April 2022

International Day to End Corporal Punishment

Elizabeth Perry · 4/30/223:51 PM

April 30th is the International Day to End Corporal Punishment. Many in Canada are advocating for the Government of Canada to Repeal section 43 of the Criminal Code which allows adult caregivers of children aged 2 - 12 years to exert physical punishment on children as a form of discipline. Those of us who understand neuroscience, attachment theory, child development, and ACEs understand the damage such breaches of trust between adults and children cause. We call upon all Canadians to join...

Podcast: White Coat Black Art - Talking ACEs with the Authors of Damaged (www.cbc.ca)

Elizabeth Perry · 4/30/223:27 PM

New Podcast with Canadian Content: Dr. Brian Goldman is talking ACEs with the authors of Damaged: Childhood Trauma, Adult Illness, and the Need for a Health Care Revolution.

‘Our ancestors risked their lives and freedom’ (Indian Country Today)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) · 4/18/224:00 PM

Like many Catholic orders that operated Indian boarding and day schools, the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have embarked on a campaign to examine their organization’s role in the assimilation process that aimed to strip away Indigenous culture and language. While heartfelt and sincere, their efforts seemed vague and overly cautious, however. As Sister Eileen McKenzie, president of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, said during an interview with Indian Country Today , “We are in...

Canada Must Repeal Section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada

Elizabeth Perry · 4/5/226:58 AM

This is a conversation between Elizabeth Perry of #ACEs Canada and Danielle Dionne of No Violence for Kids Canada about the need to Repeal section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada. Link to recording included.

Rationale for Why Canada Should Repeal Section 43 of CCC

Elizabeth Perry · 4/4/2212:49 PM

There is increasing momentum and coordination across Canada to Repeal section 43 of the Criminal Code of Canada which states that Every parent, schoolteacher and person standing in the place of a parent is justified in using force by way of correction of a pupil or child, as the case may be, who is under his care, if the force does not exceed what is reasonable under the circumstances. This law has sanctioned the use of corporal punishment against children at the hands of caregivers. With...

‘I Feel Shame and Pain’: Pope Apologizes to Indigenous People of Canada (newsbreak.com)

Dana Brown (PACEs Connection Staff) · 4/1/228:54 AM

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis apologized Friday for the Catholic Church’s involvement in a system of Canadian boarding schools that abused Indigenous children for 100 years, an announcement that comes after the discovery last year of signs of unmarked graves with the remains of dozens of children. “I feel shame and pain,” for the “deplorable” abuses, the pope said. “I ask forgiveness of God, and I join the Canadian bishops in apologizing.” Francis also promised he would travel to Canada, where...

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