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06-15-26 | Access to Justice, Criminal Law, Human Rights, Projets étudiants

La surjudiciarisation de l’itinérance : un profilage social 

Les personnes en situation d’itinérance sont souvent ciblées par les forces de l’ordre en raison de comportements liés à leur survie dans l’espace public. Ce cycle de judiciarisation accentue leur marginalisation plutôt que d’y remédier. Dans ce billet visuel, réalisé par des étudiants dans le cadre du cours Plaidoirie visuelle/Droit et cinéma, deux intervenantes de la Clinique Droit Devant exposent les mécanismes du profilage social et présentent le Programme d’accompagnement justice-itinérance (PAJIC).

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06-08-26 | Access to Justice, Criminal Law, Diversity, Student Projects

Racial profiling: a symptom of a lack of training on implicit biases

This video, created by students as part of the Visual Advocacy/Law and Cinema course, explores racial profiling in Canadian police forces from the perspective of implicit bias training. Through the testimonies of a former police officer and an intercultural mediator, it highlights the concrete effects of the lack of training and emphasize the importance of lawful police interventions that are respectful of all communities.

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05-28-26 | Access to Justice, Student Projects

When justice has no voice: Outaouais without lawyers

In the Outaouais region, finding a lawyer can be a real challenge. This video, produced by students as part of the Visual Advocacy/Law and Cinema course, highlights the causes and consequences of a shortage that is undermining access to justice in the region.

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01-06-26 | Access to Justice, Courts, Public Law

Public Interest Standing: Analysis of Article 85 of the Code of Civil Procedure in Light of the Downtown Eastside Ruling

In 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada’s landmark Downtown Eastside Sex Workers ruling expanded the criteria for public interest standing. But how does this framework align with the Code of Civil Procedure of Quebec, which sets out a more restrictive approach to the issue? In this visual publication, Paul-David Chouinard, a doctoral candidate at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law, explores this conflict of norms and the context surrounding the Downtown Eastside ruling.

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