by Peacebuilders | Apr 20, 2023 | News
I read the two articles by Jacques Gallant (1, 2) in April 2nd’s Sunday Star focused on the question of whether diverting sexual offences from the criminal justice system to restorative justice approaches ought to be allowed by the Ministry of the Attorney...
by Peacebuilders | Jul 18, 2022 | News
In today’s Toronto Star, an op-ed by Peacebuilders’ Marlon Merraro and TNG’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Bill Sinclair on Community Safety and Policing. Here is an excerpt. With great fanfare, the City of Toronto unveiled two new...
by Peacebuilders | Jul 13, 2022 | News
Peacebuilders Canada is working to help combat sexualized violence within the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and the Youth Criminal Justice System. On behalf of Peacebuilders, research assistant Michelle Scully has written a report detailing the prevalence of...
by Peacebuilders | Jun 27, 2022 | News
Peacebuilders Canada listened in dismay on Wednesday as Interim Police Chief James Ramer delivered an uninspired apology for his department’s disturbing racialized use-of-force problem. In 2017, the Government of Ontario directed police forces across the province to...
by Peacebuilders | Jun 15, 2022 | News
Did you know that Senators, MPs, and the Judiciary can, and in fact have the right to, visit all federal penitentiaries in Canada? Learn what they learned in a new report entitled, Senators Go to Jail: When, why, and what did they find? The report highlights concerns...