This website contains teacher resources with legal case studies (videos, lesson plans and teaching modules) for a student program produced by judges, designed to teach senior high school students concepts about law, such as the rule of law, judicial independence and judicial impartiality. Teachers may want to consider using Modules 1, 2 and 4 as case studies for this critical challenge.
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Scroll down and select Module 1, 2 or 4. Play the case study only until the Try Judging logo appears after the scenario has been acted out (about two thirds of the way through the video) for each of the three case studies.
This website contains information about the youth justice system in Canada and describes the roles and responsibilities of the federal, provincial and territorial governments and other youth justice partners.
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Scroll down to read the data, charts and graphs. Click on related links in the menu on the left side to access additional information, including research and analysis.
Canadian Children’s Rights Council: Child Rights-Virtual Library, Resource Centre, Archives and Advocacy
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Canadian Children’s Rights Council
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This website contains information about the legal rights of children in Canada, legislation, advocacy, media stories and related issues. This website has a section about child/youth criminal justice in Canada.
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Scroll down to view the text and access the left-hand menu. Click on Child/Youth Criminal Justice in the left-hand menu and then click on a topic to view information about youth crime and justice in Canada.