b'HEALING AND JUSTICEThanks to two court decisions from 1999 and 2012, Gladue Reports are a right for ONWAs Gladue Program supportsevery Indigenous person who appears in court. However, to date not everyone is aware of this, or has access to Gladue Indigenous women caught in the justiceReport writers. Not having reports for women because they dont know Gladue system, and adds perspective toReports exist can be a detriment, explains Bolton. And further, if Indigenous women do not know that this will be helpful why they are there in the first placeto them, then they will not request to have one.Another issue is that there are also lawyers who do not know what Gladue Reports are and the important role they play.Their main purpose is to give the judge a full picture of what circumstances brought the Ontario person before the court. Key to this process is that it humanizes the individual before the court, so they are seen as more than just Iron WorkersOntario DistrictCouncilan offender. It gives context to their life and how colonialism and systemic racism may Iron Workers District Councilhave impacted their life course. ONWAs Gladue Program serves part of a larger Indigenous Women in Justice Program. And justice, stresses Bolton, is critical. The association helps to focus the narrative on one seen through an Indigenous womans lens. From cradle Ontario to grave, justice impacts our lives, and Iron Workers District Councilprograms such as the Gladue Program can help disrupt injustices. Indigenous women are experts in their own lives and we need Indigenous womens voices leading change, says Bolton.This begs the question: just how much change is occurring when the odds have historically been stacked against Indigenous women? Incarceration statistics, after all, are only one facet of the systemic factors that Indigenous women still battle in the present day, a world Bolton says is not yet post-colonial.Indigenous women are nonetheless thriving,and change is happening. Within the last decade weve seen the first Indigenous woman with a PhD in criminology, empha-Local 700 - 721 - 736 - 759 - 765 - 786 - 834 Local 700 - 721 - 736 - 759 - 765 - 786 - 834 sizes Bolton. We have continued to see the true wonder of amazing women who areLocal 700 - 721 - 736 - 759 - 765 - 786 - 834 President1st Vice President2nd Vice President Financial Secretary-Treasurer making change across disciplines.President1st nd Vice President Financial Secretary-Treasurer Vice President2 James Hannah Kevin Bryenton Jason Roe Wayne ThibaultAdvocating and having Indigenous Kevin Bryenton Jason Roe Wayne ThibaultJames HannahRecording Secretary TrusteesSergeant-at-Armswomens voices at the decision-makingPresident1st Vice President2nd Vice President Financial Secretary-TreasurerCory Burke Don Melvin Jr. Vincenzo Gandolfotables are key to making continued change Kevin Bryenton Jason Roe Wayne ThibaultJames Hannah Fred MacPhersonin justice. Indigenous women need to be Recording Secretary Trustees Sergeant-at-Arms Delegatessupported through a web of supportedCory Burke Don Melvin Jr. Vincenzo Gandolfo Rob Schaafsma Matt Robinson Marc Cardinalservices rather than caught in a net that Recording Secretary Marc Provost Sergeant-at-ArmsTrustees Nigel HareFred MacPherson Dean Smith leads to incarceration. Our interaction with Adam MacGillivray Phil White Charlie GigliaCory BurkeLuiz Barros Vincenzo Gandolfothe criminal justice system needs to be BJ SaltDon Melvin Jr.Steve PrattClinton Knowltonabout more than carceral options. It needs Fred MacPherson Delegates Chris Chorleyto be about restorative practices that lead to Rob Schaafsma Matt Robinson Marc Cardinalhealing and justice. Nigel Hare Marc Provost Delegates Dean SmithRob Schaafsma Matt Robinson Marc Cardinal Adam MacGillivray Phil White Charlie Giglia BJ Salt34Luiz Barros Dean Smith Spring/Summer 2022Nigel Hare Marc ProvostSteve Pratt Clinton Knowlton Adam MacGillivray Phil White Charlie Giglia Luiz BarrosSteve PrattBJ Salt Chris Chorley Clinton KnowltonChris Chorley'