The Terrible Truth about Canadian Crime: No Justice for Women

St Paul's University College welcomes Kim Pate, C.M., the 2015 Carold Institute Visiting Fellow, who will present a public lecture on the treatment of women by the Canadian legal and penal systems.

Pate is a lawyer and teacher by training and has completed post-graduate work in the area of forensic mental health. She is the Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS), the Ariel Sallows Chair in Human Rights at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law and a part-­‐time professor at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. CAEFS is a federation of autonomous societies that work with, and on behalf of, marginalized, victimized, criminalized and institutionalized women and girls throughout Canada.

Pate has also worked with youth and men during her more than 30 years of working in and around the legal and penal systems.

About the Carold Institute Visiting Fellow program:

The Carold Institute Visiting Fellow brings to campus and the broader Kitchener-Waterloo community individuals who are making a major contribution to positive social change through innovation in the volunteer/not-for-profit sector in Canada. The annual Fellowship is sponsored by the Carold Institute and St. Paul’s University College.

The lecture is free, but please register in advance for the event. Limited pay and display parking is available at St. Paul's.