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...]
Justice denied…
January 23, 2023 by
Jan 23, 2023 National Post – Christopher Nardi Judge awards inmate nearly $200K for abuses and unlawful time in solitary confinement - Nothing in Ryan Richards’ character merited the treatment he received while imprisoned at three different … [Read more...]
Prison perspective…
December 19, 2022 by
Dec 20, 2022 Toronto Star – Rik McWhinney and Jason Demers Rik McWhinney spent almost 35 years in prison, 16 of them in solitary confinement: this is his story - In ‘The Life Sentences of Rik McWhinney,’ poems, grievance forms, letters, interviews … [Read more...]
No reform…
November 4, 2022 by
Nov. 4, 2022 Lawyer’s Daily SCC overturns lower court decision, rules Criminal Code provisions on sentencing constitutional “A divided Supreme Court of Canada has overturned a Court of Appeal decision, ruling Nov. 4 that certain Criminal Code … [Read more...]
Redemption…
October 31, 2022 by
Oct 31, 2022 Canadian Press - Joseph Brean Supreme Court declares parts of sex offender registry unconstitutional “A law cannot deprive the life, liberty, or security of the person of even one individual in a way that is inconsistent with the … [Read more...]
On progress…
October 3, 2022 by
Oct 3, 2022 CBC News - Truth and Reconciliation Count Beyond 94 – Truth and Reconciliation in Canada The link is to a program tracking the responses to the 94 recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. “The site provides … [Read more...]
Second chances…
September 29, 2022 by
Sept 30, 2022 Toronto Star - Emilie Coyle, Pamela Cross, Pam Hrick Sealing criminal records of marginalized people will improve many lives - When we use criminal records to determine suitability for jobs, housing and volunteering, we recreate … [Read more...]
Voice of Fire…
August 19, 2022 by
Aug 19, 2022 Just published: Our Voice of Fire: A Memoir of a Warrior Rising - Brandi Morin (House of Anansi Press, 2022) This book, also available as an e-book, is an excellent resource around the impact of the cultural genocide against the … [Read more...]
Grotesque greed…
August 10, 2022 by
Aug 10, 2033 (Last newsletter advertised the availability of a British Lancet article entitled “Social thinning and stress generation after childhood mistreatment: a neurocognitive social transactional model of psychiatric vulnerability” by McCrory, … [Read more...]
Trauma and more…
August 8, 2022 by
Aug. 8, 2022 The Lancet: Psychiatry (England’s medical journal) Prof Eamon McCrory, PhD. DClinPsy., Lucy Foulkes, Ph D., Prof Essi Viding, Ph D. (All three authors are at the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University … [Read more...]