Over the next 12 months, OJEN will tailor the Navigating Police Procedures (NPE) program for vulnerable, racialized youth audiences in Ottawa with a grant from Crime Prevention Ottawa (CPO). The NPE program was developed in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, which focused world-wide attention on racial injustice. It responds to numerous […]
The OBA-OJEN Competitive Mock Trial (OOCMT) program has undergone some changes this year to adapt to the Covid-19 pandemic. After consulting with teachers throughout the province, OJEN has created a plan to allow as many students as possible to participate in the program. To accommodate both the quadmester system used by many school boards, and […]
On November 17th, OJEN staff, directors and guests met by Zoom for our 18th Annual General Meeting (AGM). Approximately 60 people attended the virtual event to celebrate a successful year of justice education activities and to honour three OJEN award recipients. Board Co-Chair, Justice Katrina Mulligan of the Ontario Court of Justice, opened the AGM […]
Every year, grade 5 students from around the province take part in OJEN’s Poster Challenge Program! Working with their teachers and with OJEN materials to learn about the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the students choose the Charter right that means the most to them and design beautiful posters that represent why that right […]
Every year, grade 5 students from around the province take part in OJEN’s Poster Challenge Program! Working with their teachers and with OJEN materials to learn about the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the students choose the Charter right that means the most to them and design beautiful posters that represent why that right […]
Every year, grade 5 students from around the province take part in OJEN’s Poster Challenge Program! Working with their teachers and with OJEN materials to learn about the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the students choose the Charter right that means the most to them and design beautiful posters that represent why that right […]
Every year, grade 5 students from around the province take part in OJEN’s Poster Challenge Program! Working with their teachers and with OJEN materials to learn about the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the students choose the Charter right that means the most to them and design beautiful posters that represent why that right […]
Every year, grade 5 students from around the province take part in OJEN’s Poster Challenge Program! Working with their teachers and with OJEN materials to learn about the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the students choose the Charter right that means the most to them and design beautiful posters that represent why that right […]
Students from schools across Ontario participated in OJEN’s first province-wide Twitter Moot. The online debate focused on the question – should we allow peremptory challenges in criminal jury trials? Before the event, participants prepared for the moot with the aid of an OJEN resource package including background information and a suggested reading list. Based on […]
Congratulations to those of you who are wrapping up the first, challenging quadmester of the 2020-21 school calendar! Many of you have had to work in new ways and new subject areas. OJEN is committed to supporting you with your law-related classes however you may find yourself teaching them! One way we are adapting to […]
Are you looking for an engaging activity that works for both virtual or physical classrooms? The Charter Challenge is Ontario’s only mock appeal competition for secondary schools, and it adapts well as both a remote and in-person activity for students anywhere in the province. OJEN will release a mock judicial decision in which complex Charter […]
