September 19, 2016 - BOWMANVILLE – SNC-Lavalin calls its $15,000 contribution to Bowmanville’s Firehouse Youth Centre a “small donation” but for Chris Newman, the program co-ordinator for the centre, the donation is huge and will go far.…Read More
JHSO in the News
September 6, 2016 - A program designed to help individuals who are at-risk or in conflict with the law change their lives is getting a $30,000 venture grant from the United Way.…Read More
August 15, 2016 - Prisoner’s Justice Day fights for safer prison conditions…Read More
August 11, 2016 - Injustices in the justice system were brought to the fore during a Prisoner’s Justice Day event held in Barrie on Wednesday.…Read More
August 11, 2016 - John Howard Society of Simcoe & Muskoka will be holding a public event Wednesday to commemorate international Prisoner’s Justice Day. This local event at Unity Market in Barrie will be one of hundreds across Canada and the world that are aimed at advocacy and remembrance of prisoner’s justice and human rights issues.…Read More
August 11, 2016 - Rick Sauve was convicted of first degree murder in 1979 and he has been working to increase awareness and inspire change in jails and prisons…Read More
August 9, 2016 - This won’t be the first time you’ll hear criminality and mental health be put together in an article. It’s a narrative we often hear, but one that is often stigmatized and misunderstood. A disproportionate number of inmates do suffer from a mental illness, but often the reasons why they are incarcerated is from a lack of mental health community care in Ontario.…Read More
August 4, 2016 - NIAGARA — They certainly aren’t sexy or flashy, but nuts and bolts improvements being made at five Niagara non-profit agencies are being called important to allow the agencies to do what they do best: help some of society’s most vulnerable young people.…Read More