Nov. 20, 2022 Blogger Russell Webster (UK) Progress and Prejudices – Shifts in the UK employers’ attitude in hiring people with convictions “Employers more likely to hire people with convictions.” This piece of research makes it at least hopeful … [Read more...]
Power and democracy…
September 9, 2022 by
Sept 9, 2022 The Lawyer’s Daily – John L. Hill Myles Sanderson parole decisions The loss of life and the injuries in the Sanderson case has the power to move us to outrage and insistence on the harshest interpretation of legal punishment as a … [Read more...]
On-line…
May 2, 2022 by
May 2, 2022 The Conversation (Queen’s) - F. Haider Alvi, Deborah Hurst, Janice Thomas, Martha Cleveland-Innes Four lessons from online learning that should stick after the pandemic Lots of parents and educators as well as social media people … [Read more...]
Prison health…
December 3, 2021 by
Dec 3, 2021 CBC News – Jack Julian National advocacy group joins inmate's lawsuit alleging substandard medical care in prisons - 'We believe that this is throughout the federal prison system,' says John Howard Society John Howard Society is … [Read more...]
Home for Father’s Day…
June 20, 2021 by
June 20, 2021 (Ed note: Father’s Day may be a good time to pause for a moment to remember the families pained by the incarcerated family members. Canadian Families Correctional Network works to ease that pain, to cope with the separation, and to … [Read more...]
Ears…
April 12, 2021 by
April 12, 2021 CBC News – Erica Johnson School custodian refuses to download phone app that monitors location, says it got her fired - Increase in 'tattleware' a slippery slope for loss of workers’ privacy, employment lawyer warns Given the … [Read more...]
Failure to remedy…
March 17, 2021 by
March 17, 2021 CBC News - Murray Brewster, Kristen Everson Senior female officer quits Canadian Forces, says she's 'sickened' by reports of sexual misconduct - Lt.-Col. Eleanor Taylor says she's 'not surprised' by recent developments Most … [Read more...]
Protecting…
September 7, 2020 by
Sept 7, 2020 Toronto Star – Douglas Quan ‘We’re all Canadians here’: Jail culture is keeping extremism at bay, suggests an unprecedented Canadian study What’s the possibility that someone may find Canada’s prisons as ripe place for radicalization … [Read more...]
Weep, for us all…
August 31, 2020 by
Aug. 31, 2020 MacLean’s Magazine - Paul Wells Another farce on Bill Blair's watch - How badly do things have to go for a government-appointed panel to shut down because it got no usable data and no help from the minister? The link offers the … [Read more...]