Oct 16, 2023 – “And humanity’s heart breaks…”

Oct 16, 2023 – “And humanity’s heart breaks…”   Alex Neve, Canadian Human Rights Lawyer and activist, on the Mid-East War: “It is about humanity.” I am not Palestinian, nor Jewish. I have no family in Israel or Gaza, though I have many … [Read more...]

The rule of the people…

Oct. 24, 2022  The Toronto Star – Rick Salutin, Guest Columnist In ‘Freedom Convoy’ inquiry, the law is too limited an instrument. That’s why we make governments submit to electorates - There are no guarantees of wise governance aside from a … [Read more...]

Stop the prison…

Sept 12, 2022 Campaign to Stop the Proposed Kemptville Prison – Justin Piché, U of Ottawa Residents are raising funds in support of their legal action against the Ford government to stop the project In August 2020, the Ford government announced … [Read more...]

Trauma and more…

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...]

Policing…

Mar 28, 2022  Faculty of Arts - University of Regina Online March 31 as law professor Jennifer Llewellyn (Dalhousie University) delivers the 2022 Dr. Gordon Wicijowski Law Foundation of Saskatchewan lecture.  Re-imagining Public Safety:  … [Read more...]

Repeat offenders…

Mar 14, 2022  Center for Crime and Justice Studies (UK) – Richard Garside Escaping the monotony of repeated failure Garside is a well-known British activist in criminal justice and he raises the question that frustrates all of us, frequently and … [Read more...]

RJ in practice…

Mar 11, 2022  CBC News – Haley Ryan Spouse of Portapique gunman to have criminal charge resolved - Lisa Banfield was one of 3 people charged with providing ammunition to gunman Lisa Banfield was charged with supplying ammunition to the Portapique … [Read more...]

Trauma and Compassion…

Jan 24, 2022 Aljazeera What if prisons were more humane? The notion of trauma induced criminal activity is not new but the idea of asking what happened to you vs what’s wrong with you is beginning to have an impact.  Here, three witnesses to the … [Read more...]

Covid in jail…

Jan 3, 2022  Twitter from Alyshah Sanmati Hasham – Court Reporter for the Toronto Star (Dec 30, 2021) JAIL COVID UPDATE: There are outbreaks at: Brockville Jail, Maplehurst Correctional Complex, Niagara Detention Centre, Quinte Detention Centre, … [Read more...]

Equal justice…

Oct 29, 2021 Globe and Mail – Willow Fiddler Former Thunder Bay police board chair files human-rights complaint against chief, other senior officials Friday past Georjann Morriseau, an Indigenous person and former chair of the police services … [Read more...]