Justice | The Walrus
Skip to content

The Walrus

Fact-based journalism that sparks the Canadian conversation

  • home
  • Articles
    • Environment
    • Business
    • Health
    • Politics
    • Arts & Culture
    • Society
  • Special Series
    • The Longest Winter
    • Living Rooms
    • In Other Worlds: A Space Exploration
    • Record of a Pandemic
    • Terra Cognita
    • Common Ground
    • Dirty Money: Seven Cases of Global Corruption
    • The Beauty Conversation
    • The End: How We Die Now
    • Sex Ed: Beyond the Classroom
    • Opioids: A Public Health Crisis
  • Events
    • The Walrus Talks
    • Article Club
    • The Walrus Talks Video Room
    • The Walrus Leadership Roundtables
    • The Walrus Leadership Forums
    • The Walrus Gala 2021
  • Subscribe
    • Renew your subscription
    • Change your address
    • Magazine Issues
    • Newsletters
    • The Conversation Piece Podcast
  • Shop
  • The Walrus Lab
    • Amazon First Novel Award
    • The Walrus Fact Checking
  • Donate

Justice

A photo of a protest, with police forming a line opposite the protestors.
Justice

Modern Policing Is an Invention of Slavery

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 - by Rinaldo Walcott

As calls to defund the police grow, a look back at the origins of contemporary law enforcement

Read More
Justice / March/April 2021

Standoff at 1492 Land Back Lane

February 8, 2021February 11, 2021 - by Luke Ottenhof

How twenty-five acres of Ontario farmland have become a new front in the battle for Indigenous self-governance

Read More
A close-up of a woman's eye and nose bridge, styled in black and white and lightly pixellated.
Justice

Workplace Harassment Goes Virtual

January 28, 2021January 29, 2021 - by Samantha McCabe

Far from pausing the problem, the pandemic has intensified it across online platforms

Read More
Arts & Culture / Justice / Politics

New Year’s Resolutions: Taking Action against Injustice

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020 - by The Walrus Staff

Anti-Black racism persists across industries, and addressing it requires proactive, ongoing work

Read More
Artwork of stylized red lobsters filling every inch of the frame. The art has a woven texture.
January/February 2021 / Justice

The New Lobster Wars

November 10, 2020January 29, 2021 - by Zoe Heaps Tennant

Inside the decades-long East Coast battle between fishers and the federal government over Mi’kmaw treaty rights

Read More
Illustration of a prison building, with several women on the roof walking into a light. In the prison windows, behind bars, a couple of people remain.
Justice / September/October 2020

Did Prisons Ever Work?

August 18, 2020January 5, 2021 - by Lauren McKeon

A growing movement believes it’s time to stop putting women in jail

Read More
Illustration of a Black boy with a book open in front of him. Rising from the pages are small characters engaged in a protest.
Justice / Society

Untelling the Story of Race

July 15, 2020October 13, 2020 - by Joshua Sealy-Harrington

In the face of white supremacy, Black writers respond with narratives of resistance

Read More
A black and white photo of a row of four empty phones mounted on a chain-link fence.
COVID-19 / Justice

Social Distancing Is Impossible in Prisons. Why Are They Still Full?

April 27, 2020May 12, 2020 - by Simon Lewsen

Bail courts have gone virtual and trials are suspended. But prisons, which pose a severe public health risk, are still open

Read More
An image of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, in a large gold frame and against a periwinkle background. Stuck onto the document is a post-it with an asterisk and the words "some conditions apply" written in red.
Justice

The Need to Protect Free Speech on First Nations Reserves

February 25, 2020March 27, 2020 - by Robert Jago

It’s unclear if the Charter applies to First Nations governments. This leaves band members extremely vulnerable

Read More
A man and a woman sit in two large open palms, facing one another.
Justice / March 2020

How One Woman Reimagined Justice for Her Rapist

February 19, 2020August 27, 2020 - by Viviane Fairbank

Few survivors of sexual assault pursue justice in the legal system. Marlee Liss advocates for an alternative option

Read More

Posts navigation

1 2 … 11 Next

Our Latest Issue

Cover of the Mar/Apr issue of The Walrus magazine. Mar/Apr 2021

Double issue: declaring your data at the border, the Group of Seven 100 years later, an Indigenous-led camp for unhoused people in Edmonton, death in the age of Facebook, and quitting America for good.

Walrus logo with tusks and Canada's Conversation


About The Walrus

  • About Us
  • Our Staff
  • Contact
  • Submissions
  • Careers & Fellowships
  • Advertise with us

The Walrus Lab

The Walrus Lab creates customized solutions to help our clients meet their promotional needs.

Subscribe

  • Magazine Subscription
  • Weekly Newsletter
  • Events Newsletter
  • The Conversation Piece Podcast

More

  • The Walrus Talks @Home
  • The Walrus Books
  • The Walrus Podcasts
  • Magazine Archives
  • Policies and Standards
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
© 2021 The Walrus. All Rights Reserved.
Charitable Registration Number: No. 861851624-RR0001