Learning and Knowledge Exchanges
Best Practices for Writing Gladue Reports and Understanding Gladue Principles
This guide provides a set of guidelines to support Gladue report writers in preparing reports to submit at bail and sentencing hearings for Indigenous people.
In Conversation: Reproductive Injustice in Canadian Federal Prisons for Women
This video details how federal incarceration impedes reproductive justice by restricting access to health services and by destroying family connections for incarcerated survivors.
Basic Income, Gender & Disability
The purpose of this report is to inform current thinking about the potential of a basic income program to contribute to the full and effective participation and inclusion of disabled women and gender-diverse disabled people in society.
National Inuit Action Plan on Missing and Murdered Inuit Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people
The National Inuit Action Plan is dedicated to missing and murdered Inuit women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people and their families, friends and communities that have experienced the relentless tragedies of have their relatives go missing or be murdered.
Gladue and You
This plain language booklet describes Gladue principles that judges must apply at bail or sentencing when an Indigenous person is charged with a crime. It explains: Gladue factors; colonialism and systemic discrimination; how Gladue principles are applied in court; the difference between Gladue submissions and Gladue reports.
Safe at Home: An Alternative Approach to Serving Families Experiencing Domestic Violence
A webinar detailing Safe at Home, an alternative approach to serving families experiencing domestic abuse and violence that focuses on healing the whole family. The abusive partner is the one to move to an off-site facility or independent living, while their partner and children stay in their home.
Are We Ready to Change? A Lawyer’s Guide to Keeping Women and Children Safe in BC’s Family Law System
This report, with a focus on the voices of women survivors, provide an opportunity for lawyers and the legal system in BC to improve its response to family violence. It also provides some practical considerations for lawyers around screening and safety planning, and highlights areas of the Family Law Act that would benefit from thoughtful analysis, law reform, and/or strategic litigation.
A Feminist Perspective on the Financialization of Housing (FAFIA Webinar)
The webinar explores the impact of the financialization of housing on the daily lives of women and gender-diverse people in Canada.