Resource Library
SLSC's Publications
SLSC routinely conducts research and engages in advocacy and information sharing as key components of our purpose. Through this work, we generate a wide variety of reports, policies, legislative submissions, and other documents that we’re pleased to share in this Resource Library.
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| Title | Year | Categories | Link | hf:doc_categories | hf:doc_tags |
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| SLSC Webinar: Intersection of Housing and the Justice System | 2026 | Webinar | webinar | ||
| SLSC Webinar: Education/Employability | 2026 | Webinar | webinar | ||
| SLSC Webinar: Employment with Jacqueline Tasca | 2026 | Webinar | webinar | ||
| SLSC Webinar: Positive Support Networks with Dirk Young | 2026 | Webinar | webinar | ||
| SLSC Policy on Privatization of Corrections | 2026 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | legislation-criminal-justice-reform values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Pursuing Justice: Bilateral Interactions Among the Criminal Justice and Housing Sectors for Preventing Youth Homelessness | 2025 | Research Report | research-report | community-integration housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations | |
| SLSC Policy on Electronic Monitoring | 2025 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | community-integration jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration | |
| Pursuing Justice Infographic 1: Pathways for Community Agencies | 2025 | Infographic | infographic | community-integration housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations | |
| Pursuing Justice Infographic 2: Pathways for Municipal Government | 2025 | Infographic | infographic | community-integration housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations | |
| Pursuing Justice Infographic 3: Pathways for Provincial and Territorial Governments | 2025 | Infographic | infographic | community-integration housing-halfway-houses legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations | |
| Pursuing Justice Infographic 4: Pathways for Federal Government | 2025 | Infographic | infographic | community-integration housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations | |
| SLSC Webinar: Overview of the Federal Framework to Reduce Recidivism with Catherine Latimer | 2025 | Webinar | webinar | community-integration release-community-integration | |
| Media Release on the 52nd Annual Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator (2024-25) | 2025 | Press Release & Open Letter | press-release-open-letter | community-integration health jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations | |
| Pursuing Justice Infographic 5: Housing Stability for Youth in Courts (H-SYNC) Case Study | 2025 | Infographic | infographic | ||
| Media Release Regarding Launch of Pursuing Housing: Scaling Options for Justice-Involved Youth Solutions Lab | 2025 | Press Release & Open Letter | press-release-open-letter | housing-halfway-houses release-community-integration unique-populations | |
| SLSC Webinar: Youth Justice & Housing with Dr. Erin Dej (WLU) and Dr. Jessica Braimoh (YorkU) | 2025 | Webinar | webinar | ||
| SLSC Webinar: Defining & Measuring Recidivism Research Division of Department of Public Safety | 2025 | Webinar | webinar | ||
| Bill S-230 Brief to Standing Senate Committee on Legal & Constitutional Affairs | 2024 | Legislative Report & Submission, Policy Brief | legislative-report-submission policy-brief | community-integration health housing-halfway-houses legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations | |
| Statement on the 51st Annual Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator (2023-24) | 2024 | Press Release & Open Letter | press-release-open-letter | community-integration jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| SLSC Webinar: Advocating for Least Restrictive Measures with Mary Campbell | 2023 | Webinar | webinar | jail-prison-environments values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| SLSC Bill S-212 LCJC Brief to Senate Committee | 2023 | Legislative Report & Submission | legislative-report-submission | community-integration legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectives values-based-principles-practices | |
| SLSC Policy on Equitable and Consistent Standards of Healthcare for Justice-Involved People | 2022 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | health jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| SLSC Policy on Racism in the Criminal Justice System | 2022 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | health jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| SLSC Policy on Human Rights and Non-Discrimination | 2022 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | legislation-criminal-justice-reform values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Brief to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Bill C-5 An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act | 2022 | Legislative Report & Submission | legislative-report-submission | community-integration health legislation-criminal-justice-reform values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| News Release Regarding Corrections and Conditional Release Act: 30th Anniversary | 2022 | Press Release & Open Letter | press-release-open-letter | community-integration legislation-criminal-justice-reform | |
| Response to the Government of Canada’s Tabling of the Federal Framework to Reduce Recidivism | 2022 | Press Release & Open Letter | press-release-open-letter | legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration | |
| Young Adults and the Definition of Youth Within the Criminal Justice System | 2022 | Other Report | other-report | health jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populations values-based-principles-practices | |
| Infrastructure, Intersections, and Innovation: Understanding Community-based Residential Facilities Within a Shifting COVID-19 Landscape | 2021 | Research Report | research-report | health housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments release-community-integration | |
| SLSC Policy on Restorative Justice | 2021 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | health legislation-criminal-justice-reform values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| SLSC Policy on Universal Basic Income | 2021 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | health housing-halfway-houses legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Infrastructure, croisements, innovation : bien comprendre les aménagements des établissements résidentiels communautaires face aux enjeux toujours changeant engendrés par la pandémie de COVID-19 | 2021 | Research Report | research-report | health housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments release-community-integration | |
| Legal Analysis: The Aging & Elderly Prison Population | 2020 | Other Report | other-report | health jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populations | |
| Life(r)’s Work: Supporting a Modernized Strategy for Life-Sentenced People in Canada | 2020 | Research Report | research-report | jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| SLSC Policy on the Impact of Criminal Records | 2020 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | housing-halfway-houses legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| SLSC Policy on Impact of Long-term Incarceration | 2020 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | health jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| SLSC Policy on Social Enterprises | 2020 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | release-community-integration | |
| SLSC Policy on The Role of Government | 2020 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Smart on Crime: The St. Leonard’s Perspective on What Works and What Matters in Criminal Justice | 2019 | Other Report | other-report | health housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Position Paper on Community Supports: Alternatives to Traditional Approaches (submitted to the Parole Board of Canada (PBC) as part of the PBC Academic Think Tank on Community Corrections) | 2019 | Other Report | other-report | health housing-halfway-houses legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Life(r)’s Work: Developing a Modernized Strategy for Life-Sentenced People in Canada | 2019 | Research Report | research-report | jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| SLSC Policy on Right to Housing | 2019 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | health housing-halfway-houses legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| SLSC Policy on Peer Mentoring | 2019 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | health jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| SLSC Policy on Research Ethics | 2019 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | health legislation-criminal-justice-reform values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| SLSC Policy on Capital Punishment | 2019 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Response to Office of The Correctional Investigator (OCI) & Canadian Human Rights Commission’s (CHRC) Joint Report Aging and Dying in Prison | 2019 | Press Release & Open Letter | press-release-open-letter | health jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populations | |
| A Framework for Legal Analysis: The Aging & Elderly Prison Population | 2019 | Other Report | other-report | health jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populations values-based-principles-practices | |
| Beyond Custody: Positive Pathways to Housing for Youth in Conflict with the Law | 2018 | Research Report | research-report | housing-halfway-houses legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations | |
| SLSC Policy on Aging and Elderly People in Conflict with the Law | 2018 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | health housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| SLSC Policy on Community-Based Social Justice | 2018 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | housing-halfway-houses legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| SLSC Policy on Crime Prevention | 2018 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| News Release Regarding McClintic Transfer from Healing Lodge | 2018 | Press Release & Open Letter | press-release-open-letter | health jail-prison-environments release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Native Counselling Services of Alberta Open Letter: Healing Lodges, Community-based Residential Facilities Help to Ensure Public Safety | 2018 | Press Release & Open Letter | press-release-open-letter | health jail-prison-environments release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Presentation to the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights | 2017 | Legislative Report & Submission | legislative-report-submission | health housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Life(r)’s Work: An Historical Analysis and Evaluation of a Program for Life Sentenced People in Canada | 2017 | Research Report | research-report | jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| SLSC Train the Trainer Workshop: Problematic Substance Use, Consolidated Report | 2017 | Research Report | research-report | health jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populations | |
| SLSC Policy on Victims | 2017 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | legislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| SLSC Policy on Mandatory Minimums | 2017 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | legislation-criminal-justice-reform values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Social Enterprise and Labour Market Integration for Individuals Exiting the Criminal Justice System ‒ A Synthesis of Pilot Project Evaluation | 2015 | Research Report | research-report | release-community-integration | |
| Les entreprises sociales et l’intégration au marché du travail des individus qui sortent du système de justice pénale ‒ une synthèse d’évaluation de projets pilotes | 2015 | Research Report | research-report | release-community-integration | |
| Legislative Update on Mandatory Minimums in Canada | 2014 | Legislative Report & Submission | legislative-report-submission | legislation-criminal-justice-reform values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Letter to Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Bill C-479 An Act to Amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act | 2014 | Legislative Report & Submission | legislative-report-submission | jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Brief on the Federal Victims Bill of Rights | 2014 | Legislative Report & Submission | legislative-report-submission | legislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Submission to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights: Bill C-32 Canadian Victims Bill of Rights | 2014 | Legislative Report & Submission | legislative-report-submission | legislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Literature Summary Promising Practices for Train the Trainer in Peer Mentoring Workshop | 2014 | Research Report | research-report | health jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populations | |
| Policy Brief on Electronic Monitoring Review and Recommendations | 2013 | Legislative Report & Submission | legislative-report-submission | housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Policy Brief on Capital Punishment | 2013 | Legislative Report & Submission | legislative-report-submission | jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Capital Punishment Fact Sheet | 2013 | Fact Sheet | fact-sheet | jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Submission to the Department of Justice on Victims’ Rights in Canada | 2013 | Legislative Report & Submission | legislative-report-submission | legislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Bill C-479 An Act to Bring Fairness to Victims of Violent Offenders Factsheet | 2013 | Fact Sheet | fact-sheet | legislation-criminal-justice-reform unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Towards an Integrated Network Second Edition | 2013 | Research Report | research-report | health housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Homes for the Hard to House: H2H Model | 2012 | Other Report | other-report | housing-halfway-houses release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Homes for the ‘Hard to House’ Research Findings Report | 2012 | Research Report | research-report | housing-halfway-houses release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| News Release Regarding LifeLine Funding Cut | 2012 | Press Release & Open Letter | press-release-open-letter | housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations | |
| Brief to Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights: Bill C-10 Omnibus Crime Bill | 2011 | Legislative Report & Submission | legislative-report-submission | health jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Brief to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Parole Board of Canada Propose Pardon User Fee Increase | 2011 | Legislative Report & Submission | legislative-report-submission | legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Mémoire présenté au comité permanent de la justice et des droits de la personne sur la loi sur la sécurité des rues et des communautés : projet de loi C-10 | 2011 | Legislative Report & Submission | legislative-report-submission | health jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Brief to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights: Bill C-4 An Act to Amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act | 2010 | Legislative Report & Submission | legislative-report-submission | health jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Summary of SLSC’s Brief to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights: Bill C-4 An Act to Amend the Youth Criminal Justice Act | 2010 | Legislative Report & Submission | legislative-report-submission | health jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Community Connections: The Key to Community Corrections for Individuals with Mental Health Disorders | 2010 | Research Report | research-report | health housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| L’Engagement communautaire : La clé de services correctionnels communautaires à l’intention de personnes souffrant de troubles mentaux | 2010 | Research Report | research-report | health housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Towards an Integrated Network: Working Together to Avoid Criminalization of People with Mental Health Problems | 2008 | Research Report | research-report | health jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Vers un réseau intégré : Travailler ensemble pour éviter la criminalisation de personnes aux prises avec des problèmes de santé mentale | 2008 | Research Report | research-report | health jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Good Practices Manual: Principles to Practice | 2007 | Research Report | research-report | health housing-halfway-houses jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform release-community-integration unique-populations values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Do Halfway Houses Affect Property Values? | 2004 | Fact Sheet | fact-sheet | housing-halfway-houses release-community-integration values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| SLSC Privacy Policy | 2004 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| Halfway houses for federal offenders: What do we know about them? (FORUM on Corrections Research) | 2003 | Other Report | other-report | housing-halfway-houses release-community-integration | |
| Why Crime Prevention? | 2001 | Other Report | other-report | legislation-criminal-justice-reform values-based-principles-perspectives | |
| SLSC Policy on Privatization of Corrections | 1999 | SLSC Policy | slsc-policy | jail-prison-environments legislation-criminal-justice-reform values-based-principles-perspectives |