Oct 2, 2023 – Progress… CTV - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon on Canada's progress to reconciliation: Full interview | CTV's Question Period An almost 12 minute video in which Canada’s Governor General reflects on the progress of the resolution … [Read more...]
Sept 20, 2023 – Affirming the child…
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Sept 20, 2023 – Affirming the child… The Canadian Press – Alessia Passafiume Debate over pronouns pits parental rights against the rights of children, experts say Think of kids' rights in pronoun rules: experts Debbie Owusu-Akyeeah, the … [Read more...]
Rising…
March 28, 2021 by
March 28, 2021 Lawyer’s Daily - Ian Burns Correctional service response to COVID-19 violates rights of incarcerated persons, lawsuit alleges Seven prisoners, present and former, have filed a lawsuit claiming constitutional and human rights … [Read more...]
Always the children…
September 17, 2020 by
Sept 17, 2020 Welcome to Diana's Place, Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa's new Child and Family Centre Program! Zoe West from Elizabeth Fry is offering a virtual (electronic) tour of their new Child and Family Centre program. She also showed us … [Read more...]
Our better angels…
August 31, 2019 by
Aug 31, 2019 ABC News (US) - Meghan Keneally Man who spent 36 years in prison for stealing $50 from a bakery is now set to be freed History is not a kind teacher nor do lessons from history prompt us strongly enough to recognize and fix blatant … [Read more...]
Abused in jail…
February 28, 2019 by
Feb 28, 2019 CBC News – Samantha Craggs Half of Canada's prisoners were abused as children, McMaster study suggests This report supplements a truth etching its way in the US penology literature: namely that a considerable number of incarcerated … [Read more...]
Safe migration…
August 31, 2018 by
Aug 31, 2018 Davos – World Economic Forum – Anne Gallagher 3 reasons all countries should embrace the Global Compact for Migration The final draft of Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration has been recommended to the UN for … [Read more...]
August 9, 2018 by
Aug 10, 2018 – Prisoner’s Justice Day (Poster from NOPE Canada: https://twitter.com/hashtag/prisonkills?src=hash ) Prisoners’ Justice Day commemorates deaths in custody and demand justice for human rights abuses behind bars History of the … [Read more...]
Ask an expert…
December 6, 2017 by
Dec. 6, 2017 CBC News – Kelly Malone 'They have a lot to teach us': Inmates call for Canadian justice reform in journal - Journal of Prisoners on Prisons gives more than 50 inmates a voice on justice reform Want the real scoop? Ask those who live … [Read more...]