The goals of the YCJA is to prevent crime, rehabilitate and reintegrate offenders, and to ensure meaningful consequences for actions.

"To what extent does the YCJA meet the needs of Canadians? If you could make one change to the YCJA, what would you change and why?"

response should:

• Clearly communicate your answer to each question, withmultiple arguments and full explanation
• Draw upon multiple sources, case studies, and pieces ofevidence and examples to help support your ideas.
• Include a rebuttal where youidentify a differing point of view in relation to the topic, and an explanation ofwhy you don't agree with that point of view.
• While you may incorporate visuals and slides into your video presentation if you wish, yourface should be visible and you should be sure to incorporate theproper speaking skills needed in an engaging presentation (e.g. eye contact, body language, and proper tone and inflection).

YCJA Checklist

Success Criteria	Yes/ No/ Comments
I take a position on the question and clearly articulate my position
I use multiple arguments along with multiple pieces of evidence to support my position
The evidence/ examples I use are specific, and relevant to Canada and the YCJA
I conduct research using multiple sources and provide in text citation, as well as a bibliography
(Optional)I have used visual elements to engage my audience and communicate information
I have addressed differing perspectives, either in the form of a rebuttal or clearly articulated as part of my position

YCJA Response Planner

Question to answer:

"To what extent does the YCJA meet the needs of Canadians? If you could make one change to the YCJA, what would you change and why?"

Give at leastthree arguments and specific evidence/examples to support your answer.

Step 1: Brainstorm your ideas
To what extent does the YCJA meet the needs of Canadians? Does the YCJA meet the needs of Canadians? Why or why not?
What changes would you make to the YCJA? Brainstorm as many as you can.
Out of all of the changes you came up with, which one is themost importantchange?This is the one you will discuss in your video.

Step 2: Research your evidence and plan your points [CLICK HERE TO SEE CASE STUDIES]
Source(Which case study, article, website, video, etc.)	Information/Evidence(What key info did you identify in this source?)

YCJA Case Studies Choose at least three of these articles below to use as evidence for your response video.

Background info and stats

Articles:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/teen-guilty-plea-manslaughter-stepmother-1.4552670

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/teen-manslaughter-stepmother-stabbing-sentence-1.4688271

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/teresa-robinson-murder-garden-hill-sentencing-1.4520370

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/jr-medicine-hat-murders-steinke-sentence-review-1.3568118

https://calgaryherald.com/news/crime/three-year-sentence-proposed-for-morley-youth-in-fatal-stabbing