Understanding Canadian Law (CLU3M)

Culminating Activity:  Individual Position Paper

Databases

​Gale Cengage Learning Infotrac

EbscoHost Database

• Large selection of databases, ebooks, movies and more
• See the library circulation desk for passwords to both databases.
• You can access these resources at school or anywhere you have access to the Internet.

Recommended Websites

Canadian Legal Information Institute

• Non-profit organization managed by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada.
• Provides access to court judgments, tribunal decisions, statutes and regulations from all Canadian jurisdictions.

Lexum Collection:  Judgments of the Supreme Court of Canada

• Contains Supreme Court of Canada judgments since 1907
• Collection is updated within minutes of public release of the judgments by the court
• Type in search topic and click on

Canadian Civil Liberties Association

• National civil liberties organization that promotes respect for and observance of fundamental human rights and civil liberties in Canada. 

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

• Bill of rights entrenched in the Constitution of Canada.
• Guarantees certain political rights to Canadian citizens and civil rights of everyout in Canada from the policies and actions of all areas and levels of government

Anti-Terrorism Legislation

• http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/ns-sn/act-loi.html
• http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/a-11.7/
• http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/c-51-controversial-anti-terrorism-bill-is-now-law-so-what-changes-1.3108608
• https://ccla.org/understanding-bill-c-51-the-anti-terrorism-act-2015/
• http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/canada-anti-terrorism/
• http://mackenzieinstitute.com/assessing-provisions-canadas-new-anti-terrorism-act-bill-c-51-contributes-effective-counter-terrorism/

Firearms / Gun Control

• http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/what-to-know-about-gun-control-in-canada
• http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-government-stiffens-firearm-laws-as-gun-related-killings-spike-and-u-s-smugglers-get-creative
• http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-s-restricted-gun-ownership-increased-9-5-per-cent-in-2015-1.3745464
• http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/why-canada-has-a-gun-problem/article29642837/
• http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/pol-leg/hist/con-eng.htm
• https://www.loc.gov/law/help/firearms-control/canada.php

Youth Crimes

• http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/time-to-lead/federal-legislation-tough-on-young-criminals/article587278/?page=all
• http://ablawg.ca/2008/10/27/sentencing-under-the-youth-criminal-justice-act-are-kids-really-getting-away-with-murder/
• http://news.nationalpost.com/tag/youth-criminal-justice-act
• http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/youth-criminal-justice-act/
• http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/160217/dq160217b-eng.htm
• http://johnhoward.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/jhso-report-ycja-submission-2008.pdf
• http://canadiancrc.com/youth_criminal_justice_canada.aspx
• http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/yj-jj/index.html
• http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/y-1.5/

Prisoner Rights

·         https://www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/eng/content/prisoners-rights

·         https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/prisoner-rights-human-rights-committee-1.4529148

·         https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2018/01/04/treatment-of-women-in-canadian-prisons-a-human-rights-travesty.html

·         https://www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca/english/corr_serv/PoliciesandGuidelines/CS_Inmate_guide.html

·         https://sencanada.ca/en/sencaplus/news/life-on-the-inside-human-rights-in-canadas-prisons/

·         https://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/pblct/rht-drt/15-eng.shtml

·         https://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/pblct/rht-drt/07-eng.shtml

Solitary Confinement

·         https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/18/canadas-use-of-lengthy-solitary-confinement-in-jails-is-unconstitutional-judge

·         https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/court-ruling-solitary-confinement-goodale-1.4968577

·         https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/charter-solitary-confinement-bc-ruling-1.4491526

·         https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-liberals-introduce-bill-to-end-solitary-confinement-in-federal-prisons/

·         https://johnhoward.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Solitary-Confinement-FactSheet-Final-1.pdf

·         https://certificate.queenslaw.ca/blog/solitary-in-canada-what-does-c-83-mean

Media and the Justice System

·         https://www.cjc-ccm.gc.ca/cmslib/general/media-2010-E.pdf

·         http://www.fct-cf.gc.ca/fc_cf_en/MediaPolicy.html

·         https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/other-autre/tcjs-tsjp/p1.html

·         https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/bc-social-media-terror-case-shows-pitfalls-for-prosecution/article36521319/

·         https://globalnews.ca/news/3645766/canadians-still-wildly-overestimating-the-level-of-violent-crime/

Reminder:  Use Chicago Style Citations!