Conferences & Presentations

• Women Working for Social Justice
  Legal Leader’s Breakfast, Women’s Legal Mentorship Program – October 2, 2012
  Presented by Kim Pate, Executive Director CAEFS | Listen Hosted on YouTube

• Why Are Women and Girls Canada’s Fastest Growing Prison Population; and, Why Should You Care?
  Grant Lowery Lecture, Defence for Children International, Canada – April 26, 2011
  Presented by Kim Pate, Executive Director CAEFS

• Why Are Women Canada’s Fastest Growing Prison Population; and, Why Should You Care?
  Distinguished Speaker Series, University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law – March 18, 2011
  Presented by Kim Pate, Executive Director CAEFS

• Questions for Candidates in the 2011 Federal Election
  March 26, 2011

• Prison Industrial Complex: Advocacy, Activism and Social Change 
  Sisters Inside Conference: Is Prison Obsolete? Melbourne, Australia – July 21, 2005
  Comments of Kim Pate

• Prisons: The International Response to Poverty, Abuse & Mental Illness
  Monash University Conference, Prato, Italy – June 21, 2005 
  Presented by Kim Pate, Executive Director CAEFS

• Prisons: Canada’s Default Response to Poverty, Homelessness and Mental Illness – Especially for Women 
  11th United Nations Congress on Criminal Justice and Crime Prevention, Bangkok –  April 22, 2005 
  Prepared by Kim Pate

• Prisons: The Latest Solution to Homelessness, Poverty and Mental Illness
  Calgary WomenSpeak Series – September 18, 2003

• Ontario Conference of Judges: Access to Justice Plenary
  May 21, 2003

• Women & Girls in Prison: Canada’s Alternative to Equality & Justice
  Winnipeg LEAF Breakfast – October 24, 2002 

• Why We Should Form an International Coalition Against Women’s Imprisonment
  Brisbane, Australia – November 29, 2001

• Report on the CAEFS – CASAC Conference Women’s Resistance: From Victimization to Criminalization
  Ottawa – October 1-3, 2001

• Women and Corrections Conference – Keynote Address
  Adelaide, Australia – October 31, 2000

Oral Submissions of Women’s Equality Seeking Groups to the Canadian Human Rights Commission (May 2003)

See the Submissions to the Canadian Human Rights Commission page for background information.

• Introduction to Submissions | Listen Hosted on YouTube
• Closing Comments | Listen Hosted on YouTube

• CAEFS
  • CAEFS’ Oral Submission 1 | Listen Hosted on YouTube
  • CAEFS’ Oral Submission 2 | Listen Hosted on YouTube

• Other Women’s Equality Seeking Organizations
  • Amnesty International Canada’s Oral Submission | Listen Hosted on YouTube
  • Canadian Federation of University Women’s Oral Submission | Listen Hosted on YouTube
  • DAWN: DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada’s Oral Submission | Listen Hosted on YouTube
  • NAWL: National Association of Women and the Law’s Oral Submission | Listen Hosted on YouTube
  • NCWC: National Council of Women of Canada’s Oral Submission | Listen Hosted on YouTube
  • NWAC: Native Women’s Association of Canada’s Oral Submission | Listen Hosted on YouTube
  • Additional comments from MORN | Listen Hosted on YouTube
  • SIS: Strength in Sisterhood Society – Oral Submissions from women in and from prison | Hosted on YouTube
    One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Eight
  • LEAF: Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund’s Oral Submission | Listen Hosted on YouTube
  • National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women’s Oral Submission | Listen Hosted on YouTube