These workshops focus on a mix of substantive legal issues and other non-legal issues relevant to
Native justices of the peace.
Ontario's
Native Justice of the Peace Program owes its existence to Hayes — and the prodding of Alan Mewett.
The Native workshops focus on a mix of substantive legal issues and other non-legal issues relevant to
Native justices of the peace.
Despite Hayes «audacious» move to introduce
the Native Justice of the Peace Program, progress was generally slow on the broader education front.
From left to right: Stan Jolly, Richard LeSarge and Shelley Howell were instrumental in developing materials for
the Native Justice of the Peace Program.
While this session was offered to all the justices of the peace in Ontario, the Court also annually delivers a Native Workshop to which
all Native justices of the peace are invited.
The Native Justice of the Peace Program has been called «remarkable in its grass - roots foundation and its audacity.»
The 1988/90 Annual Report of the Ministry of the Attorney General documented the tangible success of the program: «The Ontario
Native justice of the peace program... encourages and enables native citizens to play an expanded role in judicial proceedings.
She recalled using materials developed for the existing
Native Justice of the Peace program and «morphing» them into a set of week - long programs for the newly appointees.
To make all this happen, Hayes made three crucial appointments to guide the program: Justice of the Peace Richard LeSarge (who became the Senior Justice of the Peace Responsible for the Ontario
Native Justice of the Peace Program in 1994), Judge Gérald Michel, and Stan Jolly, an advisor with the Ministry of the Attorney General.
Not exact matches
In fact, U.S. liberation movements are already under way in women's groups, community organizing efforts among the poor, the search for freedom by gay and lesbian communities, and in
Native American, African American and Hispanic struggles against U.S. racism, and in a host
of works for
justice,
peace and the wholeness
of creation.
She says Donald Trump is a
native son
of New York, and if elected, he would take America back to an era
of prosperity,
peace and
justice.
Delivered to Attorney General Roy McMurtry, Mewett's report on the office and function
of justices of the
peace included a separate set
of recommendations concerning
Native communities and remote areas.
Mewett commented upon the relative absence
of Native people from the ranks
of justices of the
peace.