Type of Research: Research Paper, Database          

Research Description:

This project will compile information on criminal and scandalous activities of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) from its founding in 1984 to the present. It will attempt to track the consequences for CSIS of each scandal which has come to light. Finally, it will analyse the data according to a set of questions developed in collaboration with the People's Commission Network in the course of this project.

Part A. Scandalous activities and consequences for CSIS.

Drawing on a wide variety of public sources (literature review; media coverage; SIRC reports; internal Public Safety audits; court decisions and transcripts; interviews with activists and lawyers; reports by human rights and community organizations), information on CSIS misdemeanors will be gathered, synthesized, and categorized.

We are interested not only in illegal activities but any ""shocking"" behaviour: actions that are broadly held to be incompatible with justice and freedom. To narrow the scope of the research, we have categorized the kinds of activities that have in the past provoked public scandals. The following ten categories can be refined and modified in the course of the research, but serve as an initial basis:

Project Description:

The Montreal Media Co-op is looking for a student, preferably in Journalism or Communications, to undertake a research and writing project for the upcoming semester. The student would be expected to work with members of the MMC is researching one or several topics through various means, including Access to Information Requests, archival research and interviews. While familiarity with journalistic research methods is a plus, training will be provided to the student as well.

The research will revolve around a clear topic with the goal of publishing at least one in-depth investigative piece. The topic will be defined based on the needs identified by the MMC and take into account the student's research interests. Possible topics include: Housing and homelessness Poverty rates/anti-poverty programs Environmental initiatives on Montreal island Police brutality/killings and accountability Women, queer and trans- issues in Montreal Race and racism in Montreal.

Projet Description:

Project Description:

The main purpose of the research is to compile a list of as many deaths cased by the police in Canada in 1987 as possible.  The list should include the names of police victims and the circumstances surrounding the killings.  This also includes people killed whose names have not been released.              

The results would be put on our website www.22octobre.net, and widely disseminated throughout different cities across Canada.  At various stages of the project we would do press releases announcing the research results, as no undertaking like this has been completed as of yet in Canada.              

Le Collectif opposé à la brutalité policière (COBP) est un collectif autonome regroupant des personnes affectées ou concernées par les abus et la brutalité policières. Depuis sa création en 1995, le COBP se donne pour mission de dénoncer les abus et violences policières, d'informer les gens par la diffusion de la brochure, Surprise on a des droits ! et d'offrir des ateliers de formation sur les droits face à la police. Le COBP offre aussi un soutien direct aux victimes en les aidant, entre autres, à porter plainte en déontologie policière.

Le COBP participe à l'organisation d'actions et de manifestations pour dénoncer la brutalité policière, notamment, depuis 1997, la manifestation annuelle du 15 mars dans le cadre de la Journée internationale contre la brutalité policière.

Description du projet:

Comparaison des modèles de déontologie policière au Québec et en
Ontario