"Alternatives and solutions..."

"...to the Colonial Justice System..."

Students of the Bachelor of Justice program will explore traditional, pre-colonial Indigenous justice systems developed over millennia ... leading to advanced education as lawyers, judges and other justice-related professions.

We are reinstating cultural methods, traditional teachings and restorative practices in the justice process for Indigenous Peoples as alternatives and solutions to the colonial justice system.

Outcomes will include developing future teachers of Indigenous justice throughout Ontario, and careers in law enforcement, probation, parole and corrections.

TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS JUSTICE SYSTEMS:

When thinking of pre-Columbian America, forget what you’ve seen in the Disney movies. Think “slavery, cannibalism and mass human sacrifice.”

From the Aztecs to the Iroquois, that was life among the indigenous peoples before Columbus arrived.

THEY DO HAVE A CERTAIN EXPERTISE:

"The agency also examined the identities of those accused of homicide. It found almost a third of people accused of [homicide] last year were aboriginal.

The rate of aboriginal people accused was 10 times higher than the rate for non-indigenous people.

By gender, aboriginal people accounted for 30 per cent of men accused of homicide and 51 per cent of accused women."