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Public Awareness Initiatives

CAEFS engages in public awareness efforts about incarceration in Canada at multiple scales. Learn more about the important topics that CAEFS focuses on

Elizabeth Fry Week: Doing Life, May 2022

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The goal of Elizabeth Fry Week is to enhance public awareness and education around the issues impacting criminalized and marginalized women and gender-diverse people. In 2022 we used Elizabeth Fry Week […]

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Elizabeth Fry Week: Human Rights in Action, May 2021

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As an organization, we have always known that human rights for criminalized and marginalized people are hard won. During the COVID-19 pandemic, however, it has been made clear that these […]

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Prisoner Justice Day, August 2020

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On August 10th, 2020, CAEFS, in partnership with the P4W Memorial Collective, hosted a film screening and panel discussion with women with lived experience of incarceration. The film “The Garden […]

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Spotlight on Solitary, November 2020

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On November 16th, 2020, a coalition of groups invested in prisoner justice launched a 15-day spotlight on the ongoing practice of solitary confinement in Canada. This spotlight led up to […]

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Virtual Conference, May 2021

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On May 6th, 2021, CAEFS hosted a free virtual one-day conference to engage our network and partners in the human rights issues impacting criminalized and incarcerated women and gender-diverse people. […]

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