Sept 18, 2023 – Double jeopardy… CBC News - Olivia Bowden His brother died in an Ontario jail. Advocates say calls for reform to prevent such deaths are being ignored - Ashton Gray, 34, died by suicide in Toronto South Detention Centre … [Read more...]
Tainted record…
June 14, 2022 by
June 14, 2022 Toronto Star – Rachel Mendleson (Star) and Steve Buist (Hamilton Spectator) Toronto police reviewing officers’ conduct in nearly 100 cases following Torstar investigation into Charter violations - One officer was disciplined in … [Read more...]
Public Health wins…
April 18, 2021 by
April 18, 2021 BC Government News B.C. moves forward on drug decriminalization, new overdose emergency response funding In a news release dated April 14, 2021, the BC Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Sheila Malcolmson has announced that … [Read more...]
Lessons…
March 16, 2021 by
March 16, 2021 Think Global Health.org – Ted Alcorn How Norway's Prisons Have Weathered a Pandemic - Its famously progressive correctional system is anomalous, but still has lessons for other countries Lots of justice people greatly admire … [Read more...]
Charities regs…
February 10, 2021 by
Feb 11, 2021 Senator Ratna Omidvar Effective and Accountable Charities Act The legislation is S-222 from the Senate and is designed to update the current CRA provisions governing how charities can pursue their objectives. Currently limited to … [Read more...]
Indigenous health…
January 28, 2021 by
Jan 28, 2021 Globe and Mail – Willow Fiddler and Kristy Kirkup Saskatchewan woman left shaken after arrest by RCMP Lac La Ronge Indian Band member Emily Kammermayer, 20, was arrested by RCMP and charged with assaulting an officer at the La Ronge … [Read more...]
Policing…
August 21, 2019 by
Aug 21, 2019 VERA Institute for Justice (US) - S. Rebecca Neusteter, Ram Subramanian, Jennifer Trone, Mawia Khogali, and Cindy Reed Gatekeepers: The Role of Police in Ending Mass Incarceration The reform of the US justice system and the … [Read more...]