The Law and Youth Toronto

10/23/2014

2 days until the 8th Annual Law and Youth Workshop! 145 youth are preregistered for our largest session yet, at the 519 Church Street Community Centre on October 24th.

To those who have registered:

Please get there by 8:30 a.m. for registration. The closest subway station on the Yonge-University line is Wellesley, and the closest subway station on the Bloor-Danforth line is Bloor-Yonge Station.

Lunch will be provided free of charge. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

07/08/2014

Check out the Raging Asian Women Taiko Drummer's shout-out to The Law and Youth at Toronto's WorldPride!!

03/31/2014

"...the problem is that many youth do not receive legal counsel from the moment they are arrested. Rather, they face delays which can significantly affect the outcome of their interaction with the justice system."

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/senator-mobina-jaffer/visible-minority-legal-counsel_b_5045199.html

The fact of the matter is that many at risk visible minority youth come from backgrounds of poverty where they are unable to afford their own legal counsel which means they must rely on the government legal aid program. Federal government funding to provinces and territories to provide legal aid ser...

03/26/2014

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/03/03/canada_failing_homeless_youth_report_charges.html

Stress on emergency assistance, not prevention, solves little in the long run, professor says.

10/31/2013

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/25/us/rebecca-sedwick-bullying-su***de-case/?iref=obinsite

The cyberbullying case in which two girls, ages 14 and 12, face felony stalking charges in the su***de of a 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick marks "a tipping point"

10/29/2013

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/29/living/bullying-friends/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

Experts say bullying among friends can be especially traumatic because it's a betrayal by people in positions of trust.

10/29/2013

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24653643

In 1996, a black teenager protected a white man from an angry mob who thought he supported the racist Klu Klux Klan. The young woman's bravery is still inspiring people today.

10/28/2013

http://us.cnn.com/2013/10/16/us/georgia-school-cafeteria-s*x-act/?iref=obnetwork

Two high school students in Georgia face charges after a s*x act allegedly was performed during lunch in the school cafeteria, a school official says.

10/28/2013

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dal-transgender-student-claims-harassment-from-staff-1.2253583

A transgender student at Dalhousie University says she has been harassed by workers at the campus cafeteria.

10/23/2013

REMINDER: Law and Youth 7th Annual Workshop on Friday, 25th of October

Registrants should aim to get to the workshop at 8:30 a.m. The workshop takes place at the 519 Centre at 519, Church Street (Just north of Wellesley Street, on the east side).

You can take the Yonge-University-Spadina subway line, and get off at the Wellesley station. Then, walk east to the Wellesley-Church intersection, and then walk north on Church Street. It is about a five minute walk.

Alternatively, you can also get off at the Bloor/Yonge station, and walk east on Bloor Street to Church Street, and then walk south on Church Street. This route will take approximately ten minutes.

Lunch is being provided free of charge.

10/21/2013

Bullies need scapegoats to draw attention away from their own shortcomings.

10/19/2013

Acceptance, inclusion, tolerance.

Let's take up this direction; not an abusive practice with inevitable failure.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/302/514/791/ban-gay-conversion-programs-in-canada/?z00m=20649680

Many countries are no longer supporting the movement to "cure" homos*xuals. Even Exodus International,...