Although written in 2002, these myths surrounding restorative justice are still very much a reality. Hope Howard Zehr’s words can guide you in your work in addressing some of these common misconceptions of RJ.
Sharing a very exciting Call for Contributors from Living [...]
One quiet evening at home over 20 years ago my mother, Sandra sat awestruck watching as a tragic story unfolded on the evening news. Katy Hutchison, a young widow from Squamish BC, had met with and forgiven the young man who took her husband's life. Katy was sharing her story with the world watching from the edge of their seats. She committed herself to ensuring that the rest of her life was invested – not in the manner of her husband’s death and the pain of his murder, but in his life and the healing and wellbeing of everyone impacted by his loss. That newscast was my mother's first encounter with what our family later came to know as Restorative Justice. Little did we know that over a decade later we would be living out a story very similar to Katy’s.
A paper by Dr. Muhammad Asadullah, an Assistant Professor [...]
Many of you were able to attend another successful and inspiring week of conversation at the Canadian National Restorative Justice Symposium hosted during International Restorative Justice Week November 21-28th 2021. This virtual event featured keynote speakers Marlee Liss and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas as well as engaging dialogues on Innovative Expressions of RJ, Environmental Harm, Colonial Harm and Racial Harm. If you missed the event you can go to the NRJS site National Symposium 2021 to learn more and to find related updates and resources.
Announcing RJABC's guest speaker at our upcoming Annual General Meeting on Monday, November 29 from 6-8 pm - Myrna McCallum! Myrna is a Métis lawyer from Green Lake in Treaty Six territory and the host of "The Trauma-Informed Lawyer" Podcast. Prior to founding Miyo Pimatisiwin Legal Services in 2019, Myrna served as an adjudicator in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement claims process, and Crown Prosecutor with the Ministry of the Attorney General in Saskatchewan.
Attention all RJABC members and the larger RJ community. We are hosting our Annual General Meeting, Monday November 20 from 6-8pm via zoom. Please join us for the business portion which will be followed by a guest speaker (announcement coming soon!). The theme of this year's AGM is "Decolonization and Restorative Justice".
RJABC is proud to be a part of the [...]
A paper by Lynn S. Branham that was published in the Denver Law Review Forum titled “The Overlooked Victim Right: According to Victim-Survivors a Right of Access to Restorative Justice” outlines the same findings that the Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime has noticed: knowledge and access to restorative justice is not as widespread as it should be.
This year, as we continue to stay safe, we encourage you to, once again, join us virtually in celebrating National Restorative Justice Week, from November 21 to 28, 2021. Many seeds were planted in 2020 as we gathered virtually, for the first time, at the National RJ Symposium (NRJS), and this year we will watch those seeds grow. What unique expressions of restorative practices have taken hold over the last year?
