Enhancing Dialogue on Criminal Justice in Canada

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Join us for the fifth installment of our Doubling Down series: Enhancing Dialogue on Criminal Justice in Canada

<p>Recently we have seen long-standing anti-oppression movements capture long overdue public attention. In this moment there is a broader understanding of systemic inequality and how it can reverberate for generations. This context provides a new lens for how we approach criminal justice as a society and an opportunity to explore transformational change. Can it be seized?</p><p>In this next session of our Doubling Down virtual event series, we will bring together voices advancing dialogue about Criminal Justice in Canada. Sabreena Delhon (our Democracy and Justice Fellow &amp; Executive Director of the Samara Centre for Democracy) will moderate this conversation which will include questions such as:</p><ul><li>How can we re-frame the present conversation to draw stronger links to historical injustices?</li><li>What role does language play in shaping our view of criminal justice?</li><li>What is unique about this current moment and how can it improve dialogue to secure long-term change?</li></ul><p><strong> Our Speakers:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.saltwire.com/halifax/news/local/halifax-police-commission-appoints-el-jones-to-define-defunding-the-police-499956/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">El Jones</a> is a community activist breaking grounds on defining de-funding the police as the chair of the <a href="https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/boards-committees-commissions/a-c/board-police-commissioners/board-police-commissioners" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Subcommittee</a>, appointed by the Halifax Board of Police Commissioners. She also was Halifax’s Poet Laureate from 2013 to 2015.</li><li><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-street-checks-illegal-1.5326217" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Jennifer Taylor</a> is a lawyer practicing civil litigation and co-wrote the independent legal opinion on street checks for the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission. A member of the NS Policing Policy Working Group, she is also providing research support to the <a href="https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/boards-committees-commissions/a-c/board-police-commissioners/board-police-commissioners" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Subcommittee</a> to Define Defunding the Police.</li><li><a href="https://theprovince.com/opinion/meenakshi-mannoe-and-harsha-walia-we-can-choose-differently-safety-beyond-police-prisons-and-criminalization" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Meenakshi Mannoe</a>, is the Criminalization &amp; Policing Campaigner at Pivot Legal Society. She is trained as a social worker, and has worked in health, community, and legal services. She also belongs to the Defund 604 Network and Vancouver Prison Justice Day Committee.</li><li><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/culture-race-assessments-federal-justice-nova-scotia-1.5947196" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Brandon Rolle</a>, has been the Managing Lawyer of the Halifax Youth Justice Office since 2017. He is co-chair of the Equity and Racial Diversity Committee within Nova Scotia Legal Aid and also a member of the Racial Equity Committee &amp; Criminal Standards Committee with the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society.</li><li><a href="https://www.thestar.com/authors.hasham_alyshah.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Alyshah Sanmati Hasham</a>, has covered courts, crime and justice-related issues for the Toronto Star since 2014. She is a joint recipient of the 2021 <a href="https://cjf-fjc.ca/awards/landsberg-award" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Landsberg Award</a> in recognition of stories addressing women’s experiences of male violence—including police workplace sexual harassment.</li><li><a href="https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/indigenous-woman-issues-demands-for-residential-school-records-in-meeting-with-royal-b-c-museum/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Xhopakelxhit</a> has been directly involved with indigenous resistance for three decades her work has spanned every single area, from organizing, film making, to training. Coast Salish, Nuu-Chah-Nulth, and Snuneymuxw Matriarch and Author of the world renowned Ancestral Pride Allyship Zines.</li></ul><p>Join us and Double Down on dialogue about criminal justice in Canada</p><h3>About Doubling Down</h3><p>The SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue presents “Doubling Down,” a monthly virtual event series exploring dialogue and democracy as necessary pillars to advancing challenging conversations. At the Centre, we research and apply dialogue best practices for engagement processes, teaching and learning, politics and policy, and around your dining room table. Join us each month to hear what we’ve learned, what we’re thinking about, and the actions institutions can take to strengthen our democracy. Each event will feature one or more speakers from a specific sector to help the series answer: How do we double down on democracy and dialogue in challenging times? And in order to succeed, what actions and skills do we need to emphasize right now?</p><p>Whether you know what dialogue is or not, join us to be inspired and learn new methods that can apply to your work.</p><h3>Registration and Password</h3><p>A password to access this Zoom meeting will be sent to all registrants via email in the days and hours preceding the event.</p><h3>Accessibility</h3><ul><li>This event will be presented using Zoom. Closed captions will be provided. To engage fully you will need:</li><li>A laptop, computer, or smartphone</li><li>A stable internet connection</li><li>A webcam</li><li>A microphone</li><li>Speakers or headphones</li><li>If you have any questions, concerns, or comments regarding this event’s accessibility, feel free to connect with us at dialogue@sfu.ca. </li></ul><h3>Protecting Your Privacy</h3><ul><li>To ensure that we are using Zoom in a privacy-conscious way, we are following best practices:</li><li>We will only circulate the meeting link to those who are registered for the event</li><li>We will password protect the meeting</li></ul><h3>Code of Conduct and Inclusion Expectation</h3><p>This is an inclusive event. By submitting your registration, you are agreeing to engage with organizers and others guests at the event in a respectful manner. Offensive or discriminatory behaviour and/or language toward event organizers and other guests will not be tolerated. Such behaviour may result in the removal or banning of the individual(s) from future events.</p><h3>Land Acknowledgment</h3><p>Simon Fraser University respectfully acknowledges the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), Qayqayt, Kwantlen, Semiahmoo and Tsawwassen peoples on whose traditional territories our three campuses reside.</p>

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