Justice In Our Times

Justice information, news and resources for British Columbians.

Featured Lecture Video
  • Central American Crime: Justice In Our Times

    Central American Crime: Justice In Our Times

    On January 27, the Society gathered a panel of speakers with differing perspectives of the international impact of Central American crime.

    Topics included the evolution of gangs in El Salvador, the legal and social impact of Central American crime in BC, and the Society's work to strengthen the region's justice systems.

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  • Gang Wars: Justice In Our Times

    Gang Wars: Justice In Our Times

    Gang Wars: Justice in Our Times featured four panelists discussing how our justice system and communities can better respond to BC's gang problem.

    Watch the event, which covered numerous topics including legislation changes, witness protection, publication bans and early intervention.


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  • Aboriginal Justice In Our Times

    Aboriginal Justice In Our Times

    On March 3rd, a panel of notable speakers presented thought-provoking ideas and opinions on legal issues facing the Aboriginal community.


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  • Pioneering in the Fight against Human Trafficking

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    In November 2008, Patsy Sorensen, founder and director of the Belgian non-governmental organization Payoke, delivered a presentation titled "Pioneering in the Fight Against Human Trafficking" to a crowded room at SFU Harbour Centre.

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Justice News

Changes needed to prevent another serial killer: expert

Metro Vancouver’s police forces made the same mistakes that other disorganized jurisdictions made around the world in allowing a serial killer to slip between their fingers and there will be more such murders if changes aren’t made, a criminal profiler predicts.

SOURCE: CTV.ca

Sex offender ‘afraid for his safety’ if he returns to Sechelt

A Sechelt man who used the Internet to draw two girls to his apartment for sex says he will not return to the Sunshine Coast community when he is released from jail.

SOURCE: The Province

HIV-positive man again guilty after second trial

An HIV-positive man was convicted of charges Monday related to having unprotected sex with women without telling them about his condition.

SOURCE: The Province

Mounties watched HIV-positive woman have sex in cellblock: reports

Mounties in Kamloops are refusing to respond to media reports that an HIV-positive woman had a sexual encounter with another woman in an RCMP detachment holding cell as four officers and three municipal staff looked on and did nothing to stop them.

SOURCE: Montreal Gazette

Chief justice is unlikely to nix HST, save Liberal bacon

B.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Bauman could still save the Liberals’ HST bacon by ruling that the manner in which the tax was enacted violated the constitution.

SOURCE: Vancouver Sun