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Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies We envision a world without prisons with strong and well-resourced communities for everyone.

Please swipe through for our analysis, in brief, of the important Supreme Court of Canada Decision, R v Cope, released t...
10/09/2026

Please swipe through for our analysis, in brief, of the important Supreme Court of Canada Decision, R v Cope, released today!

Swipe through for our analysis in brief of the R v Cope decision - released today.
10/09/2026

Swipe through for our analysis in brief of the R v Cope decision - released today.

09/26/2026

A new annual report just dropped!!!

CAEFS membership just gathered virtually for our 48th AGM. Although our work is facing increasing obstacles and challenges, we were united in our steadfast commitment to ensuring that the issues faced by criminalized women and gender diverse people are addressed through concrete action.

Here is a peak at our annual report with original art throughout, created by our members at our last gathering. If you want to see the full annual report you can follow the link on our linktree to our website where this year and previous year’s annual reports are found.

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Un nouveau rapport annuel vient d’être publié!

Les membres de l’ACSEF viennent de se réunir virtuellement à l’occasion de notre 48e assemblée générale annuelle. Bien que notre travail se heurte à des obstacles et à des défis de plus en plus nombreux, nous sommes restés unis dans notre engagement inébranlable à faire en sorte que les problèmes auxquels sont confrontées les femmes et les personnes de diverses identités de genre criminalisées soient traités par des mesures concrètes.

Voici un aperçu de notre rapport annuel, illustré d’œuvres d’art originales créées par nos membres lors de notre dernière rencontre. Si vous souhaitez consulter le rapport annuel dans son intégralité, vous pouvez suivre le lien sur notre Linktree menant à notre site Web, où vous trouverez les rapports annuels de cette année et des années précédentes.

CAEFS was so pleased to be asked to participate on a panel at the AGM for the Elizabeth Fry Society of Toronto. We discu...
09/25/2026

CAEFS was so pleased to be asked to participate on a panel at the AGM for the Elizabeth Fry Society of Toronto. We discussed what it takes to ensure safe communities and how to challenge existing systems that produce or reproduce harm. It is always a pleasure to learn from all of you. Congratulations on another great year doing essential work!

Check out the second picture for their beautiful annual report created by one of their past program participants 😍.

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L’ACSEF a été très heureux d’avoir été invité à participer à une table ronde lors de l’assemblée générale annuelle de la Société Elizabeth Fry de Toronto. Nous avons discuté des mesures à prendre pour garantir la sécurité des collectivités et de la manière de remettre en question les systèmes existants qui perpétuent les préjudices. C’est toujours un plaisir d’apprendre à vos côtés. Félicitations pour cette nouvelle année remarquable au service d’une travail essentielle.

Jetez un coup d’œil à la deuxième photo pour découvrir leur magnifique rapport annuel, réalisé par l’un des anciens participants à leur programme. 😍

Our hearts and spirits are with everyone impacted by this loss of three lives. CAEFS staff and volunteers are working to...
08/08/2026

Our hearts and spirits are with everyone impacted by this loss of three lives. CAEFS staff and volunteers are working to provide enhanced support to federally sentenced women at the Edmonton Institution for Women, the Okimaw Ochoa Healing Lodge, and across the country in the aftermath of this tragedy.

Thank you to Latasha () and Christophe () for sharing your knowledge, stories, and visions for more just futures. We’re ...
05/23/2026

Thank you to Latasha () and Christophe () for sharing your knowledge, stories, and visions for more just futures. We’re honoured to have your voices and work be part of this year’s conference.

Our second and final day of the conference has come to a close! Today’s presentations continued to explore the many ways...
05/23/2026

Our second and final day of the conference has come to a close! Today’s presentations continued to explore the many ways systems of punishment and criminalization shape our communities, with conversations on carceral geography, disability justice, restorative justice, resistance inside and beyond prison, the penal voluntary sector, and the dynamics of power and punishment.

This evening, we were honoured to hear from Desmond Cole, whose closing keynote challenged us to reflect on the practices that consciously and unconsciously reinforce racism, particularly anti-Black racism, within mainstream Canadian media. We then closed the conference with a deeply moving ceremony, “MMIWG2S and Indigenous Men: Love and Witnessing,” featuring poetry, jingle and fancy shawl dance, and drumming from the Auntie Social Singers.

Over these two days, “Connecting Paths” was reflected not only in the themes of the conference, but in the relationships, conversations, and moments of collective witnessing shared throughout the space. Thank you to everyone who presented, attended, organized, performed, and contributed to making this gathering so meaningful.

We’re so proud to highlight the amazing work of our community members and the Prison Health Research Council!Led by peop...
05/22/2026

We’re so proud to highlight the amazing work of our community members and the Prison Health Research Council!

Led by people with lived experience of incarceration, this work is creating space for community leadership, collaboration, and real change in prison health research.

We’re honoured to see this work shared at this conference and grateful for the care, vision, and lived expertise behind it. 💜

Our first full day of the conference is complete! Last night opened in a powerful way with songs and drumming from the S...
05/22/2026

Our first full day of the conference is complete! Last night opened in a powerful way with songs and drumming from the Strong Water Singers, storytelling from Patty Krawec, nourishing food from Nokomis Eve’s Traditional Food, and an engaging session from the Coalition Against Proposed Prisons that encouraged us to continue organizing against jail expansion.

Today’s presentations explored the many ways systems of criminalization shape our social world, with conversations on generative justice, policing and governance, prison education, s*x work and labour, homelessness, borders, and the health harms connected to carceral systems. Throughout the day, the conference theme of “Connecting Paths” came to life as speakers highlighted the encounters, relationships, and shared struggles that influence how we imagine safety, justice, and collective care. What a great first day!

We’re so proud to share that several CAEFS staff and volunteers are attending and presenting at this year’s Critical Per...
05/21/2026

We’re so proud to share that several CAEFS staff and volunteers are attending and presenting at this year’s Critical Perspectives conference! Over the next few days, we’ll be highlighting the incredible work being done by members of our team and community.

Today, we’re spotlighting Cathee and Kelsey and their deeply important presentation exploring abolition democracy, generative justice, participatory action research, and the power of food to build webs of care and community. Grounded in work with and for women on parole, this project asks how food justice can support dignity, wellbeing, mutual aid, and connection — all around a kitchen table.

We’re honoured to see this work shared in conversation with so many thoughtful organizers, researchers, and community builders. 💜

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