SOCIAL JUSTICE CANADA NETWORK

CAPILANO UNIVERSITY STUDENT UNION

We aim to create collaborative spaces where critical analysis, dialogue and self-reflection can open new insights. We seek to inform the public and challenge assumptions to shift perspective about current social issues. We welcome Indigenous, victims, police, formerly incarcerated individuals, families, educators, LGBTQIA2S+, and all different perspectives to join our open table setting to share their side of the story and discuss current social issues.

Episodes

  1. 10/03/2022

    Senator Kim Pate Shares Her Opinion and Knowledge About the Available Educational Programs and Mental Health Services in Canadian Prisons.

    Senator discusses the lack of mental health services in prisons and how we can reduce the crime and incarceration rate in Canada.

    1hr 5min

  2. 16/02/2022

    Lack of Mental Health Services in Canadian Correctional Facilities

    Dr. Anthony (Tony) Doob joined us to discuss the lack of mental health services and educational programs in the Canadian correctional facilities, and we also discussed the sad story of Timothy McConnel. Lana Greene, the mother of Timothy (23-year-old who took his own life while in prison), believes her son was committing crimes to support his addiction, which he had struggled with for three years. She believed her son might qualify for the drug court program for non-violent offenders seeking addiction treatment. It appears that he never received the support he needed.

    48 min

  3. 16/09/2021

    Youth Online Safety

    Courtney Liem from Plea Community Services, Children of the Street Program, joined me to talk about child sexual exploitation, how parents and caregivers can protect their young ones, and what youth should do and not do while using online platforms. Sources: https://www.childrenofthestreet.com https://www.plea.ca

    26 min

  4. 08/09/2021

    Yves Côté shares his extraordinary journey with us; he shares how he became a free man again, after spending spent 32 years in the Canadian prisons.

    Yves illustrates how foster care failed him, the juvenile system did not help, and finally, he ended up in adult prison, like many foster children in Canada. Yves's new book called; Metamorphosis My path to transformation is available for purchase at https://www.socialjusticecanada.ca/shop/p/metamorphosis-my-path-to-transformation

    1hr 3min

  5. 03/09/2021

    Mycah Arellano, a global Leader, sexual abuse survivor, activist, and fashion designer, joined us to discuss the challenges that LGBTQ2+ are facing.

    We talked about Youth Awareness, HIV, Child Sexual Abuse, and Mycah's new book called No More Secret Home Sweet Home.

    33 min

  6. 11/08/2021

    A former inmate shares her experience in federal prison and how grateful she is for the help she received from our prison system.

    We talked about how prison helped her to get back on the right track and how important it is to empower women; she is absolutely an inspirational woman who has proven what is possible.

    27 min

  7. 11/08/2021

    Interview with Dr. Anthony Doob about the Structured Intervention Units in prisons.

    In this episode, we talked about Structured Intervention Units, Dr. Doob's involvement with the new legislation and his reports. Resources: https://www.crimsl.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/anthony-doob https://www.crimsl.utoronto.ca/news/reports-canada’s-structured-intervention-units https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-10961

    43 min

  8. 08/08/2021

    Senator Kim Pate joined us to discuss some of the issues with the prison system in Canada.

    Over-incarceration of Indigenous people, lack of mental health care and trauma counselling and the necessity of the prisoner population having access to computers, including limited internet access, were a few subjects of this episode.

    34 min

  9. 07/08/2021

    The mother of a currently incarcerated male sharing her side of the story.

    Joanne Fry is an activist and a mother whose son is currently incarcerated in federal prison; she joined us to share her experience and knowledge within the legal and prison system.

    47 min
  • 9 Episodes

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We aim to create collaborative spaces where critical analysis, dialogue and self-reflection can open new insights. We seek to inform the public and challenge assumptions to shift perspective about current social issues. We welcome Indigenous, victims, police, formerly incarcerated individuals, families, educators, LGBTQIA2S+, and all different perspectives to join our open table setting to share their side of the story and discuss current social issues.

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