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From Research to Dialogue: Improving Access to Justice in Both Official Languages
How can research help improve access to justice for Canada’s official language minority communities? For researchers at McGill’s School of Continuing Studies, a recent meeting in Ottawa offered an opportunity to bring their findings into direct conversation with government officials, justice professionals and community representatives. Justice Canada invited Marie-Hélène Girard, Associate Professor and Director of the Research and Information Hub One Justice, One Access (1J1A), Marc Pomerleau, Associate Researcher, and Etienne Lehoux-Jobin, Research Assistant, to participate in the first joint meeting of its Advisory Committee on Access to Justice in Both Official Languages and the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Working Group on Access to Justice in Both Official Languages. The meeting took place at the Ottawa Art Gallery on October 27, 2026. Under the theme “Towards Better Access to Justice in Both Official Languages in Canada: Innovation and Collaboration,” participants examined shared challenges and explored ways to support both justice systems and the…