We have been asked by The Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS) to circulate the following notice.

The CAEFS will be hosting a public meeting in St. John’s on the morning of 14 September, 2017. They are inviting stakeholders, organizations who work with criminalized women and men and the general public to this meeting to discuss what can be done to provide more community support, programming and advocacy for criminalized women in Newfoundland before, during and after their incarceration.

The morning will feature a presentation by Senator Kim Pate, former Executive Director of CAEFS. This presentation will be followed by a roundtable of people who work on issues relating to criminalized women in Newfoundland and there will be time for general discussion.

Place: Meeting Room Salon F, Holiday Inn, 180 Portugal Cove Road
Time: 9:30am – 1:00pm, September 14, 2017