Grants and Contributions

Jurisdictional funding agreement for State-Funded Counsel in British Columbia.

The Department of Justice Canada (DOJ), in collaboration with the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) and the Canadian Police Association (CPA), is pleased to present the Minister of Justice National Youth Justice Policing Award 2022. The Award recognizes innovative approaches to using provisions under the Youth Criminal Justice Act while dealing with youth in conflict with the law. It celebrates excellence in police responses to youth crime by all sworn police officers from federal, provincial, municipal, military and railway police services in Canada.

This multi-year project will provide the Metis Nations Manitoba Metis Government with an opportunity to develop Metis Distinction Based education and training resources for justice professionals in Manitoba. The project will aim to address the underlying bias and racism in the Justice System that have led to the continued overlooking of the needs of Métis people and communities.

This multi-year project will lead to systemic change for the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation in Manitoba. Activities include engaging the mainstream justice system to build protocols to support successful diversions to the Nisichawaysi Court and to raise awareness in the mainstream justice system about traditional laws and processes.

This multi-year project will establish Gladue Principles information forums in Treaty #3 territory. The forums will provide justice system actors a better understanding of the impact of colonialism, systemic racism and of explain the importance of Gladue reports and how they can support an individuals healing.

This multi-year regional project with Nishnawbe Aski Legal Services corporation will fund an educational based training initiative for criminal justice professionals. They will partner with an Indigenous artist to create a graphic novel and an animated video which will bring awareness and understanding of the root causes of Indigenous overrepresentation and Gladue principles in the criminal justice system and community-led options for addressing crime, including Indigenous and restorative justice programs.

This multi-year project intends to establish a protocol between the Grassy Narrows First Nation and the Ontario Court of Justice. The justice protocol will incorporate Indigenous knowledge, and teaching from Elders and Canadian justice principles while being cognizant of the structural and societal barriers faced by remote communities.

This multi-year project will support the development of an Indigenous Peoples’ Court (IPC) in Peterborough. The IPC will address the need for Indigenous persons to have the impacts of colonization taken into account when they are before the court, and for Indigenous cultural practices, as suggested by Gladue prinicples, to be considered when such individuals are involved in the justice system.

This multi-year project intends to develop a a justice protocol in partnership between the Pikangikum Fist Nation and the Ontario Court of Justice that is in line with Anishinaabe teachings and Gladue Principles, respects the Canadian justice system, and is responsive to the needs of the community, including the needs identified during this project.

Systemic change informed by Gladue Principles. Siksika Pomiikapi (Justice) Society is proposing to work with each of the other 4 Indigenous Courtwork delivery agencies in Alberta to deliver a multi-year project focused on access to technology for justice involved individuals with matters before the courts. A key focus of the project will be a needs assessment that will examine barriers to accessing technology across Alberta.