Crime and justice in Canada focus of Reddin Symposium

Crime and the criminal justice system of Canada, which in some instances strikingly contrast with crime and the criminal justice system in Ohio, will be the subject of the 17th annual Reddin Symposium.

The symposium will be held from 11:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Saturday (Jan. 17) in 101B Olscamp Hall.

Four guest speakers will look at how Canadian justice relates to street crime and white-collar crime and compare the roles of the Ontario and Ohio courts.

Rosemary Gartner, a professor of criminology and sociology at the University of Toronto, will offer a comparison between Canadian and U.S. homicide and property crime rates.

Later, tax and trade-law expert Terrance Sweeney, a partner in the Toronto law firm of Borden Ladner Gervais, will discuss white-collar crime and corporate fraud as they relate to Canada’s courts and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The final two speakers, John McGarry, a superior court justice in London, Ontario, and Mark Reddin, a municipal court judge in Bowling Green, will discuss how each judiciary functions and approaches sentencing and rehabilitation of those convicted.

Although there is no charge to attend the program, advance reservations are requested. Reservations can be made by calling Linda Snyder at the BGSU Canadian Studies Center, 2-2457, or by email at cast@cba.bgsu.edu.

The annual Reddin Symposium, created in 1988, provides a forum for timely topics related to Canada and that nation’s relationship to the United States. The symposium is made possible through the support of the Reddin family of Bowling Green, private donations and assistance from the government of Canada.