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PAST EVENTS:
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Feb 2: 7:00-9:00 pm CAPP Public Information Session: A Zoom event about the proposed Kemptville prison, featuring the following speakers followed by a question and answer period:
1. Laura Beach, PhD (c) Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, former Kemptville resident
2. Vanessa, Poet, person with lived experience
3. Cathy Robinson, Executive Director, Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa
4. Lydia Dobson, Associate Member of the Board of Directors, Elizabeth Fry Society of Ottawa
5. Aaron Doyle, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology speaking on behalf of Nicole Myers, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Queen's University
6. Janjala Chirakijja, PhD, Lecturer, Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash University
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Dec 8: 7:00-9:00 pm CAPP Public Information Session: A Zoom event about the proposed Kemptville prison, featuring the following speakers followed by a question and answer period:
1. Aaron Doyle, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University
2. Bryonie Baxtor, Former Executive Director, Elizabeth Fry Society and local resident
3. Kim Beaudin, Vice-Chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples
4. Paul Cormier, M.A., M.Ed., RANA Developments Inc., Agritech Alliance Canada, local businessperson
5. Kirk Albert, Jail Opposition Group and local resident
6. Marie-Therese Voutsinos, B.Sc. Biol., Agr., M.Sc. Agr and local resident
7. Justin Piché, PhD, Associate Professor of Criminology at the University of Ottawa
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See below for the latest news and opinion regarding the "Eastern Ontario Correctional Complex". Information will be updated regularly; please visit often to stay up to date.
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A second public forum is being held February 2nd, 2021 entitled "New Building, Old Problems" To see the January 29th Kemptville Now article click here:
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Host Alan Neal on CBC Radio's All in a Day interviewed CAPP spokesperson, Colleen Lynas, on December 9, 2020. To listen to this informative interview click here:
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Click here to see the December 9th guest editorial in The North Grenville Times entitled:
A Better Vision for Kemptville
NEWS AND OPINION
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Feb 18, 2021: Coalition Against Proposed Prison Information Session, North Grenville Times
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Feb 4, 2021: CAPP Looks for Answers from Municipality and Province, My Kemptville Now
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Feb 3, 2021: Opponents Against New Prison Anywhere, Not Just Kemptville: Nation Valley News
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Jan 27, 2021: Challenging the Economic Benefits, Letter to the Editor, North Grenville Times
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Jan 27, 2021: Asking for the Evidence, Letter to the Editor, North Grenville Times
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Dec 23, 2020: Open letter to Steve Clark, Letter to the Editor, North Grenville Times
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Dec 9, 2020: Keeping watch on the neighbours, The North Dundas Times
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Dec 2, 2020: Proposed Kemptville jail meets with resistance, The Toronto Star
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Dec 2, 2020: Prison Benefits Bureaucrats, North Grenville Times
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Nov 17, 2020: Prison planned for downtown Kemptville divides residents, Inside Ottawa Valley
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Nov 9, 2020: Kemptville residents protest against proposed new jail, CBC Ottawa
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Aug 27, 2020: Province to build 2 new jails, upgrade 3 others in eastern Ontario, CBC Ottawa
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