Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS): Crime & Impunity

  This project will compile information on criminal and scandalous activities of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) from its founding in 1984 to the present. It will attempt to track the consequences for CSIS of each scandal which has come to light. Finally, it will analyse the data according to a set of questions [...]

Research and Writing project – Montreal Media Co-Op

The Montreal Media Co-op is looking for a student, preferably in Journalism or Communications, to undertake a research and writing project for the upcoming semester. The student would be expected to work with members of the MMC is researching one or several topics through various means, including Access to Information Requests, archival research and interviews. [...]

A Brief History of Incarceration in Canada

We are seeking an overview as to how public policy has influenced incarceration levels in Canada over the past fifty years to help us contextualize other work we are doing on HIV prevention in prisons. This request does not entail primary research but rather the collection and synthesis of a broad range of information on [...]

Mailroom Policy and Sexual Censorship at Canadian Prisons

Organization: Prisoner Correspondence Project The student completing this project will conduct primary research compiling the mailroom policies of Canada’s 58 federal prisons (i.e. what is permitted in), with particular attention paid to pornography, erotica, and queer content. The information will be provided to prospective penpals, as well as used by the Prisoner Correspondence Project to [...]

Drug Laws and Incarceration in Canada

Organization: ReCon Project description: Already there is substantial body of literature which addresses the impact of U.S. drug laws on incarceration. Much less has been written on the issue in Canada. As penal institutions, parole officers, and police “toughen up” their responses to drug infractions, it is crucial that Canadians know how drug laws affect [...]

Recidivism Within the Confines of the Life Sentence

Organization: Re-Con Project description: Recently, federally life-sentenced prisoners (lifers) in Canada have been facing both longer sentences and tightening parole conditions. Although the government frames these increasingly restrictive sentencing policies as being responses to high recidivism rates, the direction of causation between recidivism and policy remains unclear. Some preliminary questions which need answering are: 1) [...]

Demystifying the Life Sentence in Canada

Organization: Re-Con Project description: The life sentence in Canada replaced the death penalty after its abolition in the 1970s. Many Canadians still know little about what a “life sentence” really means and what it entails for the person sentenced. A lack of accessible information makes it particularly difficult for life-sentenced prisoners (lifers) and their families [...]

Evaluating the Judicial Review in Canada

Organization: Re-Con Project description: The Judicial Review is a federal program established in the 1970s in response to criticism of right-wing sentencing policies. Fifteen years into a sentence, a prisoner may pass before the Judicial Review to earn a reduction in their minimum sentence – i.e. an earlier date for parole eligibility. However, the Judicial [...]

(Français) Les rouages du système de déontologie policière au Québec et ses impacts concrets.

Organization: Le Collectif opposé à la brutalité policière (COBP) Le Collectif opposé à la brutalité policière (COBP) est un collectif autonome regroupant des personnes affectées ou concernées par les abus et la brutalité policières. Depuis sa création en 1995, le COBP se donne pour mission de dénoncer les abus et violences policières, d’informer les gens [...]

(Français) Comparaison des modèles de déontologie policière au Québec et en Ontario

Organization: Le Collectif opposé à la brutalité policière (COBP) Le Collectif opposé à la brutalité policière (COBP) est un collectif autonome regroupant des personnes affectées ou concernées par les abus et la brutalité policières. Depuis sa création en 1995, le COBP se donne pour mission de dénoncer les abus et violences policières, d’informer les gens [...]

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