Jan 31, 2022 CBC News – Josh Hoffman N.S. man who struggled with mental health says he needed something other than jail - Collins Ellison shared his ‘entirely negative’ experiences with Halifax police while he was homeless This link is to a … [Read more...]
Community health…
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Jan 26, 2022 Toronto Star Editorial Board (Jan 24, 2022) Toronto’s community crisis plan is a welcome shift away from policing mental-health care - ‘Toronto’s plan to implement the Community Crisis Support Service pilot program, announced last … [Read more...]
At last…
January 5, 2022 by
Jan. 6, 2022 CBC News - Olivia Stefanovich and Nick Boisvert Ottawa releases early details of landmark $40B First Nations child welfare agreement - Agreement still needs sign-off from Canadian Human Rights Tribunal and Federal Court The federal … [Read more...]
New patriotism…
May 25, 2021 by
May 25, 2021 National Newswatch – Glen Pearson Our Sense of Patriotism Has Changed Here is a poignant but forceful analysis of how we Canadians have changed over the year of confinement. It is fortuitous that the article is coming with the May … [Read more...]
Safer communities…
February 8, 2021 by
Feb 8, 2021 Choosing Real Safety: A historic declaration to divest from policing and prisons and build safer communities for all The link provides a declaration about what constitutes a safer community and the failed role of more policing, more … [Read more...]
RJ Practitioners…
February 4, 2020 by
Feb 4, 2020 National Employment Position for Senior RJ Practitioners: National Defence is looking for Senior Restorative Practitioners across Canada to be part of the Sexual Misconduct Response Centre’s Restorative Engagement Program. Senior … [Read more...]
Vengeance and the law
January 27, 2015 by
Jan 27, 2015 Globe and Mail – Sean Fine Tories to table life in prison without parole, shifting legal landscape The federal conservatives are planning a bill which would eliminate parole at all for certain circumstances involving first … [Read more...]
Access to justice…
February 10, 2014 by
Feb. 10, 2014 Toronto Star – Alyshah Hasham Access to justice: Help coming for people headed to Canada’s civil and family courts Supreme Court of Canada Justice Thomas Cromwell who chaired a comprehensive report on how to improve … [Read more...]