Jan 19, 2023 CBC News – Metro Morning - Jason d’Souza Mayor John Tory defends new spending on police, 10-cent TTC fare hike on Metro Morning - Tory says many residents, business owners have pushed for bigger police presence in city What Tory … [Read more...]
Christmas housing…
December 23, 2022 By
Dec 23, 2022 Lawyer’s Daily – John L. Hill Christmas cards from jail Jails and prisons defy the forced cheerfulness of the commercial Christmas season and many incarcerated persons are so adversely impacted during Christmas that they … [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, … [Read more...]
New measures…
November 23, 2022 By
Nov. 23, 2022 APRT Report / Justice Teams Network (US) Interrupting Intimate Partner Violence – A Guide for Community Responses without Police This report is a startling presentation around intimate partner violence acknowledging the … [Read more...]
One of our best…
November 17, 2022 By
Nov. 17, 2022 The Reverend Dr. James V. Scott, O.C. Toronto, Ontario Jamie, who is to receive the Order of Canada, has been a tireless champion for both the Church Council on Justice and Corrections and the Smart Justice Network. The … [Read more...]
Waging war…
October 26, 2022 By
Oct. 26, 2022 The Conversation (Queen’s) – Craig Martin Canada’s ‘royal prerogative’ allows it to wage war without parliamentary approval Most Canadians would likely be surprised to learn that the Canadian government has the power to … [Read more...]
Clean environment a human right…
September 2, 2022 By
Sept 2, 2022 United Nations Declaration: Climate and Environment UN General Assembly declares access to clean and healthy environment a universal human right “The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, welcomed the 'historic' decision and … [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 … [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...]
The fight…
July 14, 2022 By
July 14, 2022 CBC Radio – The Current with Catherin Cullen Her brother begged for mental health, addiction support in prison. After he died, she took up his fight The incident prompting this examination happened in 2021 but is ideally suited … [Read more...]