Indigenous Peoples and the Canadian Criminal Justice System: in conversation with Laura Arndt Advancing justice

For our eighth episode of “Advancing justice,” we will examine the relationships between human rights, racism, and the criminal justice system from the perspective of Indigenous people.
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Approved EDI Professionalism: 0 hour(s) and 30 minute(s)Accreditation Criteria Session Approved Under: 6.0
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Joining Maytree president Elizabeth McIsaac for this discussion is Laura Arndt.
Laura Arndt can speak to these issues from many perspectives. Laura is a Mohawk woman. She is a daughter, niece, and granddaughter of Indian Residential School survivors. Laura is the former Director of Strategic Development at the Office of the Ontario Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth and is currently completing her PhD in Cultural Studies at Queen’s University.
Laura is the Chair of Indigenous Studies at Centennial College but has taken a secondment from that role to be the Chief Operating Officer of the Survivor’s Secretariat which is investigating the unmarked graves associated with the Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School near Brantford Ontario.
You can find the transcript of the conversation at https://maytree.com/maytree-podcasts/advancing-justice-podcast/.
You can read her contribution to the Advancing justice series, Indigenous Peoples and the Injustice of Justice,” at https://maytree.com/publications/indigenous-peoples/.
For other contributions to the series and links to resources, visit the Maytree website at https://maytree.com/what-we-focus-on/advancing-justice/.