Status of Women committee  It depends on the course. When we do our courses on indigenous law, we have elders on our planning committee. They will help plan and evaluate the course again, and if we repeat it, we will look with them to determine whether changes are needed. If it's a course on terrorism, for

Status of Women committee  Well, not in this context, but I'm trying to give you an idea that, when we say this in our answer, we look to the community. It's the community that is relevant to the course we're putting on.

Status of Women committee  I cannot give you names today. Depending on the focus of the course, we may reach out to community groups. I can't give you names of community groups. And we will reach out to the academy, professors who work in the particular areas. I know when we deal with poverty, for example,

Status of Women committee  I'm not sure, because I don't have the permission of any of those people to give that information. I think I'd have to think about that. I don't want to violate the privacy of anyone.

Status of Women committee  They are allowed to come to our national courses for a nominal fee, because we know, depending on the province, that they have limited funds. The largest provincial trial court, the Ontario Court of Justice, has an MOU with us, so we do train them.

Status of Women committee  Yes, sorry, a memorandum of understanding. So NJI does train them. They've been one of the most innovative courts in the country, by the way, in terms of training.

Status of Women committee  Alberta court judges get funds, and they have a couple of seminars every year which they organize themselves.

Status of Women committee  I actually can't say. I don't know specifically about any judge, actually.

Status of Women committee  That's correct.

Status of Women committee  Well, he was appointed as a provincial judge. He was then appointed as a federal judge. I don't know any of the particulars of his training. But now with the CJC's policy, it would be a mandatory requirement for him to go to the new federal judges school on his appointment as a f

Status of Women committee  That is my understanding of that case.

Status of Women committee  I'm hesitating, because I'm not a legislative draftsperson. But I guess, in my parlance, understanding some of the causes and effects of gender-based violence.... The causes are poverty, race, and mental illness, and the affects are poverty and mental illness. It's so important t

Status of Women committee  Is the curriculum reviewed? The NJI curriculum is reviewed periodically. In fact, my director of education programs and I are in the process of doing a review right now. The second part of your question was—

Status of Women committee  The learning outcomes is not a phrase I know.

Status of Women committee  All of our courses are developed. The first thing we do is to ask what the objectives of the course are. The judges will know the objectives of this course. In the case of comings and goings, the objectives of this course will be to understand the difficulties faced by a woman le