Corrections & Healing

Covers topics such as defining parameters, international context, community and devolution, case studies, alternative models of justice, and lessons and future directions.

Discusses the novel Inside Out: An Autobiography of a Native Canadian which incorporates prison confession narrative and First Nation autobiography. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 68.

Law Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2009.

An interview with Raymond Armstrong who gives an account of his adult life. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.

Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.

Thesis (Ph.D)--McMaster University, 2001.

Book review of: Justice Behind the Walls: Human Rights in Canadian Prisons by Michael Jackson.

Comments on the merits of truth and reconciliation commissions versus criminal proceedings.

An "excerpt from Rupert Ross's discussion paper, Surfing the Flux: Exploring the Roots of the Aboriginal Healing Perspective (Draft, March 1994)." Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.

A comprehensive report on the participatory research project funded by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG, MMIW) facilitated through the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC). Project engaged 113 Indigenous and 15 non-Indigenous women drawing on their experience and expertise as survivors of gendered colonial violence.

Report provides a survey of programs and compensation packages established though out Canada to provide compensation to individuals who suffered from institutional child abuse.

Exploration of the social and ideological aspects of women's penal reform.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2004.

American Indian Studies (M.A.)--University of Arizona, 1996.

Pilot study to asses Aboriginal communities' release potential and programs in place to assist in implementing restorative justice.

Speech by Assembly of First Nations Chief about the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission given during the Remembering the Children: Aboriginal and Church Leaders' Tour.

Deals with continuing sex discrimination in the Indian Act, repeal of section 67 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, social and economic conditions of Indigenous women and girls, and issues surrounding incarceration of women.

Inquiry looked into the treatment of prisoners on Rottnest Island, where young boys were kept in a Reformatory section.

Assessed impacts of courts, corrections, and police, and made practical recommendations for change.

Assessed impacts of courts, corrections, and police, and made practical recommendations for change.

Forum looks at finding effective responses for long-term solutions. Scroll to p. 24 to read article.

Effective tuberculosis (TB) control for the protection of inmates, staff and the public at large.

Looks at different meanings of sovereignty and how it applies to Tribal Nations and individuals.

Deals with issues such as offences, interventions, crime prevention, sentencing and administration, and gives examples of projects already in place.

Looks at enrollment, completion and attrition rates, and makes profile comparisons for each five programs: Aboriginal Women's Engagement Program, Aboriginal Women's Moderate Intensity Program, Aboriginal Women's High Intensity Program and Aboriginal Women's Self-Management Program-Institution. Overall sample consisted of 549 federally sentenced women, primarily Indigenous.

Critical commentary on the slow pace toward a resolution in regards to issues surrounding residential schools.

Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1999.

[Legal Studies] Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2000.

Includes a general overview of restorative justice principles and processes, and discusses the complexity of balancing enforcement, victim issues and rehabilitation.

Comments on developments and how the YCJA is intended to be inclusive by shifting from the power to punish to the power to heal. This sample article appears courtesy of the Native Law Centre; subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre of Canada.

Prepared from speech given by the Chief Justice of Saskatchewan at the Correctional Service of Canada Commissioner’s Forum, May, 1999.

Part III (A) of factum dealing with healing circles presented in the case of R. v. Rope. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.

Categorized by policing, court-related, community corrections, conventional corrections, alternative programs, and non-specific justice.

Report commissioned by the Department of Justice. Volume contains annotated bibliographies, including documents, reports and position papers.

Report identifies weaknesses in the program and makes recommendations for improvements.

Media Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 2006.

Emphasizes the need for a flexible and contextualized approach to tort claims by Aboriginal survivors of institutional and historical abuses.

Study, which used a sample from Manitoba to determine the validity of Manitoba Risk-Needs Scale, developed for the non-Aboriginal population, found that when applied to Aboriginal offenders, many of the predictors of recidivism were the same.

He tells stories of treachery by Americans against the Sioux who had fled to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan after the 1862 Minnesota Massacre, including distribution of disease-infested clothing and food. NOTE: Attempt to verify with R.C.M.P. records. He also sings and explains a very old Dakota song sung by children when rabbit-hunting.

He tells a story of a woman who was taken prisoner and carried off to live in an enemy camp; her treachery against her brothers and husband when they came to rescue her; how she was killed by her own mother because of her treachery; her mother's atonement after the killing.

Study analyzed dynamic risk factors associated with offenders who committed their most serious offences in large cities, small cities or rural communities as well whether these factors are more pronounced in Aboriginal population

Evaluation of program administered by Correction Service Canada which integrates Elders and traditional practices into the treatment of sex offenders.

Commission examined deaths of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait in custody between January 1980 and May 31 1989.

File contains an opening prayer and opening remarks from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Citadel Inn, Ottawa, Ontario, Wednesday, November 25, 1992. Chairperson Murray Sinclair gives a brief introduction, followed by a prayer delivered by Elder Ernie Benedict. Commissioner Erasmus welcomes the participants to this sitting and explains its purpose as a round table on justice system issues. Commissioner Dussault delivers an address (partially in English, partially in French) on justice issues that will be examined.

File contains an individual presentation by David Nuke focusing on the justice system and how it fails Innu people regarding summary offences. He cites statistics for incarceration of an inmate for one year and feels that amount would be better served providing community programs for Innu youth in Labrador, thus avoiding criminal activity by young people.

File contains a presentation by Ben Weenie of Battlefords, Indian Health. Weenie presents on his concerns for Aboriginal children and youth. Specifically he addresses the condition of youth offenders, who he views as being often caught in a destructive cycle. Weenie also discusses concerns with the Saskatchewan Education curriculum and its attempts to incorporate Native Studies courses which he feels are inappropriately taught (especially with regards to spiritual views). Following the presentation is a discussion between Weenie and Commissioners Blakeney and Erasmus on these issues.

File contains a presentation by Brian Espaniel. Espaniel discusses his groups views on the operation of the Justice System in Canada, and recommends a policy of "aftercare" to rehabilitate Aboriginal offenders. Following the presentation is a discussion between Espaniel and Commissioners Wilson and Blakeney on these issues.