Compassionate Justice Video Series - Lisa Kelly: The Unfinished Revolution in Youth Justice
Schedule
Fri, 06 Mar, 2026 at 10:00 am
UTC-08:00Location
Mir Centre for Peace at Selkirk College, Castlegar | Castlegar, BC
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Just over twenty years ago, Canada introduced the Youth Criminal Justice Act, sparking a quiet revolution in response to soaring youth incarceration rates. Since then, the number of young people arrested, charged, sentenced, and incarcerated has plummeted. This remarkable story of decarceration offers powerful lessons for how we think about justice today. In this talk, Professor Lisa Kelly of Queen’s University Faculty of Law situates the successes and failures of contemporary reform within the longer history of juvenile delinquency and young offender laws in Canada. And most importantly, asks what might the youth experience teach us about building a more humane and compassionate legal system for all.Join us to watch the video and discuss the speaker's ideas. Admission is free and light refreshments will be served.
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This is the third in a six-part series. For dates, times, location and descriptions of all the talks, please see https://selkirk.ca/events/compassionate-justice-video-speaker-series
Organized by the Mir Centre for Peace in collaboration with various programs at Selkirk College. This talk co-sponsored by the Social Service Worker Program. Series organized by Eglinton St George’s United Church (Toronto) with sponsorship from The Globe & Mail.
If you aren't on the Castlegar campus, you can access the recordings of past speakers on their website - https://www.compassionatejustice.ca/
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