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Community Justice

• Australian Institute of Criminology - Restorative Justice in Australia
• Canadian Directory of Restorative Justice Programs
• The Centre for Restorative Justice at Simon Fraser University
• Chilliwack, BC, Restorative Justice Board
• Kaslo Restorative Justice Committee
• Native Law Centre of Canada - University of Saskatchewan
• Nova Scotia - Department of Justice
• Prison Fellowship International - Restorative Justice
• Restorative Justice On-line Notebook

Corrections

• Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
• Correctional Services Canada
• National Parole Board of Canada
• Solicitor General of Canada

Courts

• Access to Justice Network (ACJNet)
• British Columbia Courts
• Canadian Legal Information Institute (CANLII) Cases from the BC Supreme Court and Court of Appeal are available in full text. Loaded the day of decision, and archived since January 1996. Searchable.
• Law Society of Yukon
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  • Charter Collection
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  • Supreme Court of Canada News Releases on the Internet

Crime Prevention

• Crime Prevention Links
• Real Justice Conferencing in Criminal Justice
• National Crime Prevention Centre - Department of Justice
• National Crime Prevention Strategy

Criminal Justice Statistics

• Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile 1998
  (FREE downloadable publication from Statistics Canada)
• An Overview of the Differences between Police-Reported and Victim-Reported Crime, 1997
  (FREE downloadable publication from Statistics Canada)

Family Violence

• BC Institute Against Family Violence
• Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile 1998
  (FREE downloadable publication from Statistics Canada)
• The National Clearinghouse on Family Violence - Health Canada

Firearms

• Canadian Firearms Centre - Department of Justice, Canada
  The information contained in this site has been posted by the Communications Group within the Canadian Firearms Centre (CFC). As the Firearms Act moves closer to implementation, the requests for information have increased significantly at their 1-800 number. In an effort to accommodate the public, documents are systematically produced and distributed in order to keep the public informed. This site contains their most recent and accurate information.

Human Rights

• Amnesty International
• Canadian Human Rights Commission
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• Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse du Quebec
• Manitoba Human Rights Commission
• Media Awareness Network
• National Institute of Disability Management and Research
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• Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission
• Ontario Human Rights Commission
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• The Human Rights Research and Education Centre
  Le Centre de recherche et d'enseignement sur les droits de la personne of the University of Ottawa - a national centre devoted to the fields of equality rights, fundamental freedoms and social and economic rights, both domestic and international.
• United Nations Association in Canada
• United Nations Human Rights Page
• United Nations Organization
• Women's Human Rights Resources
• Yukon Human Rights Commission

Policing

• Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Victim Services

• Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime
• CAVEAT (Canadians Against Violence Everywhere Advocating Its Termination)
  CAVEAT's mission is to contribute to the creation and maintenance of a just, peaceful society through public education, changes to the justice system, and ensuring the rights of victims. This can only be achieved by a significant reduction in both the number of occurrences of violence and the severity or impact of such violence.
• Justice for All
• National Crime Victims' Center
• NVCAN (National Victims' Constiutional Amendment Network)
• Office for Victims of Crime, United States Department of Justice
• Victim Assistance Online
• Victim Information Line for National Parole Board
• Victim Offender Mediation Association (VOMA)
• Victim-Offender Reconciliation Program. Information and Resource Center
• White Ribbon Campaign
• Yukon Family Violence Directory

Violence Against Women

• Bora Laskin Law Library (UofT) - Violence Against Women Resources
• Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children - University of Western Ontario
• Child Abuse: Statistics, Research, and Resources, by Jim Hopper, Ph.D.
• Domestic Violence Information Center
• Domestic Violence Resources - Sponsored by The Paladin Group
• National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect
• NOW and Violence Against Women (National Organization for Women)
• The Project for Research on Welfare, Work, and Domestic Violence - University of Michigan. School of Social Work
• Recovered Memories of Sexual Abuse: Scientific Research and Scholarly Resources
• Sexual Assault Information Page
• Status of Women Canada
  Status of Women Canada (SWC) is the federal government agency which promotes gender equality, and the full participation of women in the economic, social, cultural and political life of the country. SWC focuses its work in three areas: improving women's economic autonomy and well-being, eliminating systemic violence against women and children, and advancing women's human rights.
• Violence Against Women Resources

Contact Us:

Department of Justice
Government of Yukon
Andrew A. Philipsen Law Centre
2130 Second Avenue
Box 2703
Whitehorse, Yukon
Canada Y1A 2C6
 
Phone: (867) 667-3033
Toll free (In Yukon): 1-800-661-0408, local 3033
Fax: (867) 393-6272
justice@gov.yk.ca