Inuit Women and the Nunavut Justice System

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• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• 1. A NEW TERRITORY AND A NEW APPROACH
• 2. UNIFIED COURT STRUCTURE
  • 2.1 The Courts
    • 2.1.1 Court of Justice
    • 2.1.2 Appeal Courts
  • 2.2 Bill C-57 Amendments: The Strengths
  • 2.3 The Remaining Challenges
    • 2.3.1 Cultural Sensitivity of the Court Structure
    • 2.3.2 Cultural Sensitivity of the Judiciary
• 3. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
  • 3.1 The JP Program
  • 3.2 The Strengths
  • 3.3 The Remaining Challenges
    • 3.3.1 Community Perceptions of JPs
    • 3.3.2 JPs Preparedness
    • 3.3.3 An Inuit-based JP Program
• 4. COMMUNITY-BASED JUSTICE
  • 4.1 Community-based Justice Initiatives
    • 4.1.1 The Program
    • 4.1.2 Community Justice Committees
    • 4.1.3 Committee Methods
    • 4.1.4 Community Justice Committee – Membership
  • 4.2 The Strengths
  • 4.3 The Remaining Challenges
• 5. FAMILY LAW
• 6. CONCLUSIONS: A BLUEPRING FOR A MORE RESPONSIVE SYSTEM
  • 6.1 Training and Education
  • 6.2 Public Education
    • 6.2.1 The Educators
    • 6.2.2 The Message
  • 6.3 Increasing Public Confidence and Judicial Accountability
  • 6.4 Support Services for All Community Members
  • 6.5 Monitoring and Evaluation
  • 6.6 The Next Step….
• Appendix 1 List of Documents Reviewed
• Appendix 2 Overview of Issues and Concerns of Inuit Women
• Appendix 3 Family Law Reforms in Nunavut

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