Greenw(AI)shing – Alyssa EgizianoArtificial intelligence is a myriad of environmental contradictions. For the good (or bad) it does for the society, AI leaves behind a heavy environmental footprint. However, this work is to highlight how AI can be wielded for good or bad when it comes to greenwashing…
REPORT | Looking Up from Down Under: The Federal Court of Australia’s Digital Strategy and its Lessons for Canadian Courts (By Alan Diner)This Report incorporates research conducted in Australia and Canada during a Study Leave between September 2023 and April 2024. Australia provided the primary comparative reference for this study and, as contemplated in my Study Leave Proposal (see Annex A), I focus on the Federal Court of Australia’s leadership in digitization….
Bridging Justice Traditions: Reflections on Canada–Ecuador DialogueHow can Indigenous and state justice systems coexist equally? Canadian and Ecuadorian judges explored this question in Quito. Read Justice Abrioux’s reflections.
REPORT | Indigenous Justice System: A Knowledge Sharing SymposiumFollowing CIAJ 2024 Indigenous Justice System Symposium, a report was written highlighting key insights and outcomes on Indigenous justice and self-governance.
The Future of Reconciliatory Justice in New BrunswickMeetings often start with an acknowledgement that they are taking place on unceded Aboriginal lands. Few know what the lack of cession means; the path of reconciliation will require us to learn…
Reconciliatory JusticeIn two firsts, the SCC decided that the unwritten constitutional principle of the honour of the Crown applies to certain non-treaty contractual arrangements with Indigenous groups and referred to reconciliation a constitutional principle in Quebec v. Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan….
Ending the Harm to Parents and Children from Ontario’s Family Justice System by Transforming Family Law CultureThis paper examines the harm to families and particularly children, caused by the litigation method of dispute resolution for making parenting plans. That this harm occurs in the area of law entrusted with promoting the best interests of children is morally, ethically, and legally unacceptable…
Lawyers Play an Important Role in Addressing Coercive ControlIn the last four months in Nova Scotia, 6 women have been killed in murders attributed to intimate partner violence (IPV). These tragic deaths all occurred since Nova Scotia’s official declaration that IPV is an epidemic…
Between Public Health and Safety: Decriminalization of Drugs in British Columbia Through the Lens of Justice and RealpolitikBC declared a health care emergency in April 2016 because thousands of residents had died of increasingly toxic illicit drugs. The BC government studied the problem and solutions in great detail. A major Death Panel Report to the BC Coroner updated in 2022 examined the deaths. Studies recommended evidence-based steps to reduce deaths from overdose…
Ontario’s New Drug Policy: Impacts on Safe Consumption Sites and Public HealthOntario’s new drug policy will close many supervised consumption sites in Ontario. The Community Care and Recovery Act, 2024 prohibits safe consumption sites from operating within 200 metres of schools and daycare centres…
