9:00-9:30

REGISTRATION & COFFEE

9:30-9:45

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Caitlin Leach (Editor, JLSP)

9:45-10:20

OPENING PLENARY:

(Moot Court, 1005)

Introduction to Canadian Carceral State & Prison Abolition

• Souheil Benslimane (Criminalization and Punishment Education Project)
• Sarah Speight (Criminalization and Punishment Education Project)
• Lydia Dobson (Criminalization and Punishment Education Project)

10:30-11:30

PANEL A:

(Moot Court, 1005)

Psychiatric Detention: Problems in Policy & Practice

• Geoffrey Reaume (Associate Professor, York University)
• Shannon Balfour  (Community Organizer)
• Mercedes Perez (Lawyer, Perez Bryan Procope LLP)
• Ameil Joseph (Assistant Professor, McMaster University)

Moderator: Ali Imrie (Osgoode Student, Disability Collective of Osgoode)

PANEL B:

(Helliwell, 1014)

Prison Law in Law Schools: Community- Based Research, Curriculum Change, and Clinical Legal Education

• Lisa Kerr (Assistant Professor, Queen's University Faculty of Law)
• Shane Martínez  (Criminal Defence Lawyer, Martínez Law)
• Justin Piché (Associate Professor, University of Ottawa Department of Criminology)

Moderator: Keith Taller (Legal Aid Ontario)

11:30-11:45

BREAK

11:45-12:45

PANEL A:

(Moot Court, 1005)

On the Inside:  Solitary Confinement & Prison Conditions

• Gregory McMaster (Award-Winning Writer & Producer, Current Prisoner)
• Shane Martínez  (Criminal Defence Lawyer, Martínez Law)
• Lisa Kerr (Assistant Professor, Queen's University Faculty of Law)

Moderator: Heidi Matthews (Osgoode Hall Law School)

PANEL B:

(Helliwell, 1014)

Harm Reduction in Prisons

• Emily van der Meulen (Associate Professor, Ryerson University Department of Criminology)
• Sandra Ka Hon Chu (Director of Research & Advocacy, HIV/AIDS Legal Network)
• Kyle King (Prisoner Rights Activist & Peer Navigator, Prisoner AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN))
• Mark Zammit (Prisoner Rights Activist & Member, Prisoner AIDS Support Action Network)

12:45-1:30

LUNCH

1:30-2:45

AFTERNOON PLENARY

Indigenous and Racialized Incarceration

(Moot Court, 1005)

• Michael Cheena (Residential School Survivor)
• Ricky Atkinson (I Am Not Invisible Campaign)

Moderator:  Chris Harris (I Am Not Invisible Campaign/Parkdale Community Legal Services)

2:45-3:45

PANEL A:

(Moot Court, 1005)

On Remand:  Pre-Trial Detention in Ontario

• Michael Leitold (Lawyer)
• Louise Boileau (Founder of Black Mental Health Creative; Board Member at East Metro Youth Services, Lead Agency)
• Jillian Rogin (Assistant Professor, University of Windsor Faculty of Law)

Moderator: Elie Waitzer (Co-Chair, Osgoode Criminal Law Society)

PANEL B:

(Helliwell, 1014)

Immigration Detention

• Jared Will (Refugee & Immigration Lawyer, Jared Will & Associates)
• Kimora Adetunji (Organizer to End Immigration Detention)
• Olu Adetunji (Organizer to End immigration Detention)
• Ebrahim Toure (Organizer to End Immigration Detention)

Moderator: Kristen Lloyd (Osgoode Hall Law Union)

3:45-4:00

BREAK

4:00-5:00

CLOSING PLENARY:

(Moot Court, 1005)

Supporting Prison Activism Moving Forward: A Discussion with the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project

•  Souheil Benslimane (JAIL Hotline Coordinator)
• Sarah Speight (JAIL Hotline Coordinator)
• Aaron Doyle (Associate Professor, Carleton University Department of Sociology)
• Justin Piché (Associate Professor, University of Ottawa Department of Criminology)

Moderator: Roshni Khemraj (Student Editor, JLSP)

Doors Open 7:00

Speakers 8:00

EVENING EVENT

Social & Conversation on Prison Abolition

Location: Friends House, 60 Lowther Avenue

• Chris Harris (I Am Not Invisible Campaign/Parkdale Community Legal Services)
• Naomi Martey (Toronto Rape Crisis Centre/Multicultural Women against Rape).

Moderator: Janet Mosher (Co-Editor-in-Chief, JLSP)