May 2026
Connecting Paths 2026
The Department of Sociology & Criminology at Brock University and the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies’ Centre for Research into the Processes, Outcomes, and Impacts of Incarceration (CRPOI), in collaboration with the National Steering Committee of Critical Perspectives, will host the 15th National Conference on Critical Perspectives in Criminology and Social Justice in May 2026. The conference is free, and everyone is welcome to attend in person at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. This year’s theme, Connecting Paths, highlights encounters that shape our social worlds and influence how we understand safety and justice. These meetings may be spontaneous [...]
April 2025
Past Event: Critical Perspectives 2025
Overview: The Critical Perspectives: Transforming Justice 2025 conference took place May 14th to 16th, 2025. Transforming Justice offered a space for critical dialogue about transforming conceptions of justice and how justice is upheld and undermined under current systems in Canada. Scholars who study the Canadian legal and prison system argue that present practices create and sustain inequalities, as reflected by the large numbers of Indigenous, Black, gender diverse, disabled, socio-economically marginalized, and other oppressed peoples behind bars. Transforming Justice created a space for those working across academic and community settings to exchange ideas and weave diverse understandings of how practices of [...]