October 20, 2020 - Seven months into the pandemic, some courts in the northeast still not holding in-person hearings…Read More
JHSO in the News
September 29, 2020 - The Guelph Public Library is helping people attend their virtual court hearings by providing tablets to individuals to use in the library.…Read More
September 9, 2020 - Elliot Hudson, like many struggling through a closed and re-opened economy, can’t find work. But he’s also an ex-con, battling the stigma and barriers that comes with.…Read More
August 21, 2020 - An article on decarceration by Paula Osmok, executive director of the John Howard Society of Ontario.…Read More
August 21, 2020 - Kemi Anazodo is heading up a team of researchers in partnership with the Centre of Research and Policy at John Howard Society of Ontario to investigate employers’ attitudes towards hiring people with a criminal history…Read More
August 14, 2020 - The John Howard Society has created a new online tool that helps those with a police record navigate the search for employment and the interview process.…Read More
August 7, 2020 - John Howard Society launches new “Finding Employment with a Criminal Record” tool to compliment existing programs such as Literacy and Basic Skills and Code Camp…Read More
July 30, 2020 - The early release of inmates into a city shut down by COVID-19 resulted in the “heartbreaking” sight of people sleeping on the porch of the London John Howard Society building.…Read More