Actions and Commitments: Call to Action # 31

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March 27, 2024


A Year of Rapid Growth and Improvement: Reviewing the Progress of BC’s Indigenous-led Gladue Services

NationTalk: Since the BC First Nations Justice Council assumed responsibility for Gladue Services in 2021, tremendous strides have been made to improve the quality, awareness, and accessibility of Gladue Reports for Indigenous people. Okanagan Syilx Territory, Westbank BC, Mar 27, 2024 – Three years ago, a monumental shift in the Indigenous justice landscape occurred when...

March 31, 2023


New Indigenous Justice Centre coming to Kelowna

INDIGENOUS JUSTICE CENTRES Photo: BCFNJC Indigenous residents in Kelowna will be able to access “culturally appropriate justice services” by the end of this year. Earlier this week, the BC First Nations Justice Council announced five new Indigenous Justice Centres that are being built across the province, in Kelowna, Surrey, Vancouver, Victoria and Nanaimo. The council says the...

January 20, 2022


BC First Nations Justice Strategy

Dept. of Justice, Canada – Announcement of the signing of a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MOU) between BC, Canada and BC First Nations Justice Council to support the implementation of the BC First Nations Justice Strategy, as well as funding to support Indigenous Justice Centres in British Columbia. The parties have committed to work together...

March 30, 2021


BC First Nations Justice Council assumes management of BC’s Gladue report program

Beginning April 1, 2021, management of B.C.’s Gladue report program will transition from Legal Aid BC to the BC First Nations Justice Council. “This transition is another step toward implementing our Indigenous Justice Strategy, which was drafted by Indigenous people for Indigenous people,” said David Eby, Attorney General. The BCFNJC will work closely with impacted...

January 13, 2020


First Indigenous court in New Westminster

The province’s first Indigenous court was established in New Westminster in 2006, with the seventh scheduled to begin sitting monthly at the Williams Lake courthouse in May. An Indigenous court is a sentencing court — it does not conduct trials, but it provides an Indigenous perspective, based on a holistic and restorative approach, to sentencing...

November 3, 2018


Eleventh Justice Summit: Indigenous II

Nov. 3-4, 2018: Planned in partnership with representatives from the B.C. Aboriginal Justice Council and the Métis Nation British Columbia, the event invited Indigenous leaders and community experts, as well as justice and public safety leaders, to discuss Indigenous peoples’ experiences with B.C.’s justice system and how the system can be improved. Participants discussed the importance...

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