The Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS) celebrates National Elizabeth Fry Week annually. Elizabeth Fry Societies across the country organize public events in their communities throughout the week.

CAEFS and NWAC are asking the Minister of Public Safety to reconsider the ban on tobacco in federal penitentiaries.

CAEFS is concerned about the government's legal reform plans and the risk of interference with parole accessibility.

Lida Sara Nouraie – providing the legal advice service at the Société Elizabeth Fry du Québec – has received the Bono Award by the Association du Jeune Barreau de Montréal.

On November 9, 2006, Mr. Denis Roy, president of Legal Aid Services handed out the 2006 Robert-Sauvé award to Ms. Ruth Gagnon, general director of the Société Elizabeth Fry du Québec in the general public category.

CAEFS is committed to opposing mandatory minimum sentences, the reduction of conditional sentences, and any interference with parole opportunities.

Founded in 1977, the Elizabeth Fry Society of Quebec assists women who must face the criminal justice system and are determined to overcome it. Its goal is to promote the social reintegration of these women.

The Elizabeth Fry Society of Quebec, which manages the Thérèse-Casgrain halfway house in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, wishes to confirm that it will not be providing housing to Karla Homolka when she is released at the end of her sentence in early July 2005.

In 1989, the Société Elizabeth Fry du Québec received the Prix Renault-Tremblay from the Association des services de réhabilitation sociale du Québec, as recognition of its exceptional penal justice work in the community.