Approximately 60 Inuit youth in Nunavut were\nintroduced to the processes and goals of the criminal law system in workshops\ndesigned by OJEN for the Law Society of Nunavut. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the week of September 16th <\/sup>to 20th<\/sup>,\nOJEN facilitated three workshops with the Law Society of Nunavut in partnership\nwith Nunavut Legal Aid, the Public Prosecution Service of Canada and the RCMP. In the hamlet of Pangnirtung it ran twice, so\nthat the entire student population of Attagoyuk High School could\nparticipate. The Makkuttukkuvik Youth\nCentre also hosted the workshop for attendees of its drop-in program in Iqaluit.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n The workshop was centered on a mock criminal scenario\ninvolving youth in a northern community. \nWith the scenario as its starting point, the workshop participants\nfollowed the criminal law process from arrest to trial and then finally to\nsentencing in a series of interactive activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the first segment, RCMP officers and defence\ncounsel demonstrated the arrest process, with teachers and other adults taking\nthe role of the accused person. The\nclass talked through the rights and responsibilities of the both the accused\nand the officer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The next segment introduced participants to the\ncriminal trial and the roles of the legal professionals involved. Focusing on the examination in chief, youth took\nthe role of defence lawyer, deciding collectively what questions to ask the\nwitness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the last segment, participants weighed the relevance\nof factors that might influence the sentencing decision. Sentencing principals and the values\nunderlying the criminal justice system were examined. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The workshops not only gave youth a better\nunderstanding of the criminal justice system, it gave teachers and youth\nworkers an opportunity to connect with justice professionals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As OJEN\u2019s Michelle Thompson commented, \u201cIt was great\nto see relationships forming between teachers and youth workers and the lawyers\nwho will be back in their communities with circuit court. Hopefully they will continue to work together\nin the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Approximately 60 Inuit youth in Nunavut were introduced to the processes and goals of the criminal law system in workshops designed by OJEN for the Law Society of Nunavut. During the week of September 16th to 20th, OJEN facilitated three workshops with the Law Society of Nunavut in partnership with Nunavut Legal Aid, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1232,"featured_media":16305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","inline_featured_image":false,"ub_ctt_via":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-the-ojen-blog"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/ojen.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Nunavut.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Raras","author_link":"https:\/\/ojen.ca\/en\/author\/raras\/"},"yoast_head":"\n