Hate crimes…

Mar 21, 2022 CBC News – Canadian Press Number of reported hate crimes set new record in 2020 as other crimes decreased: Statistics Canada - The overall rate of police-reported crime dropped by 10 per cent compared to 2019 The report suggests that … [Read more...]

Decarceration…

April 6, 2020 Toronto Sun – Sam Pazzano COVID-19 trims Ontario's inmate populations by 24% In response to the Covid-19 threat to inmates in provincial prisons, Ontario has released just over 2,000 inmates of the 8,344 as of March 16.  The … [Read more...]

Lifers…

May 30, 2019 St. Leonard’s Society of Canada Life(r)’s Work: Developing a Modernized Strategy for Life-Sentenced People in Canada Known for its attention to issues around lifers (one in four inmates in Canada), this group has a strategy for … [Read more...]

Indigenous Law…

Nov 7, 2017 Dalhousie University Schulich Law School (NS) – Janet Doucet New Aboriginal and Indigenous law course fosters ‘eye‑opening’ experiential learning In response to Article 28 of the Recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation … [Read more...]

Teen suicide…

Sept 14, 2017 National Post – Dr. Mike Sosteric Teen suicide is on the rise and this is why The commentary comes from the context of World Suicide Prevention Sunday just past (Sept 10).  Sosteric draws attention to the highest rates of suicide … [Read more...]

US Update…

     Dec 17, 2015  The Sentencing Project (US) Are Judges or Prosecutors Driving Racial Disparity in Post-Booker Sentencing? Though the length of federal sentences have in fact decreased, the article wonders about the role of judges and … [Read more...]

RJ fostering the social…

Nov 28, 2015  Association des services de réhabilitation sociale de Québec – La Porte ouverte Une approche différente: la justice réparatrice / restaurative  Here’s a treat for you!  This edition celebrates RJ week with an entire edition … [Read more...]

Right and wrong…

    April 22, 2015  National Post – Peter MacKay Peter MacKay: What the Court got right — and wrong — on mandatory sentences for gun crimes Minister of Justice Peter MacKay writes a guest column for the National Post to remind us that the tension … [Read more...]

Oil and terrorism…

      Feb 17, 2015  Globe and Mail – Shawn McCarthy ‘Anti-petroleum’ movement a growing security threat to Canada, RCMP say This article has an element of those “I told you so” moments.  The report, dated Jan 24, 2014, was acquired by Greenpeace … [Read more...]

The Doers and Watchers…

    Feb 5, 2015 Church Council on Justice and Corrections and Circles of Support and Accountability Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA): An Effective Approach to Community Safety  The government funding of the CoSA programs stops the … [Read more...]