Headlines|November 5 , 1996 — Faculty file— _ Special Crim. edition. - Plecas presents Criminal Justice and Criminology instructor Darryl Plecas recently presented a paper entitled Migration and Crime: A Canadian Perspective - (co-authored by Yvon Dandurand and John Evans) at the International ~~ = Conference on Migration and Crime in Courmayeur Mont Blanc, Italy. The paper suggests that the successful integration of immigrants and the noticeable absence of widespread crime problems can be explained by some of the policy choices -’ made by Canada in the areas of multiculturalism, access to justices, and ethnic relations in general. Dandurand delivers Crim. instructor Yvon Dandurand delivered one of three keynote presentations recenlty at the British ‘Columbia Multi-Sector Policy Forum, Peace Development — From Peace-keeping to Peace-building and Beyond. The plan tohold anational’ © forum on Canada’s international relations to address peacebuilding and international ’ communications was announced earlier that weck by Forcign Affairs Minister: Lloyd Axworthy. The Government of. Canada is rethinking its policy in the areas of peacekeeping and peace-building . interventions. The Minister had already announced the government's intention to - give itself new tools in order to become © more effective in its peace-building initiatives in the context of post-conflict and emerging democracies situations. In his address in Victoria, Dandurand . discussed the issues of governance, legitimacy, and the promotion of the rule of law in the context of institution- ’ building initiatives which are normally ~~ part of a peace-building intervention, He noted that there is a new international discourse which speaks bravely of peace-building, institution- building, rapid reaction force and so on, as if these terms designated clear and unambiguous objectives to be pursued. “In truth,” he added, “we probably all know. considerably less than we are prepared to admit about how to achieve such objectives. We still have much to learn about how a nation can effectively help another in building domestic peace. Although this observation should not — _ encourage passivity and inaction, it should certainly dictate a measure of. caution in setting our national objectives in the area of peace-building activities”. . Guest lectures on Chinese Justice - The Criminal Justice and Criminology ; department recently welcomed Vincent — Cheng Yang, LLM PhD, who offered a - special lecture on criminal Jaw and - criminal justice in China. Dr. Yang is a former practicing defense counsel in ~ China and is now a senior associate with the United Nations—affiliated International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy _ (Vancouver). He recently completed a _ major research study on Vagueness in Definitions of Crimes in Chinese Law and Reception of Western Legal Concepts, He is also the director of an ongoing Canada/China Criminal Law Reform - Assistance Project. Speaking to an ‘audience made up largely of criminology. students enrolled in the Comparative Criminal Justice System course, Yang noted some of the ‘misperceptions "generally held about crime and criminal. _law enforcement in China and explained ~ some of the recent, far-reaching changes ~ undertaken by China in the arca of ‘|. criminal procedure. He gave as an example, the change brought into effect ; _ in March of this year concerning the , presumption of innocence, the - privatization of legal services in general, "as well as the measures that are being taken to provide legal representations to those who cannot afford to pay for it. He | also spoke of rapidly ermerging new _- forms of criminality in that country and of the role of organized crime. ~ Community Justice colloquium insplres new model In September, the Crim. department and the Criminology Students Association, in cooperation with the Abbotsford Community Sentencing Initiative Working Group, the Fraser Region. . Community Justice Initiatives _ Association, and the B.C. Coalition for Safer Communities, held a very _ successful colloquium on community justice. The Community Justice Colloquium ~~ brought together members of the ~ = community and its various organizations and offered an opportunity to examine our community’s current fragmented response to crime and to consider the. potential for new partnerships between the community and the criminal justice system. The experience of other communities, in Canada and in other countrics, was reviewed. During the discussions, a special emphasis was placed on the need to focus on crime . prevention measures which address the -root causes of crime and on restorative .. - approaches which include the participation of victims and community _ members. In the month that followed the . colloquium, the Abbotsford Community Sentencing Initiative Working Group reviewed the findings of the colloquium - and has agreed to develop and implement a new model which will reflect the findings of the community consultation. ~ UCFV criminal justice faculty members and students will be involved in the . research and program development activities that are being contemplated. Fitness for UCFV folks at HPC By Sally Sullivan — “Grab your. workout gear and come on over to the Mission campus at Heritage Park Centre to try out the new ESB Braich fitness centre! It’s full of brand new cquipment to meet your exercise — desires: bikes, treadmills, stairclimbers, free weights, weight training machines, mats, music, and more to come! The. facility is open to all UCFV students and ~ employees. You can purchase your’ . membership at the Mission campus office ($20 for employees, $10 for students until Christmas). The facility is open every weekday morning from 6:45-8 am and every afternoon from 4-6 pm plus some mid-day times for UCFV exclusive use. The facility is supervised by students in _the Fitness and Exercise Management program, who are keen to help you become familiar with the equipment and - get on your exercising way. - Please let your students know a about - this opportunity too! :