 CBC News – Paige Parsons 6 deaths, 4 months: Central Edmonton violence prompts concern for vulnerable - Housing desperately needed, advocates say Cold, gangs, violence – that’s what people on the street confront in the attempt to … [Read more...]
One of our best…
November 17, 2022 by
Nov. 17, 2022 The Reverend Dr. James V. Scott, O.C. Toronto, Ontario Jamie, who is to receive the Order of Canada, has been a tireless champion for both the Church Council on Justice and Corrections and the Smart Justice Network. The recognition … [Read more...]
Questions…
July 7, 2022 by
July 7, 2022 Toronto Star – Steve Buist and Rachel Mendleson Unjust invasions happening across Canada as police mislead courts, bungle warrants and violate suspects’ rights - On more than 40 occasions, judges took serious action to correct the … [Read more...]
A qulliq – for us…
July 27, 2021 by
July 27, 2021 Governor General of Canada – Mary Simon – Ningiukudluk “As part of the installation ceremony, an Inuk elder lights the qulliq in the Senate Chamber. The traditional Inuit lamp represents light and warmth of family and … [Read more...]
Give it up…
July 16, 2021 by
July 16, 2021 CBC News - Caitlyn Gowriluk Manitoba's Indigenous relations minister resigns from cabinet after premier's comments on colonial history Two days after Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister called colonial policies “well intentioned,” the … [Read more...]
Transparency…
June 7, 2021 by
June 6, 2021 Blogger Michael Spratt – Shocking news that the Ford government and Sylvia Jones, MPP, as of June 4, have disbanded all Community Advisory Boards. Community Advisory Boards are a part of the public surveillance of what happens in … [Read more...]