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Catalogue Entry: Privacy Act Modernization
The Department of Justice Canada has been leading efforts to modernize the federal Privacy Act, which is a key piece of Canada’s legal framework for protecting privacy... -
Catalogue Entry: Making appropriate parenting arrangements in family violence cases, 2023
This paper is a revision of the 2005 Justice Canada publication entitled Making Appropriate Parenting Arrangements in Family Violence Cases: Applying the Literature to Identify... -
Catalogue Entry: Understanding family violence in diverse communities: What subject-matter...
This report summarizes five thought papers written by subject-matter experts to assist family law legal advisers in identifying and responding to family violence in diverse... -
Catalogue Entry: Child to parent violence and aggression: Reviewing the research
Child-to-parent violence and aggression (CPVA) is described as a form of family violence characterized by a pattern (as opposed to a single incident) of violent and aggressive... -
Catalogue Entry: Experiences of Indigenous families in the family justice system: A...
The United Nations’ Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) asserts Indigenous peoples’ “right to access to and prompt decision through just and fair procedures... -
Catalogue Entry: Indigenous Justice Strategy
In consultation and cooperation with Indigenous and provincial and territorial partners, Justice Canada is developing an Indigenous Justice Strategy to address systemic... -
Catalogue Entry: Justice in Official Languages Newsletter No. 19, Summer 2023
A wind of change is blowing on official languages in Canada. In the space of a few weeks this spring, the government unveiled a new Federal Action Plan with historic investments... -
Catalogue Entry: HELP Toolkit: Identifying and Responding to Family Violence for Family Law...
Purpose of the toolkit This toolkit was developed with input from family law and family violence experts from across Canada. It is designed to: Respond to research calling for a... -
Catalogue Entry: Identifying and responding to family violence in family law cases: Results...
This report describes key findings from Justice Canada’s 2019 national Survey of Lawyers and Quebec Notaries on Family Law and Family Violence in Canada (“the 2019 survey”). The... -
Catalogue Entry: A case study of the Edmonton Police Service’s response to senior abuse
Seniors safety, including the elimination of neglect, abuse and violence against older persons (hereafter referred to as “senior abuse”), is a national and international... -
Catalogue Entry: Understanding the Development and Impact of Child Advocacy Centres (CACs)
Child Advocacy Centres (CACs) and Child and Youth Advocacy Centres (CYACs) arose out of a need to reduce stress placed on child/youth victims during sexual abuse investigations.... -
Catalogue Entry: Child Advocacy Centres (CAC) and Child and Youth Advocacy Centres (CYAC) in...
This report describes the findings from the 2022–2023 CAC/CYAC National Operational Survey. Given that many new CACs/CYACs have been established in the eight years since the... -
Catalogue Entry: Applying R v Gladue: The use of Gladue reports and principles
This study was undertaken by the Department of Justice Canada to better understand how Gladue reports are being prepared across the country and how they and Gladue principles... -
Catalogue Entry: Victims of Crime Research Digest
The Victims of Crime Research Digest will be an annual, joint publication featuring short articles dedicated to victims of crime research. Research is an important tool in... -
Catalogue Entry: National Justice Survey
The National Justice Survey is an annual public opinion research survey conducted to explore Canadians’ perceptions and knowledge of justice-related issues. Findings from the... -
Catalogue Entry: Child Support Practices in Canada: Results from the 2022 National Family Law Surveys
Since 1998, the Department of Justice Canada has conducted biennial surveysFootnote1 of lawyers’ and judges’ experiences of family law in Canada.Footnote2 These surveys collect... -
Catalogue Entry: Characteristics of child support payers and recipients
This report focuses on providing demographic and socio-economic characteristics of child support payers and recipients enrolled and not enrolled in a MEP, the compliance and... -
Catalogue Entry: Open Government at Justice Canada: A Year in Review
Justice Canada’s Open Government (OpenGov) Advisory Group is an internal advisory group that provides expert guidance and endorses the Department's open government initiatives.... -
Catalogue Entry: State of the Criminal Justice System Dashboard
The Department of Justice Canada created the first performance monitoring framework (“the Framework”) for Canada’s criminal justice system in 2019. The Framework identified... -
Catalogue Entry: Legal Aid in Canada 2022–2023
In Canada, responsibility for criminal justice is shared between the federal government for criminal law making and criminal procedure and the provincial and territorial...