Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEDisabilityEQUALITYFighting Solitary ConfinementMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPRESS RELEASESPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionYouth End to Solitary Confinement as We Know It In an extraordinary decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal has ordered an end to prolonged…CCLAMarch 28, 2019
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+ Sex Ed Legal Challenge Continues Today, CCLA formally filed its appeal of the recent Divisional Court decision that upheld the…Cara ZwibelMarch 18, 2019
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+Women The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Sex Ed Saga It was a bad day for equality but a good day for teachers, when Ontario’s…Cara ZwibelFebruary 28, 2019
EQUALITYIndigenous PeopleWomen We Demand Equal Status for Women in The Indian Act We need to get rid of sex discrimination in the Indian Act now! join us…Guest AuthorFebruary 27, 2019
Access to InformationEQUALITYFreedom of ExpressionFUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMSLGBTQ2S+ This Public Consultation on Sex Ed is Keeping a Lot Secret The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) will challenge the Government of Nova Scotia’s exceptionally broad injunction limiting…Cara ZwibelFebruary 14, 2019
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEDisabilityEQUALITYPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision Being in a wheelchair is no reason for being held in solitary Gregory Allen was placed in solitary confinement because he is in a wheelchair. He was held in…Noa Mendelsohn AvivFebruary 7, 2019
EQUALITYLGBTQ2S+Women Battles begin over the repeal of Ontario’s 2015 sex-ed curriculum In July of 2018, Education Minister Lisa Thompson announced that schools would revert to teaching the 1998…Guest AuthorJanuary 23, 2019
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEDisabilityEQUALITYFighting Solitary ConfinementMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPRESS RELEASESPrisons, Jails & Community SupervisionYouth CCLA Wins Important Battle Against Feds On Solitary Confinement The feds were scolded today by the Chief Justice of Ontario and its highest court,…CCLADecember 17, 2018
CRIMINAL JUSTICECriminal Records & Collateral ConsequencesCriminal Records & Police Record ChecksEQUALITYSentencingSocio-Economic Status WHAMMY! Supreme Court of Canada Strikes Down Canada’s Ugliest Populist Criminal Law It’s not everyday that civil libertarians hit a home run in the Supreme Court of…Michael BryantDecember 14, 2018
Conditions of ConfinementCRIMINAL JUSTICEDisabilityEQUALITYFighting Solitary ConfinementMAJOR CASES & REPORTSPRESS RELEASESPrisons, Jails & Community Supervision Rights groups challenging solitary confinement in court release joint statement on Bill C-83 Today the three organizations fighting the federal government in BC and Ontario courts on solitary…CCLAOctober 16, 2018