Anti-Black Racism: A Discussion with the Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) – Webinar – 2021-03-31
A webinar presented by the North York Local Human Services and Justice Coordinating Committee on March 31, 2021. Learning Objectives/Discussion Overview: What is anti-Black racism
Influence of Race in the Deep End of the Juvenile Justice System
Racial inequalities pervade U.S. justice systems and are the focus of a growing body of research. However, there are fewer studies on racial disparities in
Institutionalizing inequality in the courts: Decomposing racial and ethnic disparities in detention, conviction, and sentencing [2020]
A significant body of literature has examined racial and ethnic inequalities in sentencing, focusing on how individual court actors make decisions, but fewer scholars have
Land and nature as sources of health and resilience among Indigenous youth in an urban Canadian context: a photovoice exploration [2020]
BackgroundPopulation and environmental health research illustrate a positive relationship between access to greenspace or natural environments and peoples’ perceived health, mental health, resilience, and overall
Mentors’ experiences of mentoring justice‐involved adolescents: A narrative of developing cultural consciousness through connection [2020]
Mentoring provides a relational intervention that can promote positive youth development among adolescents who are involved in the juvenile justice system. The perspectives of mentors
Negative Police Encounters and Police Avoidance as Pathways to Depressive Symptoms Among US Black Men, 2015–2016 [2020]
Objectives. To examine negative police encounters and police avoidance as mediators of incarceration history and depressive symptoms among US Black men and to assess the
Predictors of graduation and criminal recidivism: Findings from a drug court that primarily serves African Americans [2020]
Drug courts are an alternative to incarceration for individuals who have substance use disorders. The drug court model is guided by key interventions (e.g., required
Psychosocial factors associated with the mental health of indigenous children living in high income countries: a systematic review [2017]
BackgroundIndigenous children living in high income countries have a consistently high prevalence of mental health problems. We aimed to identify psychosocial risk and protective factors
Psychosocial stressors contributing to emergency psychiatric service utilization in a sample of ethno-culturally diverse clients with psychosis in Toronto [2017]
BackgroundUnderstanding the psychosocial stressors of people with psychoses from minority ethnic groups may help in the development of culturally appropriate services. This study aimed to
Racist Algorithms or Systemic Problems? Risk Assessments and Racial Disparities [2020]
As recent and historical events attest, racial and ethnic disparities are widely engrained into the justice system. Recently, scholars and policymakers have raised concerns that
The impact of indigenous cultural identity and cultural engagement on violent offending [2017]
BackgroundPossessing a strong cultural identity has been shown to protect against mental health symptoms and buffer distress prompted by discrimination. However, no research to date
The Importance of Collecting Race-Based Data Across the Health Care and Justice Systems
Provincial HSJCC 2019 Conference Keynote Panel Discussion | Monday, November 4th, 2019 This panel discussion was focused on the importance of collecting race-based data across
The Muslimah Project: A Collaborative Inquiry into Discrimination and Muslim Women’s Mental Health in a Canadian Context [2020]
Prior research in Europe and North America demonstrates that religious discrimination against Muslim people, commonly known as Islamophobia, results in many negative mental health impacts,
The utility of the Psychopathy Checklist‐Revised (PCL‐R) facet and item scores in predicting violent recidivism [2020]
There is relatively limited research on psychopathy in non‐Caucasian ethnic groups and even less on the utility of the Psychopathy Checklist‐Revised (PCL‐R) that focuses on
Traditional Indigenous medicine in North America: A scoping review [2020]
BackgroundDespite the documented continued use of traditional healing methods, modalities and its associated practitioners by Indigenous groups across North America, it is presumed that widespread
Treatment of alcohol use disorder among people of South Asian ancestry in Canada and the United States: A narrative review [2018]
To explore access and treatment for alcohol use disorders (AUDs) among people of South Asian ancestry living in Canada or the United State, EQUATOR guidelines
What can primary care services do to help First Nations people with unhealthy alcohol use? A systematic review: Australia, New Zealand, USA and Canada [2020]
BackgroundFirst Nations peoples of Australia, New Zealand, the United States of America (USA) and Canada are more likely to be non-drinkers than other people in
What is the prevalence of current alcohol dependence and how is it measured for Indigenous people in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States of America? A systematic review [2020]
BackgroundAlcohol affects Indigenous communities globally that have been colonised. These effects are physical, psychological, financial and cultural. This systematic review aims to describe the prevalence
Working together in Aboriginal health: a framework to guide health professional practice [2020]
BackgroundWorking effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is important for maximising the effectiveness of a health care interaction between and Aboriginal and Torres
You just have to have other models, our DNA is different: the experiences of indigenous people who use illicit drugs and/or alcohol accessing substance use treatment [2020]
ObjectivesIn Canada, and elsewhere, indigenous peoples who use illicit drugs and/or alcohol (IPWUID/A) commonly experience vulnerability and a disproportionate burden of harm related to substance
