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The United Nations’ Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) asserts Indigenous peoples’ “right to access to and prompt decision through just and fair procedures for the resolution of conflicts and disputes” with “due consideration to the customs, traditions, rules and legal...

Crime in Canada is a costly social phenomenon that affects everyone. The effects of crime are far-reaching and can include: -direct financial costs to the institutions that make up the criminal justice system; -ndirect costs to other social institutions and to the Canadian economy more broadly;...

Health, Social and Economic Subcommittee advice for the President of the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada

The Technical Advisory Committee on Science and Knowledge provides the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (the Agency) with expert advice on topics related to impact assessments, as well as regional and strategic assessments. These topics include scientific, environmental, health, social and...

Recommendations to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada focussed on the conduct of Cumulative Effects Assessment (CEA)

Positive Effects Principles prepared by the Technical Advisory Committee

The Technical Advisory Committee on Science and Knowledge provides the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (the Agency) with expert advice on topics related to impact assessments, as well as regional and strategic assessments. These topics include scientific, environmental, health, social and...

This document provides an overview of the significant number of priorities and proposed measures shared by Indigenous peoples, to date and summarized by Justice Canada, in the context of developing a federal Action Plan to achieve the objectives of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of...

This document presents findings from a study that was conducted to understand how children’s views are included in family law disputes in Canada, including through the use of Voice of the Child Reports (VCRs). VCRs, also called Views of the Child Reports or Hear the Child Reports, are...

Over the past twenty years, there has been a steady increase in the number of Indigenous offenders under federal jurisdiction [from 3,058 at year-end in 2000-01 to 6,027 in 2019-20].