Archives: Grants (page 66)

UOI proposes to develop an access to justice guide that will provide information and resources on how to navigate the Ontario court system for distribution in the Anishinabek Nation. UOI will seek input from Chiefs, Indigenous community leaders, and legal experts. Once the guide has been drafted, it will be translated into Anishinaabemowin, printed and distributed.

In this two year project, the Centre of Research, Policy & Program Development at the John Howard Society of Ontario, with the active support of Legal Aid Ontario and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, and further assistance from the Canadian Mental Health Association Ontario and Justice for Children and Youth, will develop and execute a research, education, and policy initiative on youth bail in Ontario. This initiative will address the gaps and barriers in accessing reasonable and timely bail for youth in Ontario and develop evidence-based solutions to the problems.

The Thunder Bay Consolidated Courthouse was designed with an Aboriginal Settlement Conference Suite (ASCS) to support justice-involved Indigenous people who are navigating the courts, in a culturally appropriate way. IYFS will hire an Indigenous Peoples’ Court Coordinator ("Court Coordinator"), whose main role will be to assist with the continuing development and implementation of the Indigenous People's Court using the ASCS in Thunder Bay. Indigenous Elders will be recruited to work in tandem with local judiciary to facilitate healing for youth and adult offenders.

Saqijuq will conduct an evaluation of its pilot program, "A Change in Wind Direction." The pilot program currently runs in the Inuit communities of Puvirnituq and Kangirsuk, located in northern Quebec, and aims to curb alcohol and drug abuse and reduce criminalization. The evaluation will use a collaborative research approach and will work with community members to frame the objectives of the research, indicators, sources of data and expected results.