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 individuals and Gladue writers to prepare reports for use in sentencing, bail, appeals, long-term offender hearings, dangerous offender hearings and parole hearings. Some of the factors considered in Gladue reports include the impacts of colonization and the Indian Residential School program, discriminatory policies, systemic racism, displacement, addictions, violence and poverty.
Actions and Commitments
Call to Action # 31 : Justice (25-42)
BC First Nations Justice Council assumes management of BC’s Gladue report program
March 30, 2021Manitoba Government Helping to Keep Indigenous Women Safe in Brandon (December 5, 2024)
Oblates agree to speed up release of priests’ personnel records from residential schools (December 3, 2024)
Coroner’s probe finds 220 additional deaths at Ontario residential schools (December 2, 2024)
Legislation aligning federal laws with Indigenous rights protections receives Royal Assent (November 29, 2024)
Indigenous Bar Association Applauds Royal Assent of Bill S-13, An Act to Amend the Interpretation Act (November 29, 2024)
University of British Columbia School of Nursing (November 28, 2024)
Red Deer Polytechnic School of Health and Wellness (November 28, 2024)
Trent University Trent/Fleming School of Nursing (November 28, 2024)
Manitoba Government Adds Mental Health and Addictions Care Resources for Youth (November 28, 2024)