Welcome to the Ontario Justice Education Network
Key areas
Teacher resources
Our resources are legally accurate, curriculum-linked, and tested with students.
The OBA/OJEN Competitive Mock Trials for High School Students
Join your local mock trial tournament.
Training
Continuing Professional Development, facilitator training, and video resources.
About OJEN
Find out more about who we are and what we do.
Justice education programs
We run programs in community settings and with special audiences.
Book a courthouse visit
Bring your class or youth group to visit a courthouse and watch court.
Book a guest speaker
We can connect you with a legal expert who can talk to your audience.
Get involved
Volunteer, donate, or work with us.
OJEN News
Welcome OJEN’s 2023-24 Justice Education Fellows
Each year, OJEN invites law and paralegal students across Ontario to apply for our Justice Education Fellowships. Fellows receive in-depth training in public legal education theory and methods. During the school year, they are each responsible for planning and delivering a minimum of 3 justice education projects in local schools. The 2022-23 cohort of Fellows exceeded […]
2023 Toronto Region Poster Challenge Winner
Every year, grade 5 students from around the province take part in OJEN’s Poster Challenge Program! Working with their teachers and with OJEN materials to learn about the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, students choose the Charter right that means the most to them. They design beautiful posters that represent why that right matters for […]
From The OJEN Blog
Together 180 at Sprucedale Youth Centre: an interactive learning experience
In early March, OJEN’s Outreach team spent an eventful week in Simcoe, Ontario. It started with a drive to Sprucedale Youth Centre. The youth detention centre is located a couple of hours away from Toronto in a building that used to be a school. The biting cold weather graced us with its presence, yet our […]
Meeting a former OJEN mock trial participant
The 2022 Summer Law Institute Webinar Series for educators featured a session about Ontario’s Justice Centres. These centres are part of a new and innovative strategy to move justice out of traditional courtroom settings and into community spaces. There are four Justice Centres in Ontario, one in Thunder Bay, one in London and two in Toronto. […]