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R v KM et al [DNA samples]
JFCY intervened at both the Ontario Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Appeal in this case about whether it is constitutional to compel the taking of DNA samples from young people who have been found guilty of designated offences, under ss. 487.051(1) and (2) of the Criminal Code.
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KB and TM v Toronto District School Board and Louie Papathanasakis (principal) Emery Collegiate Institute (Court file 55/06) [School transfers]
JFCY intervened as a “friend of the court” at a judicial review at the Ontario Divisional Court. Lawyers at JFCY…
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Jackson v Toronto Catholic District School Board et al [Expulsions, Fair Hearing, Right to an Education]
JFCY was granted intervener standing in a judicial review of an expulsion of an 11 year old boy from a Toronto school. This is one of the first cases before the Ontario Divisional Court to address the application of the Safe Schools Act which has led to a significant increase in the number of students expelled from Ontario public schools.
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Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board v Grant [Expulsion for marijuana off school property]
JFCY intervened in case where a high school student had been expelled from school for sharing marijuana with other young people at a house party on a Saturday night.
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R v Banks [Challenge of the Safe Streets Act]
JFCY represented some young people who were ticketed under the Safe Streets Act for squeegeeing and panhandling. The defendants challenged the constitutionality…
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Canadian Foundation for Children Youth and the Law v Canada (Attorney General) [Section 43, Corporal Punishment]
In 1998, we launched a constitutional challenge to the criminal defence for corporal punishment of children.
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AC v. Director of Child and Family Services [Manitoba] [Health Care, Consent and Capacity]
JFCY was granted intervener status in a case where, A.C., a 14 year old girl challenged provisions in Manitoba’s child welfare legislation that authorized child protection authorities to override her refusal of a blood transfusion through a court order. She was found by doctors to have capacity to make medical decisions, but the court ruled that a blood transfusion was in her best interests and ordered that she be forced to undergo the procedure.
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R v JZS [child victim, child witness, testifying]
JFCY was granted intervener standing in a case in which an accused was challenging the provisions of the Criminal Code…
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Prime Minister of Canada v Khadr [Child soldier, Canadian citizen, Charter, UN Convention]
JFCY was granted intervener standing in coalition with the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children (CCRC) in this 2010…