Podcast appearances and mentions of Kim Pate

Two years ago, the RCMP closed its investigation into allegations of political interference made by former Justice Minister Judy-Wilson Raybould – but Democracy Watch director Duff Conacher says the case should be re-opened. A new report looks at the costs of implementing a guaranteed basic income, a program Senator Kim Pate says is long overdue. That's on Nation to Nation.

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On this episode of Appointed, Kim speaks with her friend and colleague, Senator Bernadette Clement, about the intersection of poverty and racism in Canada. Senator Clement speaks from her experience in the Senate, municipal politics, and her career as a legal aid lawyer. Senator Clement still works as a practicing lawyer as well as being a Senator! Listen to their conversation, and how a guaranteed basic livable income could support Black Canadians.Notes:Information Materials re: Facts about Guaranteed Liveable Basic Income can be read hereAbout Colour of Poverty Fact Sheet can be read here; more about Colour of Poverty hereInformation on Dr. Jane Phillpot's “Fixing Family Medicine” can be read hereBill S-233, An Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income can be found here

On this episode of Appointed, Senator Kim Pate speaks with Ottawa City Councillors, Theresa Kavanagh and Marty Carr. This fabulous duo successfully presented a motion on July 10, 2024, supporting a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income. They were inspired by the Ottawa Board of Health June 17, 2024 resolution supporting a Basic Income Guarantee for all people over the age of 17 as a means of addressing poverty, the number one social determinant of ill health.Kim and the Councillors discuss the importance of a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income, the potential it has to support safety, autonomy, the social determinants of health, and other inequities faced by Ottawa citizens and Canadians more broadly.Councillor Carr represents the area of Alta Vista, and Councillor Kavanagh is the councillor for the By Ward region of Ottawa.__________________________________Senator Pate's Guaranteed Livable Basic Income Fact Sheets can be read hereCity Council Motion to Support a Guaranteed Basic Income for Canadians available here & hereOttawa City Council Backs Basic Income can be watched hereBill S-233, An Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income can be read hereAn Op-Ed by Councillor Marty Carr can be found here

On Know Your Rights, Danielle McLaughlin and her guest Senator Kim Pate reflect on the funding announced Tuesday for the Canada Disability Benefit.

Michael Babcock has our Tech Talk, which includes a shout out to his newly purchased audio interface, and a how to guide on using Google Suite tools and features. Toxins in drinking water are associated with severe health issues affecting many communities across the country. Is Canada doing enough to keep drinking water safe? Grant Hardy discusses this and more on our headlines segment. The newest episode of Our Community, NL Deaf Choir, sheds a spotlight on the first choir in the Atlantic provinces whose membership is deaf. We learn more with choir Member Paula Coggins. Ottawa Community Reporter Kim Kilpatrick highlights Rose in the Machine, the story of a mother seeking to understand her daughter living with Autism. And, she gives us updates on new ways to contact Ottawa's para transportation services. Orientation and Mobility Specialist Mark Rankin goes through the O&M scope of practice, discusses how it is changing, and considers how technology will continue to impact the discipline. On Know Your Rights, Danielle McLaughlin and her guest Senator Kim Pate reflect on the funding announced Tuesday for the Canada Disability Benefit.

It is undeniable that poverty and income inequality are two of Canada's most pressing issues. But it is less clear what policy solutions need to be enacted to address these problems. In response to these challenges, some policy practitioners have called for the implementation of an unconditional Basic Income that would be accessible to all Canadians. Bill S-233, An Act to develop a national framework for a guaranteed livable basic income, is a clear example of this response. Proponents of a Basic Income present the policy framework as a simple and direct response to poverty, on the grounds that sending people a cheque through the tax system seems efficient. However, a host of researchers have called into question the underlying assumptions about the causes of poverty that proponents of a basic income take for granted. For instance, is basic income the best tool to achieve a just society? Could other social policies be put in place to achieve the desired outcome more holistically and efficiently? The book Basic Income and a Just Society, published last year by the IRPP, takes such an approach. This conversation between IRPP CEO and President Jennifer Ditchburn and Senator Kim Pate – a sponsor of Bill S-233 – tackles these questions, which have been at the centre of the IRPP's and Senator Pate's work for years.

On Know Your Rights, Danielle McLaughlin is joined by special guest, Senator Kim Pate, an independent member of the Senate of Canada and a long-time human rights advocate.

Be My Eyes added a new feature called groups, how does this work? Michael Babcock lets us know (6:59). Awareness about romance scams is key to avoiding them. Grant Hardy has more on his headlines segment (22:06). AMI's Podcast Coordinator, Ryan Delehanty joins us to talk about some of the newest podcasts releases at AMI (36:33). Vancouver celebrates the Lunar New Year in February with events throughout the Lower Mainland. Community Reporter, Carol Yaple has the details (51:25). During our CNIB SmartLife segment, we talk about The Come to Work program and the Accommodating Your World series (1:05:24). On Know Your Rights, Danielle McLaughlin is joined by special guest, Senator Kim Pate, an independent member of the Senate of Canada and a long-time human rights advocate (1:19:06).

Do you set resolutions? Do you keep them? What about goals? What if all you needed in order to achieve your goals for 2024 was to understand your values and set some intentions? In this episode you'll learn the importance of knowing you and how you function, then tailoring your “goals” to help you thrive. For a deeper discussion, DM me @theintentionaloptimist (IG or LI) or email me at andrea@theintentionaloptimist.com. I'd love to hear how you will embrace this challenge in 2024.Episodes & Resources Mentioned:The Ultimate DISC Cheat SheetA Quick & Easy Guide to Personal BoundariesSelf-Awareness: Uncovering Assumptions, Beliefs & Conditioning for Personal GrowthEpisode 116: BONUS:  Core Values -  A Conversation with Tabatha PerryEpisode 10: DISC - What I love (the basics)Episode 11: DISC Among Friends - with Kim Pate & Andrea JohnsonLearn more here: Get involved! What Is Intentional Optimism?Core Values ExerciseCore Values CourseCheck us out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/i7s7jB6EOtEPlease leave us a rating and review!Apple: just scroll to the bottom, choose a rating and write a review.Podchaser (Android): you can go to this link here and leave a rating and review! https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/intentional-optimists-unconven-1406762  Skillshare: Spark your creativity. Get 40% Off Annual MembershipDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

What is a basic income, how might it work, and how could we pay for it? Senator Kim Pate tackles those questions, as she and host Peter Mazereeuw discuss her Senate bill proposing a basic income framework. 

We speak to Kim Pate, the Independent Canadian Senator behind proposed legislation that could bring this country closer to a guaranteed income.We also hear from Parliamentary Budget Officer, Yves Giroux and Jessie Golem, who participated in Ontario's basic income pilot project.

Senator Kim Pate on the need for a guaranteed livable income. Democracy Watch slams the RCMP for its investigation into the SNC-Lavalin scandal. And the University of Toronto launches a free-tuition initiative to nine First Nation communities. That's on Nation to Nation.

Senator Kim Pate talks about legislation that could lead to the creation of a Basic Minimum Income for Canada.

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Senator Kim Pate slams the Conservative's approach to getting tough on crime. And Métis National Council President Cassidy Caron says there's no data on Métis students across the country. That's on Nation to Nation.

The federal government's attempts to reduce the overrepresentation of Indigenous women in prison have backfired, according to one Canadian senator. Kim Pate speaks with host Julia Wright about why the reforms are failing.

The concept of a guaranteed basic income has gained a lot of attention over the past few years. And on rabble, the idea has been discussed, debated, and deliberated from a variety of angles.  In May this year, MP Leah Gazan and Senator Kim Pate joined us as part of our Off the Hill political panel series, talking about their proposed bills, Bill S-233 and Bill C-223 which urge the government to implement guaranteed livable basic income. They believe in a guaranteed livable basic income as a tool, not as a final solution, to combat the growing inequality in Canada.  However, there are others who believe a basic income isn't key in solving inequality in Canada. Some argue that a program like basic income cannot adequately address the many issues that contribute to poverty in our country, such as the cost of housing, poor labour standards, access to health care and child care, and so on.  Basic income, or a guaranteed income, the term has many different names - and means different things to many different groups.  This week on the show, Doreen Nicoll speaks to Ron Hikel, a political scientist who has spent decades studying the economics of a guaranteed minimum income. They discuss what it would actually take to make a basic income program work in Canada.  If you like the show please consider subscribing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your podcasts. And please, rate, review, share rabble radio with your friends — it takes two seconds to support independent media like rabble. Follow us on social media across channels @rabbleca. Or, if you have feedback for the show, get in touch anytime at editor@rabble.ca. Photo credit: Ilana Gotz on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/lqHhxCrG_JI

This week on rabble radio, we featured a segment from our most recent Off the Hill political panel. This month, our panel discussed the idea of a guaranteed livable basic income. What is it, how would it work, and how much would it cost us?  Our panel was made up of MP Leah Gazan, who in December of last year introduced Bill C-223 which, if passed, would establish the first national framework for an unconditional guaranteed livable basic income for everyone over 17 in Canada. Senator Kim Pate also joined us this week, she is responsible for Bill S-233 for Unconditional Basic Income. Rounding out our panel were Sheila Regehr, the co-chair of Basic Income Canada Network, and Karl Nerenberg, rabble's senior parliamentary reporter.  If you missed out on this event and would have liked to attend, don't worry! Our next Off the Hill event will take place in June. Please stay tuned for updates on that event and be sure to sign up for rabble's newsletter at rabble.ca/alerts to make sure you get the invitation.   If you like the show please consider subscribing on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your podcasts. And please, rate, review, share rabble radio with your friends — it takes two seconds to support independent media like rabble. Follow us on social media across channels @rabbleca. Or, if you have feedback for the show, get in touch anytime at editor@rabble.ca. Photo by: PiggyBank on Unsplash

Canada's Supreme Court has a seat up for grabs. Could an Indigenous candidate be appointed? Senator Kim Pate says the Liberal government is at a critical crossroads when it comes to the over-incarceration of Indigenous women. That's on this episode of Nation to Nation.

Indigenous women are overrepresented in Canada's prisons, and critics blame systemic factors. Now, a report co-authored by Canadian senators looks at the cases of 12 Indigenous women and calls for their exoneration. Matt Galloway talks to Senator Kim Pate, who co-authored the report; Lynne Groulx, CEO of the Native Women's Association of Canada; and Corey Shefman, a lawyer for Indigenous peoples and organizations at Olthuis Kleer Townshend.

Living with Intentional Optimism is not about always being sunny and happy. It's about embracing life with all its ups and downs. Loss of a loved one, specifically a mother, is definitely a hard part of the journey, but learning how to grow through it all is part of what gives it purpose and meaning. Andrea & Kim have both lost their mothers to cancer, and this conversation is about the growing, the learning, and the legacy we can all leave behind.Topics discussed in this episode:  February = Focus on the Tenet Present. Specifically, Kind/Open.  Emotions: I will feel what is happening NOW. I don't run from my feelings. They tell me things I need to know.Every ending is preparation for a new beginning - even if it's beginning a grief journeyWe learn from those we have lost, long after they are goneRecognizing and understanding how milestones affect and teach usTAKEAWAYS:Grief is part of life - it gives you a new perspective on joyGrief can be a catalyst for some major changesGrief highlights the legacy left behind. You get to decide what you want your legacy to be.Take your opportunity to live the life they didn't get to (?) Become an Intentional Optimist!Newsletter:  Optimistic LivingCollaborative Group Coaching Community: Launch From The BeachEmail me at andrea@theintentionaloptimist.comJoin me over in the Intentional Optimists Facebook GroupFollow on Instagram @theintentionaloptimistLinkedIn Andrea JohnsonConsultation https://AndreaJohnson.as.me/Consultation Grab your FREE:Andrea's Favorite Planning & Productivity tools“Ultimate DISC communication Cheat Sheet”Need some tools?Mini Course: “Uncovering Your Core Values” Try New Things - 30 Day ChallengeDISC Assessment, 10% discount (code "PODCAST")Noom: A Mindful Way to Eat Learn how to intentionally challenge your mindset in order to take control of your health.Skillshare: Spark your creativity. Get 40% Off Annual MembershipDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AndreaJohnson)

The more we learn, the more we realize we need, and last week's conversation Vicky Lowell reminded us that while we may not ever be experts in “all the things,” we can find the tools we need to be successful.  Topics discussed in this episode:  WHY: We keep tools around for every imaginable task. Personal growth is no different.WHAT: Everyone's tools are different, but these are the things we can't live withoutReminders on our phonesApps we loveHealth:  Fitbit, Pedometer, MyFitnessPal, NoomMotivational:  I Am, Happy Not PerfectCommunication:  Marco Polo, She Reads TruthWork:  Mighty Networks, YouTubeJournaling - the pens, and planners we likePodcasts we listen to to help find new tools for our toolkitPam Sherman - Health & WellnessHeather Sager - Speaking CourseBeth Hewitt - Gratitude & VisualizationReina Rose & Kristin Sherry - AuthorsHealth supplements BooksAtomic Habits - James ClearHigh Performance Habits - Brendan BurchardProfit First - Mike MichalowiczExpertsOnline business toolsScheduling - Acuity, CalendlyCreating - Canva, Adobe ProCommunicating - SlackProject Management - TrelloCourses / EducationPersonal TrainerCommunityCoursesCoachingAccountabilityEncouragementReflectionHOW to use themWhat are they designed forGrowthTAKEAWAYS:Your toolbox should contain the tools you need for your growth & development.  Each toolbox is unique and differentThe more you have, the more agile you'll beBecome an Intentional Optimist!Newsletter:  Optimistic LivingCollaborative Group Coaching Community: Launch From The BeachEmail me at andrea@theintentionaloptimist.comJoin me over in the Intentional Optimists Facebook GroupFollow on Instagram @theintentionaloptimistLinkedIn Andrea JohnsonConsultation https://AndreaJohnson.as.me/Consultation Grab your FREE:Andrea's Favorite Planning & Productivity tools“Ultimate DISC communication Cheat Sheet” Need some tools?Mini Course: “Uncovering Your Core Values” Try New Things - 30 Day ChallengeNoom: A Mindful Way to Eat Learn how to intentionally challenge your mindset in order to take control of your health.Skillshare: Spark your creativity. Get 40% Off Annual MembershipDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/AndreaJohnson)

Starting something new, here!  Each interview spawns some kind of conversation between me and my friend/producer, Kim Pate. We've decided to start sharing some of those with you - this is the first!Last week's episode with Michelle Eberhard caused us to really look at what WE thought about fear, what it is, what it isn't, and how we handle it. Hope this is a helpful conversation for you! Topics discussed in this episode:  What fear “is” and “isn't”How it shows up (body, mind, soul, spirit)What does fear do FOR you?How do you mitigate or deal with it?Become an Intentional Optimist!Newsletter:  Optimistic LivingCollaborative Group Coaching Community: Launch From The BeachEmail me at andrea@theintentionaloptimist.comJoin me over in the Intentional Optimists Facebook GroupFollow on Instagram @theintentionaloptimistLinkedIn Andrea JohnsonGrab your FREE:Andrea's Favorite Planning & Productivity tools“Ultimate DISC communication Cheat Sheet”Need some tools?Mini Course: “Uncovering Your Core Values” Try New Things - 30 Day ChallengeDISC Assessment, 10% discount (code "PODCAST") Noom: A Mindful Way to Eat Learn how to intentionally challenge your mindset in order to take control of your health.Skillshare: Spark your creativity. Get 40% Off Annual MembershipDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

****As we move into 2022, we're reposting Perry's episode on Hope, one of the most popular of the past year. We hope it brings you joy and inspiration as we enter the New Year.*******Encore Episode***In his seven years as National Chief, Perry Bellegarde focused on the importance hope: "Always leave more hope in a room than was there when you arrived."Over the run of the Ahkameyimok Podcast, no matter how difficult the conversation or the issue, he always ends by asking his guests this question:What brings you hope?These are some of his favorite answers to that question.01: 18 -- Chief Willie Littlechild - former TRC Commissioner, Member of Parliament, lawyer, social activist and author of the first draft of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.02:24 Dr Lorna Williams - Canada's leading expert on the promotion and revival of Indigenous languages.4:14 William Prince - Award winning and chart topping country music star6:30 Rt Hon Brian Mulroney - Canada's 18th Prime Minister7:40 Dr Dan Longboat - Founding Director of Trent University's Indigenous Environmental Science Program10:42 Marion Crowe - CEO of the First Nations Health Managers Association11:41 Wade Davis, best-selling author, film-maker, explorer, UBC Anthropology Professor12:32 Mary Ellen Turpel Lafond - fmr judge, law professor, children's advocate14:27 Jagmeet Singh - Leader of the federal New Democratic Party of Canada15:13 Bobbie Jo Greenland-Morgan - Grand Chief of the Gwich'in Tribal Council17:40 Kevin Loring - Artistic Director of the Indigenous Theatre, National Arts Centre, Ottawa19:40 Elder Wilfred Buck - leading First Nations astronomy and star lore expert21:52 Senator Kim Pate - international expert in legal and prison reform24:01 Brigadier-General Joe Paul, the highest ranking First Nations officer in the Canadian Armed Forces25:12 Brad Regehr - The first First Nations President of the Canadian Bar Association26:21 Louise Bernice Halfe - Canada's first Indigenous Parliamentary Poet Laureate28:05 Dr Alika Lafontaine - the first Indigenous person elected as the President of the Canadian Medical Association30:03 Romeo Saganash, former Member of Parliament, and leading advocate for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.31:41 Conner Roulette, First Nations gold medal winning junior hockey star33:09 Chief Cadmus Delorme, Cowessess First Nation, home to 751 unmarked graves found at the Marieval Residential School34:30 Tom Jackson, actor, musician, social activist36:36 Marie Wilson, former Commissioner, Truth and Reconciliation CommissionThe Akhameyimok Podcast is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast ProductionsTheme music is by the Red Dog Singers, Treaty 4 territory, Saskatchewan

My good friend and colleague Senator Kim Pate is a nationally renowned advocate who has spent nearly 40 years working in and around the legal and penal systems of Canada, with and on behalf of some of the most marginalized, victimized, criminalized and institutionalized — particularly imprisoned youth, men and women. Following a recent tour together into several prisons across Canada, I had the change to sit down with Senator Pate to find out more about her upbringing, her drive for prisoner justice, and her journey to the Senate of Canada.

I recently had the unique opportunity to visit three federal prisons in British Columbia, accompanied by lifelong prisoner rights advocate and my friend, Senator Kim Pate. Our third and final visit was to Kent Institution, the only federal maximum-security prison for men in the Pacific Region. When we arrived, we were met by the senior staff at the prison who informed us that out of 240 men inside, 88 (about 1/3) are Indigenous, 22 are Black. We also learned that some prisoners feel the prison has created a racist and toxic environment. This is another reminder of the racism and discrimination that happens behind prison walls every day.

I recently had the unique opportunity to visit three federal prisons in British Columbia, accompanied by lifelong prisoner rights advocate and my friend, Senator Kim Pate. Our second visit was to Fraser Valley Institution, a multi-level (minimum, medium and maximum) security prison for women located in Abbotsford. We first met with the staff, inside the prison's gymnasium. We were told that 61% of all prisoners and 89% of those classified as maximum security are Indigenous women. This is yet another example of the over-representation of Indigenous Peoples, in particular of women, in Canadian prisons.

I recently had the unique opportunity to visit three federal prisons in British Columbia, accompanied by lifelong prisoner rights advocate and my friend, Senator Kim Pate. Our first visit was to William Head Institution, a minimum-security prison for men located just outside of Victoria. When I arrived at the prison, I felt it looked much different than what I had pictured. Throughout the prison there were very few walls, minimal barbed wire fencing and I did not see many uniformed guards. Instead, I saw communities of houses where the men cook and clean for themselves.

As National Chief, Perry Bellegarde has always focused on the importance hope: "Always leave more hope in a room than was there when you arrived." Over the 57 episodes of the Ahkameyimok Podcast, no matter how difficult the conversation or the issue, he always ends by asking his guests this question: What brings you hope? As his time as National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations comes to an end, after choosing not to seek re-election, we are looking back at some of his favorite answers to that question about hope. They are inspiring, thought provoking and speak to a better future for First Nations. 01: 18 -- Chief Willie Littlechild - former TRC Commissioner, Member of Parliament, lawyer, social activist and author of the first draft of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. 02:24 Dr Lorna Williams - Canada's leading expert on the promotion and revival of Indigenous languages. 4:14 William Prince - Award winning and chart topping country music star 6:30 Rt Hon Brian Mulroney - Canada's 18th Prime Minister 7:40 Dr Dan Longboat - Founding Director of Trent University's Indigenous Environmental Science Program 10:42 Marion Crowe - CEO of the First Nations Health Managers Association 11:41 Wade Davis, best-selling author, film-maker, explorer, UBC Anthropology Professor 12:32 Mary Ellen Turpel Lafond - fmr judge, law professor, children's advocate 14:27 Jagmeet Singh - Leader of the federal New Democratic Party of Canada 15:13 Bobbie Jo Greenland-Morgan - Grand Chief of the Gwich'in Tribal Council 17:40 Kevin Loring - Artistic Director of the Indigenous Theatre, National Arts Centre, Ottawa 19:40 Elder Wilfred Buck - leading First Nations astronomy and star lore expert 21:52 Senator Kim Pate - international expert in legal and prison reform 24:01 Brigadier-General Joe Paul, the highest ranking First Nations officer in the Canadian Armed Forces 25:12 Brad Regehr - The first First Nations President of the Canadian Bar Association 26:21 Louise Bernice Halfe - Canada's first Indigenous Parliamentary Poet Laureate 28:05 Dr Alika Lafontaine - the first Indigenous person elected as the President of the Canadian Medical Association 30:03 Romeo Saganash, former Member of Parliament, and leading advocate for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. 31:41 Conner Roulette, First Nations gold medal winning junior hockey star 33:09 Chief Cadmus Delorme, Cowessess First Nation, home to 751 unmarked graves found at the Marieval Residential School 34:30 Tom Jackson, actor, musician, social activist 36:36 Marie Wilson, former Commissioner, Truth and Reconciliation Commission The Akhameyimok Podcast is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions Theme music is by the Red Dog Singers, Treaty 4 territory, Saskatchewan For more on the work of the Assembly of First Nations, visit AFN.ca  

Senator Kim Pate who has spent nearly 40 years working in and around the legal and penal systems of Canada, with and on behalf of some of the most marginalized, victimized, criminalized and institutionalized members of our society. Kim believes that we are staring down the barrel of a poverty pandemic, and that we need to take swift, and immediate action to turn the tide. Kim’s determined efforts are keeping those that need the most help front and centre at the federal level and shares ways we can all get involved. Where would we be without Anne Brodie every week? Likely bored to tears I suspect, thankfully Anne never stops bringing us entertainment and this week she joins me with details about the long awaited Nomadland starring Frances McDormand on Disney+ now. Anne is hoping this one sweeps the Oscars and when Anne says that I know it has to be a stellar movie, plus she shares her thoughts on Made for Love on Amazon Prime , and Held available on demand. Every woman who listens to Kimberley Black’s story will have chills. In the early evening last July, Kimberley went for a walk in her neighbourhood as she often did and was found 18 hours later lying in a creek with multiple life-threatening injuries, after being assaulted and left for dead. Less than a year later Kimberley is moving forward with her life, and is offering up tales of resilience through her #bpositive initiative to help other women move forward after traumatic events in life. We are all longing for a return to normalcy and Carolyn Ray brings us a glimmer of it this week with the results of a new travel survey her company Journeywoman conducted on women’s travel readiness. Carolyn shares what travel will look like, the trend towards slow travel, and why personal safety is a top concern. How are you making out with that #quarantine15? A recent report on CNN shared that some people may have gained more than 1.5 pounds on average Lindsay Gee and believes life is about balance and finding what you need to make you feel strong and healthy. She joins me with some tips for staying healthy without beating up on yourself. Finally, I know this week has been hard on you. So for the next few weeks I’m going to end each show with an expert on mindfulness to help us all get through with our mental health intact as we roll with the third wave. This week Stephanie Valentine, a Clinical Hypnotist, holistic nutritionist and wellness coach joins me today to share ways to help you stay in the moment, and not get catch a ride on the stress train. Social Channels: Kim Pate Website: https://sencanada.ca/en/senators/pate-kim/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/KPateontheHill Kimberley Black Website: https://kimberleyblack.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEOWMPNJ3R85KbvytDuafNQ Carolyn Ray Website Journeywoman.com Twitter journeywoman Instagram Journeywoman_original Facebook Journeywoman Lindsay Gee Website www.lindsaygee.ca Twitter www.twitter.com/lindsayl_gee Instagram www.instagram.com/lindsayl_gee Facebook www.facebook.com/LindsayLGee Stephanie Valentine Website: stephanievalentine.com Twitter: @stephvalentin Instagram: sv_stephanievalentine Facebook: Stephanie Valentine

Kim Pate & Earl Edwards - June Stewart Leadership Series Ep 08 by CoSIDA

On this episode, we're joined by Lenoir-Rhyne's Athletic Director, Kim Pate. We talk about the pandemic, what competition will look like in the next few months, what an AD actually does, and why LRU has thrived during this time instead of just surviving.

"The fastest growing prison population is not just indigenous people, but particularly indigenous women and even more so, those who experienced the greatest disadvantages."Senator Kim Pate points out that almost half of the women in Canada's prisons are indigenous, despite indigenous people making up less than five percent of the total population. The cost of keeping them in the corrections system is anywhere from one-hundred thousand dollars a year to more than half a million.Senator Pate, a veteran expert in the efforts to reform Canada's prison system, says "If we took even a fraction of money we spend on policing, prosecuting and jailing indigenous people, every indigenous person in this country could be educated to post-secondary level, have housing, access to clean water and we would see a better quality of life for everybody."Senator Pate and National Chief Bellegarde discuss how to de-colonise the legal system, what transformative justice looks like and the challenges to reforming a system with entrenched systemic racism.Senator Pate is an internationally recognised expert in the area of legal and prison reform. Before joining the Senate in 2016, Kim Pate spent over twenty years as Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies. In that role she was awarded the Order of Canada for her work as a leading advocate for women and marginalized people in Canadian prisons, with a special focus on the over-representation of first nations women. It's a cause she remains committed to in the Senate.To learn more on this topic, please listen to our interview with the Globe and Mail's Tom Cardoso about his year long investigative reprting on systemic racism in Canada's prison system:https://blubrry.com/ahkameyimok/69952721/bias-behind-bars-a-prison-system-stacked-against-first-nations-inmates/A big thanks goes out to the Red Dog Singers of Treaty 4 Territory in Saskatchewan for our theme music.The Ahkameyimok Podcast is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions. 

"The fastest growing prison population is not just indigenous people, but particularly indigenous women and even more so, those who experienced the greatest disadvantages." Senator Kim Pate points out that almost half of the women in Canada's prisons are indigenous, despite indigenous people making up less than five percent of the total population. The cost of keeping them in the corrections system is anywhere from one-hundred thousand dollars a year to more than half a million. Senator Pate, a veteran expert in the efforts to reform Canada's prison system, says "If we took even a fraction of money we spend on policing, prosecuting and jailing indigenous people, every indigenous person in this country could be educated to post-secondary level, have housing, access to clean water and we would see a better quality of life for everybody."Senator Pate and National Chief Bellegarde discuss how to de-colonise the legal system, what transformative justice looks like and the challenges to reforming a system with entrenched systemic racism.Senator Pate is an internationally recognised expert in the area of legal and prison reform.  Before joining the Senate in 2016, Kim Pate spent over twenty years as Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies. In that role she was awarded the Order of Canada for her work as a leading advocate for women and marginalized people in Canadian prisons, with a special focus on the over-representation of first nations women. It's a cause she remains committed to in the Senate.To learn more on this topic, please listen to our interview with the Globe and Mail's Tom Cardoso about his year long investigative reprting on systemic racism in Canada's prison system:https://blubrry.com/ahkameyimok/69952721/bias-behind-bars-a-prison-system-stacked-against-first-nations-inmates/ A big thanks goes out to the Red Dog Singers of Treaty 4 Territory in Saskatchewan for our theme music. The Ahkameyimok Podcast is produced by David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions.  

Power & Politics for Friday, October 30th with Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman, Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino, Senator Kim Pate, and the Power Panel.

Episode 10 provided you with an overview of DISC, all the basics and general information. Today Andrea sits down with her best friend and podcast editor/producer, Kim Pate, to chat about how DISC has shown up in their long relationship, their families and their jobs, and how they now strategically use the information from their reports to make the world a better place - yep, teaming up to bring you this amazing podcast! Topics discussed in this episode: DISC Framework [6:40]the Quadrants [8:15]Don't get trapped in a “word” [20:24]How to see how your personal styles make up your whole Power DISC [35:15]Leadership Principles / Habits [48:04]Under Promise and Over Deliver Be early and be preparedFigure out how YOU need to hear information - it helps you craft questions and give feedbackFind a mentor or a coach Be willing to hear the hard stuff - it's the hard stuff that makes the biggest difference.Ask yourself, what will you do with the information you've learned today?Want to test out the principles and learn to communicate better? Then grab your FREE “Ultimate DISC communication Cheat Sheet” Are you ready to get started on your own personal growth journey? Then get your own DISC Assessment, and don't forget the 10% discount when you enter "PODCAST" at check out!Want to get more involved? Email me atandrea@theintentionaloptimist.comand let me know how I can be your professional encourager!Join the Intentional Optimists Facebook GroupFollow on Instagram@theintentionaloptimistLinked In Andrea Johnson - The Intentional Optimist Support the show

New in this update:Recovery plan for B.C. to be presented todayB.C.'s much anticipated economic recovery plan will be revealed today. At the start of the pandemic, the provincial government set aside $1 and a half-billion dollars for economic recovery. Premier John Horgan and Finance Minister Carole James will announce how it will be spent at 1:30 this afternoon. You can watch it live on the Government of BC Facebook page, Twitter account or YouTube channel. We will bring you details of the announcement on our news update at 3 p.m.Nanaimo—Ladysmith MP Paul Manly to host town hall on Guaranteed Livable IncomePeople interested in finding out more about a Guaranteed Livable Income can tune into a virtual town hall meeting today. The idea of providing a minimum annual income to Canadians is being studied by a senate committee. Senator Kim Pate and a panel of experts will explain the basics and talk about the pros and cons. The Zoom meeting event is being hosted by local MP Paul Manly. He says support for a Guaranteed Livable Income has been a Green Party policy since 2006. Manley says the COVID-19 pandemic has given the idea traction."There was a real scramble to ensure that Canadians were taken care of and the CERB is a type of guaranteed livable income payment. There's been some recent polling as well that shows that people want a different system in place for the social safety net and I think that this crisis with COVID 19 and the economic crisis that has been created by it demonstrates that we don't really have that social safety net in place for people."—Member of Parliament for Nanaimo—Ladysmith, Paul Manly.The town hall starts at 4 p.m. today and you can register at the website: Paul Manley, MP.Council cautious to define role in health and housing too quicklyNanaimo city council has decided to delay defining what role it will play when it comes to health and housing. It had planned to create a position statement, a guiding document that outlines its values and goals on housing and homelessness. But a staff report presented last Monday concluded the document needed work and recommended it be sent to the city's health and housing task force to be refined. But, the city councillor who chairs the task force, Erin Hemmens made a motion to delay defining the city's role for six more months."I didn't want the Health and Housing Task Force to wrestle with necessarily, what is the city's role. I think that's our job as nine council, to do that. And given that we're in this process in possibly reorganizing ourselves around a new mandate in this realm, that I'd like to defer it. Give it six months and I can digest it, we can all digest it and we'll have a lot more information in terms of where we're at in terms of health and housing."—Councillor Erin Hemmens.Council voted unanimously in favour of delaying the discussion until February. Meanwhile, the Task Force Action Report on Health and Housing is due at the end of October.

On this next episode of our Guaranteed Livable Income series, Senator Pate speaks with Natan Obed, the President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), about how a Guaranteed Livable Income could advance Indigenous self-determination and self-governance.

The panel that was supposed to monitor the end of solitary confinement is disbanding without accomplishing anything. Senator Kim Pate tells us why

On this episode of Appointed, we are talking about what a guaranteed livable income could look like in Canada and the ways in which it could address the inequality that exists in this country.

Original air date: June 23, 2020 Session presented by Dynamic Pricing Partners You got the job, now what? Nothing can truly prepare you for everything you will encounter in those first 100 days in the AD chair. Session panelists Whit Babcock, Director of Athletics, Virginia Tech; Brent Jones, Director of Athletics, Troy University; and Kim Pate, Director of Athletics, Lenoir-Rhyne University, discuss fundamental “pearls of wisdom” on what to expect during those first few months, and suggestions for how to navigate, plan, and organize to set yourself and your department on a path for success.

We will all encounter disability in our lives, either ourselves or someone we know and love. What is our responsibility when that happens? What role should the greater community play to provide care and support? What about government, public policy, and spending? What's changing when it comes to disability and how we care for those who truly need it, and why is this important? Ben has an enlightening conversation with Helen Ries, an Ottawa-based advocate with a powerful story of her and her brother Paul. About the Guest Helen is a strategic thinker and analyst with expertise in stakeholder engagement, planning and program evaluation. Helen uses research to explore issues, develop practices and make changes in a way that is systematic and evidence-based. Helen has a special interest in working with people, groups and organizations who are helping to improve the well-being of under-represented, excluded or vulnerable populations. Helen has been in the non-profit and public sector since 2003 creating and evaluating programs, establishing performance measures, creating plans and strategy, analyzing and revising policy, and supporting people and organizations to build their capacity and effectiveness for better outcomes. Learn more about Helen and follow her on Twitter (@helenries). Mentioned in this Episode Episode 46 of this podcast, featuring Canadian senator Kim Pate about the prison and justice system The Ottawa Adult Autism Initiative "What I Never Knew About My Mother", a blog post by Helen The Sibling Collaborative, an organization co-founded by Helen "Disability, Poverty and #MeToo", an article by Helen Memory, Witness and Hope, an initiative recommended by Helen that brings together French- and English-speaking institutional survivors labelled with intellectual disabilities. "People First of Ontario", a video recommended by Helen about the bond between siblings The Quote of the Week When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. - Helen Keller

On this episode of Appointed we are discussing the impacts of economic marginalization on Indigenous women and girls from the perspective of the MMIWG National Inquiry.

Welcome to Season II of Appointed!

Sen. Kim Pate is a legal scholar who has written extensively on the criminal justice system and Indigenous peoples. She now pursues justice reform from her position in the Senate of Canada. Hosted by Cameron Graham, Professor of Accounting at York University, and produced by Bertland Imai of York’s Learning Technology Services. Visit our website at podcastorperish.ca Podcast or Perish is produced with the support of York University.

Can we become a more equal society post-pandemic? As the former head of the Elizabeth Fry Societies, Senator Kim Pate has worked in prison reform for decades. She speaks with Nathaniel about her current work to fix our prisons, why we should address systemic inequality as part of that reform, and why a basic income should be part of the solution.

Kim Pate is one of fifty senators who sent a letter to the federal income advocating for a basic income program for Canada; Collingwood Mayor Brian Saunderson explains why they are concerned they may be constrained by the law from extending financial help to local businesses in need; Our Queen's Park reporter Mike Crawley discusses the province's efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus in long-term care facilities including a call for assistance from the military and the pledge to test all staff and residents for the virus; Nancy Brady of the Ontario Principals Council offers her perspective on how 'e-learning' is being implemented for students; Shakespeare scholar and editor Paul Werstine of King's University College in London tells us about learning that he had been acknowledged by Sir Patrick Stewart in his daily readings of sonnets; Scott Regehr of CBC Sports previews the N.F.L.'s virtual draft; Family doctor Peter Lin outlines how COVID-19 can also affect the kidneys and heart; Medical Officer Health with Eastern Ontario Health, Paul Roumeliotis discusses people who fail to practice self-isolation or physical distancing; Joseph Imre who along with his wife Jazmin, owns Seasons Fine Foods and Catering in Napanee. He talks about their efforts to feed folks on the frontlines.

Senator Kim Pate is an advocate for prison reform.

Administrative Segregation. Special Handling Unit (SHU). The Hole. “The prison within the prison.” Though there is a wide array of names and phrases, solitary confinement has become a major human rights issue within Canada’s correctional landscape. Lawsuits in British Columbia and Ontario spurred the federal government to amend the Correction and Conditional Release Act (aka Bill C-83) to create certain changes to administrative and disciplinary segregation in federal correctional facilities. One of the major changes was the creation of “structured intervention units” and a placement review process overseen by a “commission.” In Ontario, as a result of the lawsuit brought by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association on behalf of Adam Capay, the Ontario Court of Appeal capped the number of days an individual can be placed in solitary confinement to 15 days. Justice John Fregau called Adam Capay’s 1647 days in solitary confinement as “prolonged, egregious and intolerable” that violated protections covered under the Charter of Rights of Freedoms. Recent changes to Ontario’s Class Proceedings Act have the potential to reverse or even remove the imposed cap set by Adam Capay’s appeal. The amendments to the Act were enacted to prevent people from suing the government over policy or spending decisions and can be retroactively apply to tried cases.Today’s guest is Senator Kim Pate. Kim Pate was appointed to the Senate of Canada on November 10, 2016. She is a nationally renowned advocate who has spent the last 35 years working in and around the legal and penal systems of Canada, with and on behalf of some of the most marginalized, victimized, criminalized and institutionalized — particularly imprisoned youth, men and women. Kim Pate is widely credited as the driving force behind the Inquiry into Certain Events at the Prison for Women in Kingston, headed by Justice Louise Arbour. Senator Pate has been instrumental in building coalitions across the country with other equality-seeking women’s, anti-racism, anti-poverty and human rights groups and organizations. Special thanks to Senior Producer Robert Giannetta and Junior Producer Daniella Marciano and Executive Director Vienna Vendittelli for producing this episode.Music:Girls Like You by DennyPlimsoil Punks by Alvvays

Independent Canadian Senator Kim Pate has spent the last 35 years working in and around the legal and penal systems of Canada, with and on behalf of some of the most marginalized, victimized, criminalized and institutionalized, including imprisoned youth. 

Yukon could be the territory to lead the country's toughest rules around solitary confinement. Is it a step in the right direction and should Canada follow suit? We ask Onatrio senator Kim Pate to weigh in.

Welcome to Episode 5 "The Senator" This week’s episode is one that has a SERIOUS cool factor – I was able to grab about 25 minutes of Senator Kim Pate’s time via Skype - so another new skill added to the bank! Her connection to our show is pretty big – in 2007 she was the Executive Director of the Canadian Elizabeth Fry Society - which is an association of self-governing, community-based Elizabeth Fry Societies that work with and for women and girls in the justice system, particularly those who are, or may be, criminalized. In that capacity she acted as Ashley Smith's advocate when she was in the Grand Valley Correctional facility. We had a really interesting chat about the play vs the real case, Bill C-83 and how Ashley Smith's legacy continues on today. Have a listen and don't forget to hit subscribe for more!   This podcast is licensed under an Attribution – NonCommercial – NoDerivatives 4.0 International Creative Commons License. Royalty Free Music from Bensound

Nance Ackerman and Ariella Pahlke and Face2Face host David Peck talk about their new film Conviction, PTSD and trauma, responsibility, the vulnerable and marginalized and why prisons are not healing environments.Trailer Synopsis: Alarmed by the rising numbers of women in prison and inspired by the conviction of Senator Kim Pate, Conviction flips the narrative away from pop culture's voyeuristic lens and hands it to the women who are being victimized, marginalized and criminalized in our society. Not another ‘broken prison’ film, Conviction is a ‘broken society’ film – an ambitious and inspired re-build of our community, from the inside out.With more women in prisons than ever before, the film implicates viewers to question the status quo, and to consider a different kind of society that better supports the most vulnerable among us.For more info about the film head here. About the Guests: Nance Ackerman has been making images around the world for over 30 years. Her documentary photography work has been featured in Time, Newsweek, Canadian Geographic, New York Times, and Canada's national newspaper, the Globe and Mail and she was the assistant photo editor at the Montreal Gazette for several years before going freelance.Her photographs of First Nations women have been exhibited at the Aperture Foundation in New York and the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, DC. Ackerman's book, Womankind: Faces of Change Around the World – a collection of portraits and essays of women activists around the world – was released in 2003.In 2005 Ackerman turned her eye to directing social documentary films. Her first film, the National Film Board feature documentary Cottonland, brought in numerous awards and three Gemini Nominations. Since then she has made several more award-winning documentaries and an animated short. Her collaborative feature documentary film, Conviction, went inside Canada's prisons to imagine alternatives to incarceration through art and music and premiered at Hot Docs International Film Festival, and will be on the Documentary Channel in the Fall of 2019. Ackerman has a masters degree in New Media and also taught for seven years at the University of Kings College, in Halifax. She now offers Internationalphotography workshops around the world. Ariella Pahlke has collaborated with groups, institutions, and individuals on various forms of media art and documentary projects for 25 years, challenging the status quo through art and community activism. She is deeply grateful to the women in Conviction who continue to provoke us all to wonder why things are the way they are. Image Copyright: Nance Ackerman and Ariella Pahlke. Used with permission. F2F Music and Image Copyright: David Peck and Face2Face. Used with permission. For more information about David Peck’s podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit his site here. With thanks to Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Before she was appointed as an independent Senator in 2016, Kim Pate was already a powerful and outspoken voice for marginalized people in Canada, especially women and girls caught up in the criminal justice and prison system. For over 35 years Kim has advocated for policies and practices that lead to fairer, more positive outcomes, and has recently fought against segregation and solitary confinement. She is also the host of a new podcast: Appointed. Senator Pate joins Ben to discuss the deeper and often personal journey of reform and justice in Canada. About the Guest Kim Pate was appointed to the Senate of Canada on November 10, 2016. First and foremost, the mother of Michael and Madison, she is also a nationally renowned advocate who has spent the last 35 years working in and around the legal and penal systems of Canada, with and on behalf of some of the most marginalized, victimized, criminalized and institutionalized — particularly imprisoned youth, men and women. Senator Pate graduated from Dalhousie Law School in 1984 with honours in the Clinical Law Programme and has completed post graduate work in the area of forensic mental health. She was the Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS) from January 1992 until her appointment to the Senate in November 2016. CAEFS is a federation of local societies who provide services and work in coalition with Aboriginal women, women with mental health issues and other disabling conditions, young women, visible minority and immigrant women, poor women and those isolated and otherwise deprived of potential sources of support. Prior to her work with CAEFS, she worked with youth and men in a number of capacities with the local John Howard Society in Calgary, as well as the national office. She has developed and taught Prison Law, Human Rights and Social Justice and Defending Battered Women on Trial courses at the Faculties of Law at the University of Ottawa, Dalhousie University and the University of Saskatchewan. She also occupied the Sallows Chair in Human Rights at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law in 2014 and 2015. Kim Pate is widely credited as the driving force behind the Inquiry into Certain Events at the Prison for Women in Kingston, headed by Justice Louise Arbour. During the Inquiry, she supported women as they aired their experiences and was a critical resource and witness in the Inquiry itself. She also persuaded the Attorney General and Minister of Justice to initiate the Self-Defence Review and appoint the Honourable Madam Justice Lynn Ratushny to review the convictions and sentences of women jailed for using lethal force to defend themselves and/or their children against abusive men. She then worked tirelessly in pursuit of the implementation of the many positive recommendations from both. Senator Pate has been instrumental in building coalitions across the country with other equality-seeking women’s, anti-racism, anti-poverty and human rights groups and organizations; and, in this capacity, has worked with feminist legal scholars, lawyers, other professionals and front-line advocates and activists — from Indigenous communities to transition house and rape crisis centre workers. Kim Pate is a member of the Order of Canada, a recipient of the Governor General’s Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case, the Canadian Bar Associations’s Bertha Wilson Touchstone Award, and five honourary doctorates (Law Society of Upper Canada, University of Ottawa, Carleton University, St. Thomas University and Wilfred Laurier University) and numerous other awards. Her extensive list of publications, national and international speaking engagements and her strategic intervention and advocacy for substantive equality testify to her commitment to broader social, economic and cultural change. She continues to make significant contributions to public education around the issues of women’s inequality and discriminatory treatment within social, economic and criminal justice spheres. Senator Pate strongly believes that the contributions of women who have experienced marginalization, discrimination and oppression should be recognized and respected and she seeks to credit and empower women. She maintains contact with women in prison through her numerous visits to Canada’s federal prisons and strongly encourages other advocates, scholars, service providers, judges and parliamentarians to ground their efforts in a similar way. Senator Pate lives in Ottawa, Ontario. Learn more about Kim or follow her on Twitter (@KPateontheHill).

Now you can join The Docket's Discord chatroom. We recorded this episode before a live Discord audience and it was a blast. Join the Discord channel, join the chat, and listen to live recordings with this link: https://discord.gg/2TzUamZWith Canada's former Attorney General and Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Rayboul set to testify before the House of Commons Justice Committee's hearings this week on the sordid SNC-Lavalin affair we summarize the explosive allegations and review the not-so-good evidence of The Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick.We also summarize the Supreme Court's decision in R. v. Jarvis - how did it take three levels of court before we were told that teachers can't take secret recordings of their student's to later use for their own sexual gratification? It's a head scratcher.And we dive into a fantastic new bill by Senator Kim Pate designed to fix Canada's broken pardon system. Spoiler alert - we like it.

Kim Pate has spent the past 35 years working in and around the legal and penal systems of Canada. According to the independent Senator, things have only gotten worse. In the last two decades, there’s been an explosion in the number of Indigenous women in the prison system. In this episode of Face To Face, Pate joins host Dennis Ward to discuss Canada’s prison systems.

Kim Pate has spent the past 35 years working in and around the legal and penal systems of Canada. According to the independent Senator, things have only gotten worse. In the last two decades, there’s been an explosion in the number of Indigenous women in the prison system. In this episode of Face To Face, Pate joins host Dennis Ward to discuss Canada’s prison systems.

Episode 2: Senator Kim Pate’s Expert Insights on Mandatory Minimums Nationally recognized and award-winning advocate Kim Pate is now using her platform as a Senator to expand Canadians’ understanding of critical criminal justice issues. She joined Shari Graydon in Ottawa to discuss mandatory minimum sentencing.

This episode we open with a discussion of an important op-ed written by Amanda Byrd. Byrd, a law student, spent hundreds of hours preparing for a moot court. When she got there, she was told to smile more. Courtroom demeanour is important but critics based on appearance are very unhelpful and smack of sexism.We then dive into the mandatory minimum sentence debate. The Liberal government promised to reform these out-dated, unfair, and counterproductive sentencing straightjackest - but they have not lifted a finger to make good on their promise. So Senator Kim Pate has stepped up to the plate and introduced legislation to restore judicial discretion. Bill S-251 is an ambitious bill that will give court a safety valve to depart from any minimum sentence - including murder.Huge thanks to Kim Pate for inviting us into her office to talk about her very important and principled bill.

Fresh off our #Clawbies2017 award we had a New Year party and invited all of our friends!Emilie and I kick of 2018 with a call in show - with predictions, resolutions, and admissions from past Docket guests: Louise Arbour, Senator Kim Pate, Making a Murderer's Jerry Buting & Dean Strang, Naomi Sayers, Anne-Marie McElroy, Member of Parliament Nate Erskine-Smith, the crew at PolitiCoast podcast, Borderlines podcast's Peter Edelmann & Steven Meurrens, and good friend of the podcast Peter Sankoff.Oh, Emilie and I also talk about our resolutions and some plans for 2018.Thanks to everyone for listening and sharing the podcast. We had a fantastic year and can't wait dive into 2018.

Senator Kim Pate talks about the staggering numbers of Indigenous people in prison, especially for females, where nearly 38 percent of all female prisoners are Aboriginal women. As well, what does the North American Free Trade Agreement have to do with Indigenous people? International trade lawyer Wayne Garnons-Williams says it has a lot to do with it. And is pushing for an Indigenous chapter to be included in NAFTA.

This week Emilie and I sat down for a chat about jail and justice with Kim Pate. Kim is the executive director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies. She is was named a Member of the Order of Canada for her work on behalf of women who are marginalized, victimized or incarcerated. In short - she is awesome.

Kim Pate, executive director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies, explains why it is in everybody's best interest to leave Karla Homolka alone.

Kim Pate, executive director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies, is asking Canadians to leave Karla Homolka alone."She did her time and there's no reason to believe that she has not been rehabilitated," says Pate.Is the public unfairly hounding Homolka and her three children, who were recently discovered living in a Montreal suburb?

Melissa interviews Kim Pate about the Sallows Fry Conference - A Canadian Crisis: Criminalization & Imprisonment of Indigenous Women & those with Disabling Mental Health Issues

Making the victim surcharge mandatory is the latest Conservative tough-on-crime measure to come under fire in the courts and in the media. The victim surcharge requires that any person sentenced for a crime pay a surcharge in addition to any other sentence they receive - this money is intended to fund victims' services. In 2013, the government passed a bill that doubled the surcharge and removed the discretion that judges previously had to waive it. This episode explores the function and purpose of a victim surcharge in criminal law, the rationale behind making it mandatory, and the ways that some judges have resisted it. We interview Sue O'Sullivan, Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime, and Kim Pate, Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies.

In this episode we investigate the lived experiences of incarcerated people in Russia, Canada and Austria. We talk to filmmaker Alix Lambert about her documentary on Russian prison tattoos, Kim Pate of the Elizabeth Fry Society about criminalized women in Canada, and Florian Klenk about his investigative reporting on prison conditions in Austria. ----- Music by Tiny Alligator Attributions: Herbert Boland Creative Commons License from freesound.org http://freesound.org/people/HerbertBoland/packs/1841/ cowsinbarn, orchardbirds, sheeheep: Herbert Boland / www.freesound.org cow moo Benboncan/ freesound