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Restorative Healing Advocate
Location: Brandon OR Dauphin, MB BACKGROUND: SCO is a growing and dynamic regional First Nation organization that represents 33 Anishinaabe and Dakota Nations and more than 92,000 citizens in what…
Northern Toll – The impact of the drug toxicity crisis in Northern Ontario corrections
Press Release ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This report was made possible through funding provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the University of Toronto’s Centre of Criminology and…
Date Announced for the Inquest into the Death of Heather Ashley Winterstein
Press Release March 27, 2026 Dr. Karen Schiff, Regional Supervising Coroner, West Region, Hamilton Office, announced today that a date has been scheduled for the inquest into the death of…
Motion Hearing Announced for Pending Inquest into the Death of Heather Winterstein
Press Release March 06, 2026 The Presiding Officer, Dr. David Eden, announced today that a motion will be heard related to the pending inquest into the death of Heather Winterstein.…
Helping people understand their rights under Mental Health Act
Press Release Dec. 3, 2025 VICTORIA – Summary People involuntarily detained under the Mental Health Act now have a legal right to meet with an independent rights adviser Rights advisers…
Correctional Investigator’s 2024-25 Annual Report calls for significant reform of mental health care services in federal corrections
Press Release Ottawa, November 12, 2025 – The 2024-25 Annual Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator was tabled in Parliament on October 30, 2025. The Office’s 52nd Annual…
Geography Shouldn’t Determine Access to Justice: New Report Reveals Deep Inequities in Forensic Evidence Collection for Sexual Assault Survivors in Canada’s Remote and Indigenous Communities
Press Release TORONTO, Nov. 04, 2025 A groundbreaking new report from She Matters, funded by the Ministry of Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE), reveals that a survivor’s location in…
Ontario Investing More than $26.7 Million to Protect Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
Press Release November 03, 2025 Funding will boost shelter spaces and wrap-around services TORONTO – The Ontario government is investing an additional $26.7 million over two years in shelter spaces…
Saskatchewan Addresses Gender Based Violence Through Continued Investments
Press Release October 7, 2025 The Government of Saskatchewan has invested almost $5.2 million through the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General to several initiatives through the National Action Plan…
Additional support will address gender-based violence in B.C.
Press Release Sept. 17, 2025 VICTORIA – As part of the Canada-British Columbia bilateral agreement to end gender-based violence, B.C. will receive $18 million this year from the federal government…
