CORRECTION: The BCFNJC and FNLC Congratulate Honourable Leonard Marchand, Jr.’s Appointment as Chief Justice of British Columbia and the Yukon Court of Appeal
The BCFNJC and the FNLC applauds Chief Justice Marchand’s appointment as it is consistent with the Strategy 23 of the BC First Nations Justice Strategy which called for the development of a coordinated strategy to increase the number of First Nations people serving as judges in British Columbia. The BCFNJC and the FNLC celebrate Chief Justice Marchand’s appointment and hold it up to be the first of many more appointments of First Nations judiciary in B.C.
Silos and Silence No More: BCFNJC Releases What We Heard Report from its 2023 First Nations Justice Forum
Report Captures Key Insights and Priorities from Rightsholders on Transforming the Justice System and Advancing the BC First Nations Justice Strategy.
OVER-REPRESENTATION OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN IN FEDERAL PRISON
Recent study shows, for the first time, half the female population incarcerated in Federal Prisons are Indigenous.