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This webinar offers strategies for enhancing communication across mental health, addictions, human services, and justice sectors. It covers issues of confidentiality when communicating with correctional facilities, and lessons learned from a...

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English
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2013
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Note: As of March 13, 2012, the term "pardon" has been replaced with "record suspension" in Canada. This page on the Parole Board of Canada's website has links for downloading the Record Suspension Application Guide and Forms, which...

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English, français (français)
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2012
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LawFacts.ca is a website designed by Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) to help people find information about criminal law processes. The site includes a glossary of terms, forms and checklists, and legal information in the following topic areas:

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English, français (français)
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Legal Aid Ontario
Produced In:
2011
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Web
This video explains what your rights and obligations are if you receive a Civil Recovery Demand Letter or you are being asked to pay money to a store as a result of a shoplifting incident.
Available in:
English
Produced In:
2011
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Video

This web site has information in question and answer form on topics such as finding a lawyer, tickets and fines, lawsuits and disputes, family and criminal law, human rights, and wills and estates. There is a toll-free number people can call to get...

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English, français (français)
Produced In:
2011
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Web

This booklet explains your rights if you are charged with a disciplinary offence in federal prison. It looks at what a disciplinary offence is, how the hearing process unfolds, penalties, and reviewing a disciplinary decision.

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Available in:
English
Produced In:
2011
Format:
Booklet/PDF

This booklet explains the process for making a complaint with the Correctional Service of Canada. It looks at the grievance procedure, time lines, what issues you can grieve, points to include in your grievance, and frequently asked questions and...

Available in:
English
Produced In:
2011
Format:
Booklet/PDF

The Criminal Law section of the Legal Services Society web site has publications on topics such as no-contact orders, self-representation in a criminal trial, and what to do when charged with a crime. There is also a series called "What to Do If You...

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English
Produced In:
2010
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Web

This guide looks at the criminal justice system through questions that crime victims raised based on their experiences. It describes what happens when someone becomes a victim of crime, police procedures, trial, decision, sentencing, appeals, the...

Available in:
English
Produced In:
2010
Format:
Booklet/PDF

This fact sheet outlines the types of conditional releases that may be granted to offenders before the end of their prison sentences. It describes temporary absence, day parole, full parole, and statutory release, and gives the eligibility criteria...

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced In:
2010
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Booklet/PDF

This booklet and accompanying poster are about the right of Aboriginal peoples, as a result of a case called Gladue, to have a judge take their background into account when setting bail or deciding on a sentence. The booklet explains the kind of...

Available in:
English
Produced In:
2009
Format:
Booklet/PDF

This poster, like the booklet with the same title, is about the right of Aboriginal peoples, as a result of a case called Gladue, to have a judge take their background into account when setting bail or deciding on a sentence. It includes a list of...

Available in:
English
Produced In:
2009
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Poster

This online glossary has plain-language definitions of over 5,000 legal terms in seven languages. It contains criminal law terms, court-related terms, and street language heard in court describing drugs and arms. The glossary is for people involved in...

Available in:
English, Chinese (中文), Farsi/Persian (پارسی ), Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ), Russian (русский ), Spanish (español), Vietnamese (tiếng Việt)
Produced In:
2009
Format:
Web

This fact sheet explains how being convicted of a crime in Canada can affect someone's permanent resident status. It highlights the need to get legal advice as soon as someone is charged, discusses the "serious" crimes that can lead to people being...

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced In:
2009
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Booklet/PDF

The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act states that permanent residents and foreign nationals convicted of certain offences, either in Canada or abroad, may be deported from or not allowed to enter Canada if they are "criminally inadmissible". This...

Available in:
English
Produced In:
2007
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Presentation materials

This fact sheet contains plain-language definitions of terms commonly used in criminal law. It explains terms such as absolute discharge, beyond a reasonable doubt, conditional discharge, duty counsel, examination in chief, hybrid offense, indictable...

Available in:
English
Produced In:
2008
Format:
Web

This booklet explains the rights women have while in prison and while out on conditional release, and discusses some of the ways women prisoners can exercise their rights and avoid having them restricted further. Another purpose of the booklet is to...

Available in:
English
Produced In:
2008
Format:
Booklet/PDF

This section of the Canadian Superior Court Judges Association web site includes information about the rule of law, the role of the courts, criminal and civil law, the source of our law, the structure of the courts, and courts and the constitution.

Available in:
English, français (français)
Produced In:
2006
Format:
Web