Canadian feminist lawyer and women’s advocate
When the story of a family of four found dead in their home in Harrow – a small community in southwestern Ontario — broke on June 20th, police described the situation as an “unimaginable tragedy.” They indicated they did not Continue reading “No concern for public safety”
Well, yes, there is now a doctor in our house. On June 27th, I was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws – formally called Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa — by the Law Society of Ontario. It’s hard for me Continue reading Is there a doctor in the house?
Those of us working in the field of gender-based violence have long seen the problems in the criminal law response to both intimate partner and sexual violence. Even those less intimately involved in this work saw firsthand the challenges in Continue reading Transforming law into justice: Part three of three
When, 30 or so years ago, I first heard about restorative justice as a possible way to deal with intimate partner violence, I was dubious. Like many of my colleagues, I was fighting for a more vigorous response by the Continue reading Transforming law into justice: Part two of three