Click here to access Professor Martha Jackman's biography on the University of Ottawa website.Click here to access Professor Martha Jackman's CV as of 2020.For more information on the social and economic rights, visit the following selected works by Professor Martha Jackman:Martha Jackman, "What's Wrong With Social and Economic Rights?" (2000) 11 National Journal of Constitutional Law 235-246.Martha Jackman, “One Step Forward and Two Steps Back: Poverty, the Charter and the Legacy of Gosselin” (2019) 39 National Journal of Constitutional Law 85-121.For more information on Guaranteed Livable Income:Click here to access the fact sheet on statistics related to poverty and a Guaranteed Livable Income by Senator Pate.Click here to access the Perspectives document on Guaranteed Livable Income by Senator Pate.Resources and cases mentioned during the episode:Click here to access the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal's October 2021 decision, Disability Rights Coalition v. Nova Scotia (Attorney General), 2021 NSCA 70. This case is discussed as the "Emerald Hall litigation" at the 6:53 and 12:04 minute marks. Click here to access the March 2019 decision of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, the precursor to the aforementioned Court of Appeal 2021 decision.Click here to access the Court of Appeal for Ontario's 2014 decision in Tanudjaja v. Canada, 2014 ONCA 852, discussed at the 8:01 and 9:52 minute marks.Click here to access Nell Toussaint's amended (as of May 25 2021) statement of claim in the Ontario Superior Court and click here to access the Attorney General's Motion to Strike Nell Toussaint's statement of claim. These are discussed at the 8:08 minute mark.Click here to access a transcript of former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Louise Arbour's 2005 Lafontaine-Baldwin lecture "Freedom from want", referred to at the 9:24 minute mark.Click here to access a CBC News article by Antoni Nerestant, published October 5 2021, entitled "If Joyce Echaquan were white, she would still be alive, Quebec coroner says". This articles relates to the Coroner's Report in the Joyce Echaquan case, referred to at the 14:24 minute mark. Click here to access the Coroner's Report (only available in French).Click here to access the Association of First Nations' webpage which gives more information on Jordan's Principle, referred to at the 15:04 minute mark. Click here and here to access the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decisions (2020 CHRT 20 and 2020 CHRT 36, respectively) being challenged before the Federal Court referred to at the 16:02 minute mark.

Appointed: A Canadian Senator Bringing Margins to the Centre

A Conversation with Professor Martha Jackman: "Poverty is a Human Rights Violation"

Learn more about Professor Sylvia Rich here.Additional readings & ressourcesClick here to access the private bill Senator Pate introduced relating to Mandatory Minimum Penalties (S-207).Click here to access the fact sheet on Mandatory Minimums introduced by Senator Pate.Sylvia Rich (2016). Corporate Criminals and Punishment Theory. Canadian Journal of Law &Jurisprudence, 29, pp 97-118 doi:10.1017/cjlj.2016.4

A conversation with Professor Sylvia Rich: Corporate Crime and Deferred Prosecution Agreements

 Additional reading & resources: Dr. Forget’s book: “Basic Income for Canadians: The key to a healthier, happier, more secure life for allClick here to access the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s “Costing a Guaranteed Basic Income During the COVID Pandemic” report.Click here to access the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s “Costing a National Guaranteed Basic Income Using the Ontario Basic Income Model” report.Read Senator Pate's Guaranteed Livable Income perspective document hereThe Town with No Poverty: The Health Effects of a Canadian Guaranteed Annual Income Field Experiment, Canadian Public Policy, Vol 37, No 3, 1 October 2011 by Evelyn Forget,Basic Income in a Small Town: Understanding the Elusive Effects on Work by David Calnitsky, Jonathan P. Latner

A Conversation with Dr. Peter Graefe: What we can learn from the McMaster University study "Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Ontario Workers, Workplaces and Families"

Selected Publications by Professor PichéMussell, Linda, Kevin Walby and Justin Piché, ‘Can you make it out alive?’ Penal Imaginaries at Forts, Sanitaria, Asylums, and Segregated Schools, Qualitative Criminology, Volume Online First (April 2021) https://www.qualitativecriminology.com/pub/1bk9q4t1/release/1 Open AccessBenslimane, Souheil, Sarah Speight, Justin Piché and Aaron Doyle, The Jail Accountability & Information Line: Early Reflections on Praxis, Journal of Law and Social Policy, Volume 33, 111-133 (September 2020) https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1400&context=jlsp Open AccessCarrier, Nicolas and Justin Piché, On (In)justice: Undisciplined Abolitionism in Canada, Social Justice, Volume 45, Issue 4, 35-56 (November 2019)Recent Publications by Senator PateNews Release:  Bill C-31 on Criminal Record Relief Offers Too Little, Too LateNews Release: Senators Move Another Step Forward on Anti-Racist Criminal Justice BillsPolicy Opinions Op-Ed: Time running out to protect prisoners and prison staff from calamity 

The Wish List Series: A Conversation with Professor Justin Piché

Resources mentioned during the show and further reading:Learn more about Justice Harry S. LaForme here and here. https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/1695/index.dohttps://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/8000/index.dohttps://www.criaw-icref.ca/images/userfiles/files/P4W_BN_IncarcerationRacializedWomen_Accessible.pdfhttps://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/final-report/http://www.trc.ca/about-us/trc-findings.htmlhttp://trc.ca/assets/pdf/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdfhttps://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/mrgnlzd/index-en.aspxhttps://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/jr/oip-cjs/p3.htmlhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/22/one-third-canada-prisoners-indigenous-reporthttps://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/indigenous-overrepresentation-prison-oci-statement-1.5434712http://www.firstnationsdrum.com/2020/01/number-of-incarcerated-indigenous-women-at-new-high/https://nunatsiaq.com/stories/article/indigenous-incarceration-rate-a-travesty-canadas-prison-watchdog-says/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-bill-c-22-is-inadequate-for-the-task-of-addressing-injustice-in/https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/senator-says-new-liberal-sentencing-bill-needs-to-do-more-to-help-indigenous-women-offenders/https://sencanada.ca/en/senators/pate-kim/interventions/545733/33https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/10/27/senator-tries-again-to-get-ottawa-to-tackle-mandatory-minimum-sentences-and-better-serve-indigenous-and-black-people.htmlhttps://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/january-2020/despite-soaring-indigenous-incarceration-minimum-sentencing-persists/http://www.ajic.mb.ca/volumel/chapter4.html#5https://www.mcgill.ca/humanrights/files/humanrights/ihri_wps_v5_n13_philpott.pdf 

Justice LaForme discusses systemic discrimination and the consequent shortcomings of Bill C-22

Learn more about Dr. Napoleon hereJoseph Arvay Legacy Fund Information:https://www.uvic.ca/law/home/news/current/joseph-arvay-legacy-fund.phpOther resources mentioned during the show and further reading:https://adric.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Napoleon-Legal-Pluralism-published-version-2019-11.pdfhttps://www.uvic.ca/law/admissions/jidadmissions/index.phphttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-bill-c-22-is-inadequate-for-the-task-of-addressing-injustice-in/https://www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/senator-says-new-liberal-sentencing-bill-needs-to-do-more-to-help-indigenous-women-offenders/https://sencanada.ca/en/senators/pate-kim/interventions/545733/33https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/10/27/senator-tries-again-to-get-ottawa-to-tackle-mandatory-minimum-sentences-and-better-serve-indigenous-and-black-people.html

Exploring New Vistas and Indigenous Legal Orders: A Conversation with Val Napoleon

Resources mentioned during the show and further reading:Read about MP Greg Fergus here.  https://www.hilltimes.com/2020/06/17/the-black-caucus-has-laid-out-yet-another-road-map-and-its-time-for-the-feds-to-drive/253093https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/gatineau-aylmer-ottawa-light-rail-1.4713843https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/black-caucus-systemic-racism-1.5614203

The Wish List Series: A Conversation with MP Greg Fergus

On this episode of our wish list series, Kim asks Joshua Sealy-Harrington what he would like to see happen in 2021. Here is his wish list: (1) full decriminalization of personal drug possession, (2) defunding police and (3) taking systemic sentencing disparities seriously. Read Joshua Sealy-Harrington’s bio here. This episode was recorded on February 22nd, 2021. On our wish list series, we will hear from different change makers in Canada about what they would like to see for 2021. Stay tuned for the next episode of our wish list series! Resources mentioned during the show and further reading: https://www.choosingrealsafety.com/ https://thewalrus.ca/untelling-the-story-of-race/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-bill-c-22-is-inadequate-for-the-task-of-addressing-injustice-in/ https://sencanada.ca/media/367363/senpate_news-release_bill-c-22_february-18-2021.pdf https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/10/27/senator-tries-again-to-get-ottawa-to-tackle-mandatory-minimum-sentences-and-better-serve-indigenous-and-black-people.html?rf https://ipolitics.ca/2020/02/07/sen-pate-tables-public-bill-that-would-allow-judges-to-disregard-minimum-mandatory-sentences/

The Wish List Series: A Conversation with Joshua Sealy-Harrington

On this episode of Appointed, Kim kicks off the first episode of our wish list series with a conversation with The Honourable Louise Arbour. On our wish list series, we will hear from different change makers in Canada about what they would like to see for 2021. This episode was recorded on February 5th, 2021. Stay tuned for the next episode of our wish list series!

The Wish List Series: A Conversation with The Honourable Louise Arbour

On this episode of Appointed, Kim and Sarah Jama discuss the impact Bill C-7 (“An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)”) could have on racialized people with disabilities. They talk about Sarah’s work with the Disability Justice Network of Ontario; the connections between racism, ableism, poverty and capitalism; racism in the medical field and the ways in which this intersects and impacts racialized people with disabilities; and the lack of services and supports available to people with disabilities. Kim and Sarah also talk about the meaning of “choice”, “autonomy” and “control” for people who are exponentially marginalized in Canada. Sarah Jama is the co-founder of the Disability Justice Network of Ontario (DJNO), a speaker, a consultant and an activist advocating for disability justice. Learn more about Sarah Jama here: https://www.sarahjama.com/about Stay tuned for the next episode of Appointed! Resources mentioned during the show and further reading: Hill Times Article: https://www.hilltimes.com/2021/02/03/legislators-who-want-to-make-medically-assisted-dying-easier-for-persons-with-disabilities-dont-know-the-lived-realities-of-disability/281394 Disability Justice Network of Ontario: https://www.djno.ca/ Read Senator Pate’s Bill C-7 interventions and perspective on guaranteed livable income here (https://sencanada.ca/media/366455/senpate_glibi-perspective-document_08-15-2020_e.pdf) https://www.djno.ca/post/djno-co-founder-speaks-against-bill-c7-changes-to-maid-on-canada-today

Intersecting Discrimination of Racism, Ableism and Bill C-7: A Conversation with Sarah Jama

On this episode of Appointed, Kim speaks with Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard about the need for action to tackle anti-Black racism in Canada. They talk about the need to create equitable social, education and economic practices, policies and approaches that acknowledge Canada’s racist history and present, and that begin to remedy the harm and discrimination that has been caused to Black Canadians. Kim and Senator Bernard also talk about the need for policymakers to not merely acknowledge but disrupt their privilege and biases in order to create equitable policies. Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard is a Canadian Senator, social worker, educator, researcher, community activists and advocate. Learn more about Senator Bernard here: https://sencanada.ca/en/senators/bernard-wanda-thomas/ And here: https://www.dal.ca/about-dal/dalhousie-originals/wanda-thomas-bernard.html Stay tuned for the next episode of Appointed! Resources mentioned during the show and further reading: Parliamentary Black Caucus Recommendations: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/black-caucus-systemic-racism-1.5614203 Read Senator Pate’s perspective on guaranteed livable income here (https://sencanada.ca/media/366455/senpate_glibi-perspective-document_08-15-2020_e.pdf) https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23896&LangID=E https://colourofpoverty.ca/fact-sheets/ https://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=20732&LangID=E https://humanrights.ca/story/the-story-of-africville https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/cjwl.32.2.06

Abolish Racism: A Conversation with Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard

On this episode of Appointed, in the wake of calls to Defund the Police, Kim speaks with Asante Haughton and Rachel Bromberg, two mental health advocates and the founders of “Reach Out Response Network,” about shifting mental health responses to an anti-oppressive, trauma-informed model. Kim, Asante and Rachel discuss how current approaches to mental health crises may discourage people from getting help; the ways in which different countries have chosen to respond to mental health crises; and the roles that discrimination, poverty and racism play in how we respond to mental health in Canada. This episode was recorded on January 8th, 2021. Stay tuned for the next episode of Appointed! Reach out Response Network is dedicated to shifting mental health crisis response away from coercive, forceful, police led interventions and instead looks at a more anti-oppressive, trauma-informed model that allows people to be treated in a more caring and compassionate way. Asante Haughton is an award-winning mental health advocate, a peer worker, poet and speaker. Rachel Bromberg is a law student. Trained in social work, she is also a peer supporter and educator. You can read more about our guests here: https://reachouttoronto.ca/about Resources mentioned during the show and further reading: Learn more about the Reach out Response Network here: https://reachouttoronto.ca/ Asante’s Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/asante_houghton_an_uncommon_story_of_hope_and_redemption_jan_2018 Read Senator Pate’s perspective on guaranteed livable income: https://sencanada.ca/media/366455/senpate_glibi-perspective-document_08-15-2020_e.pdf https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7j7aa/officers-targeted-racialized-canadians-when-enforcing-covid-19-rules-report https://toronto.citynews.ca/2020/07/09/calls-for-police-reform-shine-spotlight-on-oregon-model-for-crisis-intervention/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/defund-police-mental-health-crisis-intervention-1.5608627#:~:text=Through%20CAHOOTS%2C%20medical%20professional%20and,they%20can%20get%20additional%20support

More effective ways to respond to mental health crises: A Conversation with Asante Haughton and Rachel Bromberg

On this episode of Appointed, Kim speaks with Josephine Grey, an activist, human rights advocate, and community organizer who is well known for her work on healthy food security, human rights, climate action and basic income. Kim and Josephine discuss the illusion of food security in Canada; the social and economic barriers facing numerous communities in urban areas; Canada’s legal and societal commitments to food security; the ways in which food intersects with climate change; and the impact a guaranteed livable income could have for food security and healthy eating in Canada. Josephine Grey is a long-time advocate and community organizer for healthy food security, human rights, climate action and basic income. In 1986, Josephine co-founded LIFT (Low Income Families of Toronto) and she was appointed as Canada’s Observer on Domestic Issues to the UN World Summit on Social Development by the Canadian federal government in 1995. Josephine works diligently to call attention to food insecurity, human rights, and climate action. She is currently involved in working towards the creation of sustainable communities by and for at risk youth and new Canadians, and the work being done to support a Guaranteed Basic Income in Canada. This episode was recorded on October 26th, 2020. Stay tuned for the next episode of Appointed! Resources mentioned during the show and further reading: Learn more about the OASIS Food Hub here (http://www.oasisfoodhub.ca/) Read the Eco-Just Food Network’s Open Letter here (https://ecojustfoodnetwork.org/) Read Senator Pate’s perspective on guaranteed livable income here (https://sencanada.ca/media/366455/senpate_glibi-perspective-document_08-15-2020_e.pdf ) Learn more about the St. James Town Community Co-op here (http://stjamestowncoop.org/) Learn more about the Conscious Minds Co-op here (https://www.consciousmindscoop.ca/) Learn more about Local Food and Farm Co-ops Network (LFFC) here (https://www.localfoodandfarm.coop/) Read Canada’s Codex Alimentarius here (https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/international-activities/codex-alimentarius.html) and its interdepartmental Committee on the Codex here (https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/international-activities/codex-alimentarius/delegations/terms-reference-interdepartmental-committee-codex.html). Read an opinion piece on the Codex here (https://www.reality-choice.org/63/codex-alimentarius-more-evil-than-evil) Read Canada’s Strategic Framework for Participation in the Joint FAO?WHO Food Standards Program here (https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/international-activities/codex-alimentarius/activities/canada-strategic-framework-participation-joint-who-food-standards-program.html) What do we know exactly about urban agriculture’s environmental impacts? (https://urbanfoodfutures.com/2018/03/29/urban-agri-env-impacts/) https://www.localfoodandfarm.coop/ https://www.nfu.ca/publications/tackling-the-farm-crisis-and-the-climate-crisis/

The fiction of food security in Canada: A conversation with Josephine Grey

On this episode of Appointed, Bonnie Brayton, the National Director of Disabled Women’s Network (DAWN) Canada, and Kim discuss the intersection of disability and inequality, with particular focus on poverty, housing, sexism, racism, unpaid caregiving in Canada, and guaranteed livable income. They identify the need for changes to C-7 (MAiD) medical assistance in dying for disabled folks and the meaning of “choice” in this context; and the actions the government must take to adequately address issues facing disabled communities. Kim and Ms Brayton also discuss the role a guaranteed livable income, coupled with comprehensive social services and assistance programs, could play in addressing systemic ableism in Canada. Bonnie Brayton is the National Executive Director of DAWN Canada and is a recognized leader in both the disability and feminist movements. Ms Brayton has been with DAWN since May 2007 and is a vocal and recognizable advocate for women with disabilities in Canada and internationally. Ms Brayton works diligently to call attention to issues impacting the lives of women with disabilities in Canada, such as housing, employment, health equity, and violence. Stay tuned for the next episode of Appointed! Resources mentioned during the show and further reading: Learn more about DAWN Canada here Read Senator Pate’s perspective on guaranteed livable income here The Supreme Court Case of Her Majesty the Queen v. Thomas Slatter (November 6th, 2020) "Extending the scope of assisted dying is wrong" by Isabel Grant in Policy Options

What is the meaning of “choices” when there are too few opportunities or supports? A discussion with Bonnie Brayton

On this episode of Appointed, we continue our guaranteed livable income discussion with Senator Murray Sinclair and Dr. Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair. Senator Sinclair, Dr. Sinclair, and Kim discuss the social, health and economic impacts of poverty and racism on our society; the ongoing economic marginalization of Indigenous Peoples; how division of powers and party politics concerns may outweigh obligations of governments to assist the people they represent; and the role a guaranteed livable income could play vis-à-vis sovereignty for First Nations. Senator Murray Sinclair is a veritable veteran of the Manitoba legal system, where he served as a member of the bar and bench for over 25 years. He was the first Indigenous Judge in Manitoba, and Canada’s second. He was Co-Chair of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry in Manitoba and Chief Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Appointed to the Senate in 2016, Senator Sinclair helped form the Independent Senators group and has sat on the Senate Standing Committees on Aboriginal/Indigenous Peoples, Fisheries and Oceans, Legal and Constitutional issues, Rules, and Ethics and Conflicts of Interest. Dr. Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair is an Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba in the department of Native Studies, as well as an activist and writer. In addition to writing a regular column for the Winnipeg Free Press, Dr. Sinclair is a frequently asked to comment on Indigenous issues on CBC, CTV, and APTV, and contribute to various newspapers and online journals. Additionally, as an active community member, Dr. Sinclair regularly patrols Winnipeg with the Mama Bear Clan, a group of volunteers predominantly led by Indigenous women, to establish and maintain community connections and ensure that community members are safe and supported. Stay tuned for the next episode in the Guaranteed Livable Income series! Resources mentioned during the show and further reading: Learn more about Senator Sinclair and his work here Connect with Dr. Niigaanwewidam Sinclair on Twitter here Learn more about Dr. Sinclair’s work here Learn more about the Mama Bear Clan here Learn more about the Bear Clan Patrol here Read Senator Pate’s perspective on guaranteed livable income here Report of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry of Manitoba here National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Final Report Truth and Reconciliation Commission Findings and Reports The Historical Context of First Nation Poverty

Guaranteed Livable Income, First Nations Sovereignty, Indigenous Self-Governance, and Economic Decolonization: A Conversation with Senator Sinclair and Dr. Sinclair

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