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Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada (PSEPC)

Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Government of Canada
Description
Federal government site providing links to emergency management and preparedness, national security, community safety, crime prevention, law enforcement and corrections. Responsible for all aspects of safety across Canada, deals with crime, natural disasters, terrorism etc.
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Quality of Life and Perceptions of Crime in Saskatoon,

Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Kitchen
Allison Williams
Social Indicators Research , vol. 95, no. 1, January 2010, pp. 33-61
Description
Looks at the relationship between crime and quality of life in Saskatoon, and discusses how perceptions of crime and safety affect the quality of life of residents living in different neighbourhoods.
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The Quest for Representative Juries in the Northwest Territories

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charles B. Davison
Northern Review, no. 50, Law in the Canadian North, April 07, 2020, pp. 195-206
Description
Criminal lawyer discusses the issue of jury selection and how the composition of a jury can affect the process and outcome of a trial. Argues that jury selection process should also include consideration of culture and ethnicity.
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Questions Need to be Answered, Says Family Member of Pickton's Last Victim

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stefania Seccia
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 7, October 2010, p. 8
Description

Reflects on the life and personality of Mona Wilson, a victim of serial killer Robert Pickton, and the naming of a corporation after Wilson's First Nation's name, Running Bear.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.

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R. v. Gladue, [1999] 1 S.C.R. 688

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of Canada
Description
Presents the case that ensured that Aboriginal background is taken into consideration in as per section 718.2(e) of the Criminal Code.
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R. v. Maczynski

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[John Douglas] Lambert
[Mary V.] Newbury
[Patricia Mathilda] Proudfoot
Description
Appeal of numerous sentences imposed for offences committed by the supervisor, Jerzy George Maczynski, against young boys at Lower Post Residential School from 1952 to 1961 and from 1965 to 1967.
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Race, Gender, and Homicide: Comparrisons Between Aboriginals and Other Canadians

Alternate Title
Race, Gender, and Homicide: Comparisons Between Aboriginals and Other Canadians
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sharon Moyer
Canadian Journal of Criminology, vol. 34, no. 3/4, July-October 1992, pp. 387-402
Description
Uses homicide data collected by the Homicide Program of the Canadian Centre for Justice over the period of twenty-three years.
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Race, Space, and Prostitution: The Making of Settler Colonial Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robyn Bourgeois
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 30, no. 3, 2018, pp. 371-397
Description
Argues that prostitution has played a fundamental role in securing the necessary domination over Indigenous peoples and land in the making of the Canadian nation-state. Focuses on four examples: early settlement in British Columbia; the Indian Act; the Pass System; and Vancouver's missing women.
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Racism in Winnipeg

Alternate Title
About Canada: Poverty
In Their Own Voices: Building Urban Aboriginal Communities
Moving Forward, Giving Back: Transformative Aboriginal Adult Education
Racialized Policing: Aboriginal People’s Encounters with the Police
Seeking Mino-Pimatisiwin: An Aboriginal Approach to Helping
Walking This Path Together: Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Child Welfare Practice
“Indians Wear Red”: Colonialism, Resistance, and Aboriginal Street Gangs
E-Books
Author/Creator
Michael Hart
Darlene Klyne
Joan Hay
Parvin Shorashi
Jim Silver ... [et al.]
Description
Excerpts from books previously published by the same publisher.
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Rape Cases on Indian Lands Go Uninvestigated

Alternate Title
All Things Considered
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laura Sullivan
Rhea Archambault
Description
Comments on an uninvestigated and unprosecuted sexual assault and resulting death. Podcast and transcript. Duration: 12:51. Part 1 of 2.
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Raymond Armstrong 2

Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Raymond Armstrong
Tony Snowsill
Indian History Film Project
Description
An interview with Raymond Armstrong who gives an account of his adult life. Transcribed by Joanne Greenwood.
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RCMP's Restorative Justice Initiative

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jharna Chatterjee
FORUM on Corrections Research , vol. 12, no. 1, Aboriginal People in Corrections, January 2000, pp. 35-37
Description
Explores effectiveness of community justice forum option for performing policing duties.
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Re-membering Cherokee Justice in Ruth Muskrat Bronson's "The Serpent"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexander Cavanaugh
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 1, Winter, 2020, pp. [36]-58
Description
An examination of the short story written in 1925 and how the author uses the medium to shine light on sexual violence perpetrated against Cherokee women and to advocate sovereignty by challenging the U.S. allotment process.
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Re-Storying Māori Legal Histories: Indigenous Articulations in Nineteenth-Century Aotearoa New Zealand

Alternate Title
Re-Storying Maori Legal Histories: Indigenous Articulations in Nineteenth-Century Aotearoa New Zealand
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nēpia Mahuika
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 2, no. 1, Spring, 2015, pp. 40-66
Description
Comments on why Hāmana Mahuika's assailant was tried in a settler court rather than dealt with by the Indigenous peoples in accordance with their own laws and customs.
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Recidivism Risk Assessment for Aboriginal Males: A Brief Review of the Literature

Alternate Title
Research Report (Correctional Service of Canada) ; no. R-239
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Andrew J.R. Harris
Collette Cousineau
Caroline A. Pagé
Paul Sonnichsen
Steven Varette
Description
Outlines characteristics of population in Correctional Service of Canada institutions, frequency of violent recidivism for offenders under community supervision, reviews process of risk assessment and categories of risk factors, and concludes with discussion of instruments that have been tested on Aboriginal samples.
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[The Recognition of Aboriginal Customary Laws]

Alternate Title
[Report (Australian Law Refrom Commission) ; 31]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Xavier Connor
J.R. Crawford
M. Chesterman
A.E-S. Tay
Murry Wilcox ... [et al.]
Description
Reports on whether to apply customary laws to Aboriginals and whether Aboriginal communities should have the power to apply customary laws for punishment and rehabilitation of Aboriginals. Recommends Aboriginal people have the final say in the recognition of customary law.
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"Reconciliation after Genocide? Reinterpreting the UNGC through Indian Residential Schools"

Alternate Title
"Reconciliation after Genocide? Reinterpreting the United Nations Global Compact through Indian Residential Schools"
Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference; 84th, 2012
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David B. MacDonald
Description
Questions what sort of restitution and reconciliation needs to occur if it is recognized that the Indian Residential System was genocidal.
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Reconciliation Betrayed: The Horrors of St. Anne's

Alternate Title
Fifth Estate
Fifth Estate: Gillian Findlay Investigates
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Gillian Finlay
Description
Looks at the Ontario Provincial Police's investigation into the widespread abuse which took place at the notorious St. Anne's Indian Residential School located in northern Ontario and Federal government's refusal to release the documentation which would support survivors' compensation claims. CONTAINS DISTURBING CONTENT. Duration: 21:56.
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The Reconviction Rate of Federal Offenders 2003-02

E-Books
Author/Creator
James Bonta
Tanya Rugge
Mia Dauvergne
Description
Study defined recidivism as a new conviction within two years of release from prison and included all releases from federal prisons during the fiscal years, 1994/95, 1995/96 and 1996/97.
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Red-White Power Relations and Justice in the Courts of Seventeenth-Century New England

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lyle Koehler
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 3, no. 4, 1979, pp. 1-31
Description
Looks at Puritan legal policy development regarding the treatment of Native Americans. Initially, when they felt themselves at a disadvantage, offenders were dealt with more fairly, but as their position became more secure, that treatment changed.
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Reflections on Thinking Concretely About Criminal Justice Reform

Alternate Title
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Mary Ellen Turpel
Description
Article from 1993 Conference proceedings argues that working together without preconceived notions about outcomes is needed to bring about reform. Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
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Regional Report of Inquiry in Queensland

Alternate Title
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/IndigLRes/rciadic/regional/qld/
Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
[Parliamentary paper ; no. 1991/132]
E-Books
Author/Creator
L.F. Wyvill
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Rehearsing with Reality: Exploring Health Issues with Aboriginal Youth through Drama

Alternate Title
Passion for Action in Child and Family Services: Voice from the Prairies
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Linda Goulet
Jo-Ann Episkenew
Warren Linds
Karen Arnason
Description
"This chapter describes an innovative approach to engaging Aboriginal youth using theatre workshops to address issues affecting their health, such as peer pressure, addictions, suicide, gangs, and lack of self-esteem." Chapter 5 from Passion for Action in Child and Family Services: Voice from the Prairies edited by Sharon McKay, Don Fuchs, Ivan Brown.
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