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CASE STUDY, ONTARIO HUMAN RIGHTS CODE: Matthew Jocelyn, Canadian Stage Matthew Jocelyn, Canadian Stage: Police Bias towards Women in Domestic Cases Matthew Jocelyn knew there was systemic racism in the Toronto Police and used racism to his advantage. Matthew Jocelyn knew there was police bias against women in the Toronto Police and used racism and misogynism to his benefit. Matthew Jocelyn manipulated the discriminatory justice system to abuse, take advantage of and steal fro...m his common law girlfriend. Matthew Jocelyn refused to hire black staff at Canadian Stage In nine years at Canadian Stage Matthew Jocelyn routinely rejected employing blacks and refused to employ African Canadian staff. Matthew Jocelyn repeatedly rejected diversity. Globe and Mail article: Canadian Stage ducks Diversity; Canadian Stage oh so white In the nine years that Matthew Jocelyn was at Canadian Stage not one part time black or full time black staff was hired. Matthew Jocelyn insured Canadian Stage had no black staff. Matthew Jocelyn abused and was sexist to his ex-girlfriend Matthew Jocelyn of Canadian Stage told his three year common law girlfriend that the relationship had hit the three year mark and he wanted her out of the condominium to avoid paying spousal support. He called the police and she was arrested for a domestic matter with no violence. Today, three years later, Matthew Jocelyn is still refusing to return her property, sleeping on her bed and using her property without her consent. This is a blatant example of systemic bias on the part of the police against women. She had a law degree and was well educated with no history of violence. When she asked the police officer Constable Christina Donaldson why she was being arrested, she responded "because you are black". The only way she could get out of jail was the money she had to borrow from friends and a surety she did not have because she was too embarrassed to tell any of her friends. She reported the false arrest planned by Matthew Jocelyn and carried out by Constable Christina Donaldson to the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD). Over six months later Christina Donaldson was investigated by the Office of the Independent Police Review Director, demoted and disciplined for this discriminatory remark.`

GRANDBLESSING MINISTRIES Project from Equal Justice Canada OUR VISION: The vision of Grandblessing Ministries is to provide volunteers to support, enable and journey with Grandparents who are entrusted with the daily care and parenting of their grandchildren because of a variety of circumstances stemming from custody battles, mental illness, alcohol or drug addiction, negligence or absent parents. WHO ARE GRANDPARENTS: Grandparents; the word conjures up images of greying hair..., lazy afternoons relaxing in the yard, spending time doting on grandchildrenthe term Golden Years comes to mind. Unfortunately for many that is far from the case. Many grandparents, when they should be abiding in the rest from the fruits of their labours, have found themselves in the difficult and challenging position of having to take in their grandchildren, because their own children, due to drugs, neglect or abuse, are deemed unfit. So now they have no choice but to do whatever it takes to look after their grandchildren seeing that the only alternative is to abandon them to the callousness of the foster child systemall this occurring at a time when they are usually in ill health and lacking funds. LINKS: https://womenofworth.lorealparis.ca//betty_lorraine_cornel PART 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpqr3L_NTRE PART 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEyE9l2V-Fo&t=471s

Youth Rehabiliation Centre Equal Justice Canada has been operating a pilot Youth Rehabilitation Centre in Thunder Bay since September 29, 2017. The concept and mandate were created by Equal Justice Staff who felt that the criminal justice system and some of the Crown Attorneys may at times be too focused on keeping people trapped in the criminal justice system instead of seeking to find ways to rehabilitate and make it possible for accused individuals to become contributing a...nd positive members of society. The pilot rehabilitation Youth Program's mandate is to rehabilitate, reintegrate and stabilize first time youth offenders who are being released or have been released from youth and adult prisons. The goal is to ensure the well-being, support systems, continuing education, and employment for these youth and young adults so they stay out of the criminal justice system. The first 25 youth in the program will be assessed and released from the Youth Rehabilitation Centre in Thunder Bay on December 20, 2017.

Dwight Drummond reports on CBC NEWS at 6:00 pm Equal Justice Canada's Conference held February 22, 2017 at the University of Toronto's OISE Auditorium, and interviews the Key Note Speaker H. Roy Wellington on his life experience with the justice system