Register now for the third webinar in our series on Ontario's Four Justice Centre Pilots.

The Ministry of the Attorney General is innovating how justice is delivered to vulnerable, racialized and marginalized populations by developing and launching four pilot Justice Centres across the province.
 
Ontario’s Justice Centre pilots are innovative community courts premised on the co-location and integrated service delivery of justice, health and social services. By moving justice out of the traditional courtroom and into a community setting, justice participants collaborate and coordinate with on-site social, health, mental health, addictions and housing providers to provide holistic wrap-around services for vulnerable accused persons. By integrating early supports into the justice process, these Centres can reduce recidivism, minimize time spent in jail on remand, and improve outcomes for Ontario’s most justice-involved and high-needs communities. Working with community, MAG’s Justice Centre pilots are recalibrating the way justice is delivered in Ontario and paving the way for reconceiving – and bettering – the justice/community interface.
 
The first Justice Centre pilot was launched in London in September 2020; the Toronto Downtown East and Toronto Northwest pilots both launched in May 2021; and the Kenora pilot is tracking to launch in Late Spring 2022 TBC.
 
This webinar series will provide an in-depth discussion on each of Ontario’s Justice Centre pilots with a focus on describing how each has been uniquely developed by and for the community it serves, examining how each site supports the needs of specialized populations within their community, as well as highlighting the key community partnerships the support successful operation.
 
The Downtown East Justice Centre 
Wednesday, July 20, 2022 @ 12:00-1:00 pm
 
The Toronto Downtown East Justice Centre seeks to stabilize adult offenders living at the intersection of homelessness, mental health and substance abuse (with priority given to those who do not qualify for existing specialized courts or diversion programs). Launched May 2021, the DTE Justice Centre is a hybrid justice-and-health-centre that accelerates access to justice and critical wrap-around services to prevent the most complex and high-needs clients at the intersection of poverty, homelessness, mental health and addictions from cycling through the criminal justice system by addressing criminogenic risk factors with on-site psychiatric, primary care, addictions medicine and developmental disability supports.
 
Speakers:
•          Dayna Arron (Executive Director, Justice Centres) 
•          Kate Matthews (Crown Lead, Downtown East Justice Centre) 
•          Holly Loubert (Crown Counsel, Justice Centres) 
•          The Honourable Justice Mary Hogan (Ontario Court of Justice) 
•          Dr. Andrew Bond (Medical Director, Inner City Health Associates) 
•          Lana Frado (Executive Director, Sound Times Support Services) 
•          Melissa McMillan (Developmental Justice Case Manager, Surrey Place) 
•          Mark Linton (Director of Reintegration and Outreach Services, John Howard Society of Toronto) 
•          Scott Mckean (SafeTO Manager, City of Toronto & Justice Centres) 

Register now for the Downtown East Justice Centre Webinar: 
https://cmhaontario.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zF2O0bEOTXC1jfrd_SOL2w 
 
This webinar will be recorded. You can find the recordings from our previous webinars on the London Justice Centre and Toronto Northwest Justice Centre on the HSJCC Website. Stay tuned for the announcement of our fourth webinar date in the coming months.