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The tour visited the Aboriginal Legal Service’s 50-year anniversary exhibition before continuing to Alberta Street, the site of the first Women’s Liberation House, where Frances Hamilton described how important it was for the feminist movement.
At Oxford Street, Isabella Phillips-Bohane, a drag king and activist, spoke about rich history of centuries of LGBTIQ resistance and gave tribute to the 78ers.
The tour went to Jessie Street’s former office at Challice House in Martin Place and heard from Sherri Hilario, a volunteer at the Jessie Street Women’s Library.
Next stop was the New South Wales Parliament, where Abigail Humphreys spoke about the rise of movement against rape culture.
‘Time for talking is over’: Legal profession responds to deaths in custody report
By Naomi Neilson|18 April 2021
While major legal bodies have welcomed a new report into the high rate of Aboriginal deaths in custody, they have cautioned that the “time for talking is over” and urged the government to make changes and address systemic injustices immediately.
On the 30th anniversary of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, a select committee has released a new report and called on the government to fully implement the 339 recommendations from the commission that have been “gathering dust”, including raising the age of criminal responsibility and expanding court powers.
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OTTAWA, ON, April 15, 2020 /CNW/ - The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment.
The Honourable Todd Ducharme, a Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario, is appointed as a part-time member of the Specific Claims Tribunal for a term of five years. This appointment is effective immediately.
Biography
Justice Todd Ducharme has a B.A. from McGill University, an M.A. from Yale University, an LL.B. from the University of Toronto, and an LL.M. from Yale Law School.
Mr. Justice Ducharme was appointed to the Superior Court of Justice in Ontario in May 2004 and sits in Toronto. He has since been appointed a Deputy Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court of Yukon, and the Nunavut Court of Justice. With the Superior Court of Justice, he has worked primarily on the Criminal Law and Divisional Court teams. Prior to his appointm