Ryan Beardy

Ryan Beardy

Ryan Beardy is Cree/Saulteaux from Lake St. Martin First Nation. He has significant experience in the criminal justice system. He now co-parents his two children and is in his second year at the University of Winnipeg studying Political Science and Conflict Resolution.

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Opinion

Indigenous youth need to be at home and in the community, not in jail

Ryan Beardy, who was sent to a youth detention centre at 13, says youth who are separated from their families and communities end up forging bonds instead with fellow inmates and gangs.

Indigenous June 30, 2018