Program Recap: COVID and the Family Court 14 février 2022 Jean-Frédéric (J-F) Hübsch This article reviews a recent Webinar regarding Family Court decisions related to the pandemic, including vaccination and remote learning, that will interest members of the Education Law, Family Law and Child and Youth Law sections.
Reviewing the Rights of First Nations Children: Commenting on the Caring Society Litigation 16 juillet 2021 Szymon Rodomar and Wei Yang A review of the submissions made during an application for judicial review in Federal Court concerning a 2019 compensation order made by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (“CHRT”) for Indigenous victims of the discriminatory underfunding of child and family services (the “Compensation Decision”) and the CHRT’s 2020 decision regarding the definition of “First Nations child” (the “First Nations child Decision”).
Adoption and Openness - Let's Compare 24 mai 2021 Imran Kamal, barrister and solicitor, LSO Certified Specialist – Indigenous Legal Issues Recent developments in openness in adoption proceedings in Ontario are reviewed, including three decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal.
Human Rights Protections Apply - Even in a Pandemic 23 mai 2021 Amanda Dimilta, human rights and education law lawyer at bakerlaw.ca This article reviews the first merits decision of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (“HRTO”) on the role of human rights during the Covid-19 pandemic: JL v. Empower Simcoe, 2021 HRTO 222.
The Impact of Part X of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act (CYFSA) 23 avril 2021 Farhana Hossein (PBSC student volunteer at Justice for Children and Youth) A review of Part X of the CYFSA, which has sought to establish new rules for the collection, use, disclosure of, and access to, personal information held by ministry-funded and licensed service providers.
Youth Criminal Justice Records and Child Protection Proceedings 12 avril 2021 Brock Jones For young persons who become involved in both the youth criminal and family court systems, the lawful sharing or exchanging of information between them is often legally complex and fraught with the potential for errors. A case comment on Children’s Aid Society of the Districts of Sudbury and Manitoulin v. A.A., 2021 ONCJ 188.
Criminal Code s. 278 Applications And Youth Records 23 mars 2021 Brock Jones A review of recent court decisions addressing Criminal Code s. 278 applications in sexual-offence based cases where the records sought are youth records.
The Overhaul of Indigenous Child Welfare Considerations Through Federal Legislation 16 mars 2021 Imran Kamal, LSO Certified Specialist - Indigenous Legal Issues This article reviews the significance of changes to the Child, Youth and Family Services Act (Ontario, 2018) and the federal legislation An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families (2020) on child protection proceedings and Indigenous youth.
Jurisdiction, Bail, and the YCJA: R v TJM, 2021 SCC 6 24 février 2021 Brock Jones A review of the Supreme Court of Canada's decision of R v TJM, 2021 SCC 6, which address the jurisdiction of the Superior Court of Justice for youth bail hearings.
M.A.A. v. D.E.M.E., 2020 ONCA 486: Child may not be returned from Canada before refugee claim is determined 02 novembre 2020 Maryellen Symons On August 29, 2020, the Ontario Court of Appeal rendered an important decision on the priority between a child’s refugee claim and a parent’s application for return of the child to another country. Maryellen Symons summarizes the key points of this decision.