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Nova Scotia Home For Colored Children Restorative Inquiry: Council Of Parties Third Public Report, Jennifer Llewellyn, Jean Flynn, Chief Judge Pam Williams, Deborah Emmerson, Michael Dull, Dean Smith, Wayn Hamilton, George Gray, Tony Smith, Gerald Morrison, Joan Jones
Nova Scotia Home For Colored Children Restorative Inquiry: Council Of Parties Third Public Report, Jennifer Llewellyn, Jean Flynn, Chief Judge Pam Williams, Deborah Emmerson, Michael Dull, Dean Smith, Wayn Hamilton, George Gray, Tony Smith, Gerald Morrison, Joan Jones
Reports & Public Policy Documents
The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children Restorative Inquiry was established following a 17-year journey for justice by former residents of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children (NSHCC, or the Home). It was established under the authority of the Public Inquiries Act following a collaborative design process involving former residents, Government, and community members.
This public inquiry was the first of its kind in Canada to take a restorative approach. The Inquiry was a part of the Government of Nova Scotia’s commitment to respond to the institutional abuse and other failures of care experienced by former residents of the …
Nova Scotia Home For Colored Children Restorative Inquiry: Council Of Parties Second Public Report, Jennifer Llewellyn, Jean Flynn, Chief Judge Pam Williams, Deborah Emmerson, Michael Dull, Dean Smith, Wayn Hamilton, George Gray, Tony Smith, Gerald Morrison, Joan Jones
Nova Scotia Home For Colored Children Restorative Inquiry: Council Of Parties Second Public Report, Jennifer Llewellyn, Jean Flynn, Chief Judge Pam Williams, Deborah Emmerson, Michael Dull, Dean Smith, Wayn Hamilton, George Gray, Tony Smith, Gerald Morrison, Joan Jones
Reports & Public Policy Documents
The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children Restorative Inquiry was established following a 17-year journey for justice by former residents of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children (NSHCC, or the Home). It was established under the authority of the Public Inquiries Act following a collaborative design process involving former residents, Government, and community members.
This public inquiry was the first of its kind in Canada to take a restorative approach. The Inquiry was a part of the Government of Nova Scotia’s commitment to respond to the institutional abuse and other failures of care experienced by former residents of the …
On The "Poverty Of Responsibility": A Study Of The History Of Child Protection Law And Jurisprudence In Nova Scotia, Ilana Luther
On The "Poverty Of Responsibility": A Study Of The History Of Child Protection Law And Jurisprudence In Nova Scotia, Ilana Luther
PhD Dissertations
This thesis presents a history of child protection law and jurisprudence in Nova Scotia. The thesis begins by examining the development of the first child protection statute in Canada, the Nova Scotia Prevention and Punishment of Wrongs to Children Act in 1882. The Act was developed amidst a climate of reform in late-19th century Halifax, at the urging of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The Act, along with a number of other pieces of “domestic relations” legislation at the time, was focused on protecting children in poverty. With the passing of the Act, the legislature not …