National Action Plan on Open Government Commitment

C04.2.3 - Justice

Commitment:
Justice
Milestone:
Identify and share promising practices
Indicator:
C04.2.3 - Publish promising practices from evaluations, annual reports and Federal, Provincial, Territorial work, as appropriate (ongoing)
Lead Organization:
Department of Justice Canada
Deadline:
Ongoing
Summit for Democracy:
No

Updates

2024-03
Status:
Complete
Evidence of progress:

Justice Canada continues to publish promising practices and key research findings on a regular basis. Examples of publication from this quarter include:

Perceptions of and confidence in Canada’s criminal and civil justice systems: Key findings from the 2023 National Justice Survey
Results from the 2022-2023 National Operational Survey of CACs/CYACs in Canada
Applying R v Gladue: The Use of Gladue Reports and Principles

Evidence:
2023-12
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

October
• Identifying and responding to family violence in family law cases: Results from the 2019 Survey of Lawyers and Quebec Notaries on family law and family violence in Canada • User-experience testing of the HELP toolkit; November
• A case study of the Edmonton Police Service’s response to senior abuse

Evidence:
2023-09
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

JULY
• Making appropriate parenting arrangements in family violence cases, 2023
• Research in Brief: Making Appropriate Parenting Arrangements in Family Violence Cases, 2023
• Separated and divorced parents' experiences with child support and related issues
• Trauma-informed police resources for human trafficking cases

AUGUST
• Perceptions of and confidence in the Canadian family justice system: Key findings from the 2022 National Justice Survey
• Costs of crime in Canada, 2014
• Perceptions of the Canadian youth criminal justice system: Key findings from the 2022 National Justice Survey

SEPTEMBER
• Experiences of Indigenous families in the family justice system: A literature review and perspectives from legal and frontline family justice professionals
• Making appropriate parenting arrangements in family violence cases: Applying the literature to identify promising practices, 2023
• Child to parent violence and aggression: Reviewing the research

Evidence:
2023-06
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

April
• Legal Aid Service in Rural and Remote Communities Across Canada: Issues and Perspectives in the Context of Covid-19
• The Role of Crown Prosecutors in Child Advocacy Centres in Canada
May
• VICTIMS DIGEST 2023 Victims of Crime Research Digest No. 16
• Finding Our Voices: Lived Experiences in Human Trafficking

June
• Voice of the Child Programs and Services in Canada by Province and Territory
• Research at a Glance: Voice of the Child Programs and Services in Canada

Evidence:
2023-03
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

• The Voice of the Child in Family Law: Exploring Strategies, Challenges, and Best Practices for Canada
• Family Disputes and the Canadian Legal Problems Survey, 2021

Evidence:
2022-12
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

October
• JustFacts: Cannabis crime statistics in Canada, 2020
• Understanding the Development and Impact of Child Advocacy Centres (CACs) – this report was fully coded although originally released on request several years ago
• Enhancement of Canadian data on the abuse of older persons: an exploratory study
November
• Review of International Child Support Models Vol. I – Main report
• Review of International Child Support Models Vol. II – Jurisdictional summaries
• Themes from a review of Justice Canada funded projects for youth in conflict with the law (2014-2019)
December
• Infographic: Confidence in the Canadian Family Justice System, 2022
• JustFacts: Overrepresentation of Black people in the Canadian Criminal Justice System
• Victims’ Rights in Canada in the 21st Century – note these last two reports were fully coded; they were originally released in spring 2021
• Victim Privacy and Open Justice 2.0: At the frontiers of change

Evidence:
2022-09
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

3 reports released in July:
• Use of Technology in the Family Justice System: Annotated Bibliography
• A Review of the Measures to Address Prostitution Initiative (MAPI)
• The Impact of the Lack of Legal Aid in Family Law Cases
4 Reports released in August:
• Shifting the Paradigm: Exploring Opportunities for Community Justice Help
• A Summary of the Report on Examining the Social Security Tribunal’s Navigator Service: Access to Administrative Justice for Marginalized Communities
• Section 19 of the Youth Criminal Justice Act: A look at the use of conferences across Canada
• Panel Discussion Report: Indigenous and Restorative Justice Approaches

Evidence:
2022-06
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

Publication of the Report of the Ad Hoc FPT Working Group on Measuring the Impact of Covid-19 on Access to Justice in Family and Poverty Law Matters

Evidence:
2022-03
Status:
Substantial progress
Evidence of progress:

Publication of the Summary of the Report on Examining the Social Security Tribunal's Navigator Service

Evidence: