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Exploring Theme: "CBA Response"
Updates on this page: 19
August 11, 2016
CBA response to Call to Action # 27
The CBA is a leader in the field of continuing legal education and professional development who organizes national, regional and local conferences, seminars and workshops for lawyers that include components of cultural competency training. Relevant topics to date include some of those referenced in calls to action 27 and 28 concerning the history and legacy...
March, 2016
CBA response to TRC
Responding to the TRC Calls to Action March 2016 The Canadian Bar Association endorses Call to Action # 37 https://www.cba.org/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=73c612c4-41d6-4a39-b2a6-db9e72b7100d...
March, 2016
CBA Respones to TRC
The Canadian Bar Association endorses Call to Action # 55 v, vi and vii In 2013, the CBA called for an end to the social and systemic normalization of violence against Indigenous women by funding targeted programs and services, a national strategy to address violence against Indigenous women and a national inquiry into the issue...
March, 2016
CBA Response to TRC
The Canadian Bar Association endorses Call to Action # 55 v, vi and vii In 2013, the CBA called for an end to the social and systemic normalization of violence against Indigenous women by funding targeted programs and services, a national strategy to address violence against Indigenous women and a national inquiry into the issue...
March, 2016
CBA Response to TRC
The Canadian Bar Association endorses Call to Action # 37 (See above Call to Action 30) https://www.cba.org/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=73c612c4-41d6-4a39-b2a6-db9e72b7100d...
March, 2016
CBA Response to TRC
The Canadian Bar Association endorses Call to Action # 54 https://www.cba.org/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=73c612c4-41d6-4a39-b2a6-db9e72b7100d...
March, 2016
Canadian Bar Association
The Canadian Bar Association endorses Call to Action # 53 https://www.cba.org/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=73c612c4-41d6-4a39-b2a6-db9e72b7100d...
March, 2016
Canadian Bar Association
At the Annual Meeting held on February 19 2020 in Ottawa, the CBA carried Resolution 20-02-A The United Nations Declaration of Indigenous Peoples urging governments to: implement the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples via domestic legislation; and consult and cooperate with Indigenous Peoples to: ensure that Canada’s laws and policies comply with the...
March, 2016
Canadian Bar Association
Responding to the TRC Calls to Action The Canadian Bar Association endorses Call to Action # 50 (See also Call to Action 30) In 2013, the CBA acknowledged the historical interface between Indigenous and European laws and customs, the constitutional protection afforded to Indigenous legal traditions and the role of these systems in the fabric...
March, 2016
Canadian Bar Association
Responding to the TRC Calls to Action March 2016 The Canadian Bar Association endorses Call to Action # 42 (See also Call to Action # 30) In 2013, the CBA acknowledged the historical interface between Indigenous and European laws and customs, the constitutional protection afforded to Indigenous legal traditions and the role of these systems...
March, 2016
CBA Response to TRC
The Canadian Bar Association endorses Call to Action # 38 (See Call to Action # 30) https://www.cba.org/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=73c612c4-41d6-4a39-b2a6-db9e72b7100d ...
March, 2016
CBA Response to TRC
Responding to the TRC Calls to Action March 2016 The Canadian Bar Association endorses Call to Action # 36 (See above Call to Action 30) https://www.cba.org/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=73c612c4-41d6-4a39-b2a6-db9e72b7100d...
March, 2016
Canadian Bar Association response to TRC
Responding to the TRC Calls to Action March 2016 The Canadian Bar Association endorses Call to Action # 35 https://www.cba.org/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=73c612c4-41d6-4a39-b2a6-db9e72b7100d...
March, 2016
Cd. Bar Assoc. Responding to TRC
Responding to the TRC Calls to Action March 2016: FASD In 2010 and 2013, the CBA called for greater sensitivity and flexibility in the criminal justice and corrections systems to deal more appropriately with people with brain injuries such as FASD. The CBA and others recognize the disproportionate incidence of FASD in Indigenous communities. Calls...
March, 2016
Responding to the TRC Calls to Action March 2016: FASD
In 2010 and 2013, the CBA called for greater sensitivity and flexibility in the criminal justice and corrections systems to deal more appropriately with people with brain injuries such as FASD. The CBA and others recognize the disproportionate incidence of FASD in Indigenous communities. Calls to action 33 and 34 are consistent with the CBA...
March, 2016
Canadian Bar Association
Responding to the TRC Calls to Action March 2016 The CBA opposes mandatory minimum sentences and believes removing judicial discretion to design sentences tailored to the individual case is an inappropriate “one – size – fits – all” approach to justice. This has disproportionately impacted already disadvantaged populations, notably including Indigenous people. In August 2011,...
March, 2016
Canadian Bar Association
The Canadian Bar Association also endorses Call to Action 3 https://www.cba.org/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=73c612c4-41d6-4a39-b2a6-db9e72b7100d...
March, 2016
Responding to the TRC Calls to Action March 2016
The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) recognizes the serious problem of overrepresentation of Indigenous Canadians in custody and the need to provide alternatives to incarceration, as well as culturally relevant programs for those who are incarcerated. In August 2015, the CBA called for a commitment from all levels of government to address this issue. Indigenous peoples...
March 1, 2016
March, 2016
Responding to the TRC Calls to Action In 2009, the CBA called on the federal government to provide an alternative dispute resolution process for Indigenous students who were victimized in settings other the residential schools governed by the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, either by expanding the scope of the Independent Assessment Process or by...