TEDxCalgary - Judge John Reilly - My Aboriginal Education

At age 30, John Reilly was the youngest Provincial Court Judge ever appointed in Alberta. He presided over courts in Canmore, Banff, and Cochrane, and it was in Cochrane that he had his eyes opened to the inequities faced by aboriginal people in our justice system.

Last year, he wrote Bad Medicine: A Judge's Struggle for Justice in a First Nations Community, which chronicles the change in his worldview that came from trying to understand the aboriginal people. In this moving talk, he shares stories of how he came to have a deeper understanding of what real justice is beyond simple punishment and deterrence.

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• Canada
• English
• TEDxCalgary
• Global Issues
• Social Change
• Aboriginals
• Justice

[KemptonLam]

Great speech, thanks for posting it. I discovered this video as I read Judge Reilly's book Bad Medicine: A Judge’s Struggle for Justice in a Frist Nations Community

[WoWanate]

A beautiful speaker with a beautiful heart. I am unbelievably fortunate to be able to engross myself in this type of online content

[007VickVega007]

Amazing story. Thanks for sharing. (reposted)

[penriced]

Pay attention to the things that move you... the injustice, the suffering, the pain but also the courage, compassion and persistence of a human being trying to bring hope to other human beings.