I wrote a blog for John Howard Society. It summarizes my latest study on cultural prison programs for Indigenous people: "Realizing the potential of these initiatives requires transitioning into Indigenous-led justice and healing processes beyond prisons". johnhoward.ca/blog/indigeniz…

My first-ever article from 2019 is now open access. It's about the overreliance on "hate" to explain the far-right. I argue that the term prevents us from understanding far-right politics because it reduces bigger social and cultural problems to individual pathology and emotions.

Another academic telling us how to properly decolonize prisons in Canada while ignoring recommendations by the TRC and National Inquiry into MMIWG. My forthcoming piece argues that academics are not the authority on defining nor practising decolonization. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

New from me in Incarceration. I hope this piece complicates how we approach "decolonizing prisons" and encourages researchers to centre Indigenous experiences and advocacy when discussing these issues. The article is open access thanks to CRKN RCDR (inactive as of December 2024). doi.org/10.1177/263266…

Consider this: Who decides how we decolonize prison? The Quad ualberta.ca/the-quad/2023/…

Excited to see our new article out in The British Journal of Criminology, exploring unhoused community members’ experiences of hate victimization academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-ar… Marta-Marika Urbanik Justin EC Tetrault @CGreenePhD

Thanks to The Conversation Canada for covering our research on why anti-homeless attacks must be recognized and treated as hate crimes. theconversation.com/canada-must-re… Marta-Marika Urbanik Justin EC Tetrault @CGreenePhD

In 2014 there were 140 youth justice committees used to divert young people away from the criminal legal system in Alberta. Today there are 40. YJCs are local volunteer organizations you can join. Edmonton: [email protected] Camrose: [email protected]

How do we address tensions between academic critiques and community desires?

We are looking for 3 passionate researchers to interview system-involved people in Edmonton and the surrounding areas. Join our team!: Centre for Criminological Research UofA ; University of Alberta Prison Project (UAPP). See link below for details. Applications due July 19. drive.google.com/file/d/1N83OyL…

📢📢📢 We are hiring 3 new team members for our re-entry study! These positions offer a valuable opportunity to contribute to meaningful research in the fields of criminal justice and social inequality. Applications are due this Friday! Follow instructions below to apply.

Definitions of the far-right claim it offers an “illiberal” politics that “enters” the mainstream from the outside. However, as our article of the week shows, far-right activists often leverage liberal ideals. By Justin EC Tetrault in Social Forces buff.ly/40EvYrw

Presenting some preliminary findings this week from our University of Alberta Prison Project (UAPP) re-entry project alongside @KanikaSamuels, Scot Wortley, and Nicole Myers. Feel free to reach out if you want to chat about incarceration, Indigenizing justice, or far-right stuff. #ASCSanFran24 #ASCriminology2024

Happening tomorrow: "Métis Experiences with Re-entry from Prison: How the Canadian Justice System Creates Impossible Conditions". This talk by Justin EC Tetrault and Sandra Bucerius covers some preliminary findings of our new re-entry study, focusing on Métis and broader Indigenous issues.

I am hiring two Research Assistants to support projects in the areas of restorative justice, decolonizing criminology, and truth and reconciliation commissions. If you are interested, please apply urcareers.uregina.ca/postings/20088 #RestorativeJustice #Decolonization #Criminology

"$8,492 for Flip-Flops: The Price of Punishment Without Support" by Emily Stewart. This new blog series shares the realities of people navigating courts, custody, and community release. Based on fieldwork of our re-entry study and hosted by JohnHowardSocietyAB johnhoward.ca/blog/the-price…