On this Episode, Senator Kim Pate is joined by Professor Peter Graefe from McMaster University’s School of Labour Studies. Kim and Dr. Graefe discuss McMaster University’s “COVID Economic and Social

Note: This episode was recorded in February 2021, and contains references to African Heritage Month. Episode Summary: On this Episode, Senator Kim Pate is joined by Professor Justin Piché. Kim and Justin discuss his prison-related “wish list”, which r

On this episode of Appointed, Justice Harry S. LaForme, former Superior Court of Justice and Ontario Court of Appeal judge, and Kim talk about punishment in Canada’s criminal legal system. More specifically, they discuss mandatory minimum penalties and ho

On this episode of Appointed, Dr. Val Napoleon, Professor and Law Foundation Chair of Indigenous Justice and Governance at the University of Victoria, and Kim discuss the large role that law plays in our society, the importance and transformative power of

On this episode of our wish list series, Kim asks MP Greg Fergus what he would like to see happen in 2021. MP Fergus would like to see collective and united work on criminal legal reforms and work that fights against racism, sexism, COVID-19 and climate c

On this episode of our wish list series, Kim asks Joshua Sealy-Harrington what he would like to see happen in 2021. Here is his wish list: (1) full decriminalization of personal drug possession, (2) defunding police and (3) taking systemic sentencing disp

On this episode of Appointed, Kim kicks off the first episode of our wish list series with a conversation with The Honourable Louise Arbour.

On this episode of Appointed, Kim and Sarah Jama discuss the impact Bill C-7 (“An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying)”) could have on racialized people with disabilities. They talk about Sarah’s work with the Disability Justice Ne

On this episode of Appointed, Kim speaks with Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard about the need for action to tackle anti-Black racism in Canada. They talk about the need to create equitable social, education and economic practices, policies and approaches that

On this episode of Appointed, in the wake of calls to Defund the Police, Kim speaks with Asante Haughton and Rachel Bromberg, two mental health advocates and the founders of “Reach Out Response Network,” about shifting mental health responses to an anti-o