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Just Cause

6 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -

Bringing you the stories and experiences of those working within and around the justice system, and those with lived experience.

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Episodes

Special Episode 5 - Deputy Chief Peter Yuen

March 12, 2022 03:34 - 1 hour - 91 MB

This episode is a special one as it was Toronto Police Service Deputy Chief Peter Yuen's last official interview before he retired from the TPS at the end of February 2022. We chat about his reflections over a 35-year career, what needs to be done to rebuild public trust in the police, his personal experiences of dealing with racism and discrimination, his work to implement race-based statistics, support better services and responses to mental health, build community policing, and the import...

Episode 4: Chief Steve Tanner

February 02, 2022 01:18 - 53 minutes - 73.9 MB

This episode features a conversation with Chief Stephen Tanner of the Halton Regional Police Service. In January 2022, Steve celebrated 40 years of policing, and 20 years as a Police Chief making him the longest serving Police Chief in Canada.  We chat about how policing has changed over his career, the cases that have stayed with him, advice he would give his younger self or to new recruits, managing today's challenges in an increasingly connected world, and what he thinks the future holds...

Episode 3: Inspector Dan Jones and Melissa Neal

November 16, 2021 02:33 - 1 hour - 89.4 MB

This episode features a conversation with Inspector Dan Jones of the Edmonton Police Service and Melissa Neal. Dan and Melissa met years ago when Dan was working foot patrol in the City of Edmonton, Canada, and Melissa was a young person finding herself in conflict with the law.  As the years progressed, Dan and Melissa developed a special friendship. Dan refused to give up on Melissa as she moved in and out of the criminal justice system, providing her with support, guidance and encouragem...

Episode 2: Phil Gurski

November 01, 2021 03:37 - 1 hour - 94.8 MB

Episode 2 features a discussion with Phil Gurski. Phil has an immense depth of experience in the world of intelligence, specializing in issues on national security and terrorism with a particular focus on the Middle East and violent Islamist-inspired terrorism gained through his first-hand experience at organizations including the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and Communications Security Establishment (CSE - Canada's Signal Intelligence Agency). He is the President and CEO of...

Episode 1: Tamara Cherry

October 07, 2021 02:09 - 1 hour - 123 MB

Our premiere episode and it's a blockbuster! This episodes features a conversation with Tamara Cherry, who shares her stories and experiences from working in the field of crime reporting and media trauma research.  Tamara is a trauma researcher, victim advocate and communications consultant who spent the bulk of her career as an award-winning journalist in some of Canada’s largest newsrooms. She left her post as CTV News Toronto’s crime specialist in 2019 to launch Pickup Communications, a ...

Just Cause (Trailer)

September 15, 2021 19:52 - 59 seconds - 946 KB

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