Publications

Academic papers, commentary and other publications featuring our lawyers.

Canada’s Correctional Service Is Beyond Reform 

The Hills Times, 2026 Amy Matychuk & Charlotte Sheasby, 2026

Restoring What Was Always Ours: Reclaiming the Right To Define Indigenous Identity

Herizons, 2026 by Carlie Kane

Assessing Public Confidence in the CRCC in Nunavut

CanLii, 2026 by Victoria Perrie

Daanis the Judge

Pemmican Publications Inc., 2026  by Victoria Perrie

Northern Lights, Southern Justice

Nunavut Law Foundation , 2025 by Victoria Perrie

Dorsey v Canada: A Rare and Necessary Advancement for Prisoners’ Rights

ABLawg, 2025 by Amy Matychuk

Foresights for Human Rights 2024 Preliminary Report

Manitoba Access to Justice, 2025 by Lou Lamari

Aboriginal Law Resources

Centre for Human Rights Research, University of Manitoba, 2024 by Carlie Kane

The Role of Libraries in Enhancing Access to Justice in Canada

Manitoba Access to Justice, 2024 by Lou Lamari

Canada’s prison system is still vastly transphobic

Xtra Magazine | January 9, 2024

How K-12 Math and Reading Contribute to A2J

Manitoba Access to Justice, 2024 by Lou Lamari

Community Advocacy & Legal Centre Report Highlights

Manitoba Access to Justice, 2024 by Lou Lamari

Notes from Access to Justice Week

Manitoba Access to Justice, 2024 by Lou Lamari

Reflections on the “Pride in Health” Conference at the University of Manitoba

Manitoba Access to Justice, 2024 by Lou Lamari

Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice “Families and the Law” Conference

Manitoba Access to Justice, 2024 by Lou Lamari

Treaty 3: Honouring Its Truths

Canadian Museum for Human Rights, 2023 by Carlie Kane

Trans women in federal custody: We know the headlines, but what are the facts?

Law 360, 2023 by Amy Matychuk

John v Edmonton Police Service: Guilty of Being a Black Man

AB Lawg, 2023 by Amy Matychuk

Experiences of Indigenous Families in the Justice System 

Government of Canada, 2023 by Victoria Perrie

Indigenous Legal Issues during COVID-19

Indigenous Bar Association, 2023 by Victoria Perrie

Why does Corrections Canada prohibit Quewezance from speaking to media?

At the Forks, 2022 by Carlie Kane

Trans women in federal custody: We know the headlines, but what are the facts?

Law 360, 2022 by Amy Matychuk

Polar Barristers Newsletter

Law Society Newsletter, 2021 by Victoria Perrie

R v Boudreau: Senior Crown Recused Due to Hostility, “Animus” Toward Accused

ABLawg, 2021 by Amy Matychuk

What A2J should mean in Nunavut 

Law 360, 2021 by Victoria Perrie

Women Leading in Law

Cowling Legal, 2020 by Victoria Perrie

Canada v Chhina: Supreme Court Makes Habeas Corpus Available to Immigration Detainees

ABLawg, 2019 by Amy Matychuk

R v Shoemaker: Alberta Court of Appeal Tells Corrections Canada to Follow Its Own Rules

ABLawg, 2019 by Amy Matychuk

Boulachanis v Canada: Transgender Inmate Moved to Women’s Prison

AB Lawg, 2019 by Amy Matychuk

Addressing Gender Based Violence in Malaysia through CEDAW’s Concluding Obvs

JSTOR, 2019 by Victoria Perrie

Gladue Factors: Still Not a “Race-Based Discount”

ABLawg, 2019 by Amy Matychuk

Turning a Blind Eye? The Scope of the Charter Right to a Representative Jury

ABLawg, 2019 by Amy Matychuk

Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench Introduces the Accelerated Habeas Corpus Review Procedure

ABLawg, 2018 by Amy Matychuk

R v Barton Case Commentary

CanLii Connects, 2018 by Victoria Perrie

Eighteen Years of Inmate Litigation Culminates with Some Success in the SCC’s Ewert v Canada

ABLawg, 2018 by Amy Matychuk

CEDAW: A Tool for Addressing Violence Against Women

by Victoria Perrie, 2018

R v Acera: Responding to the Call to Action in Jordan Via Detention Review Hearings

ABLawg, 2017 by Amy Matychuk

“Beyond This Court’s Capacity”: Habeas Corpus Hearings Restricted to Liberty Remedies Only

ABLawg, 2017 by Amy Matychuk

Charter Violations Inside Prisons: Irremediable in the Name of Protecting the Public?

ABLawg, 2017 by Amy Matychuk

Ewanchuk Continues to Treat Habeas Corpus as an All-Purpose Remedy

ABLawg, 2017 by Amy Matychuk

The Alberta Energy Regulator Grants Rare Participation Rights to Three Indigenous Groups

ABLawg, 2017 by Amy Matychuk

When the Burden of Proving Institutional Bias Rests on a Prisoner

ABLawg, 2016 by Amy Matychuk

Costs to the Respondent: Discouraging Habeas Corpus Applications

ABLawg, 2016 by Amy Matychuk

Copyright Primer

Creative Manitoba, 2016 by Victoria Perrie

Solitary Confinement Trial Updates

British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, 2017 by Victoria Perri