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Take a moment to relive some of the great vibes and learnings from the 2024 Provincial Restorative Justice Symposium.

This year, at the 2024 BC Provincial RJ Symposium (2024 PRJS), attendees had the opportunity to celebrate and hear from Alicia Adole, a young leader in her community who is passionate and committed to amplifying the voices of minority groups, and inspiring and promoting inclusion through storytelling.

Thank you to everyone who attended RJABC's Annual General Meeting last Wednesday. It was wonderful to see so many of our members and partners in attendance! For those who were unable to attend, please find the AGM package attached with the annual reports presented by Co-Chairs Alana Abramson and Siobhan Brown, Executive Director Christianne Paras, and Treasurer Warren McDougall.

RJABC is seeking curriculum developers to support RJABC’s foundational training initiative. The initiative aims to develop a 'baseline' restorative justice training grounded in a principled approach, recommended best practices, and research-based evidence. The purpose of the foundational training initiative is to respond to the disparity of access to training for RJ programs and to address the need for developing and progressing a restorative justice approach that is victim-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive. Application deadline April 26, 2024 with interviews to be conducted between May 8 and June 5, 2024.

A look back at some of our events last year as part of RJABC’s strategic and operational plan to increase awareness and understanding of restorative justice across the province and help build capacity for restorative justice programs and practitioners. Learn more about RJABC’s strategic and operational plan illustrated in the graphics, the successes of year 1 and year 2, and our continued work to further establish RJABC, and engage with our members and partners to promote the growth of restorative justice in BC.

As a Board member of RJABC, you will play a key role in raising awareness of restorative justice as well as support capacity-building for delivery of services across the province.

The AGM was well attended with many of our members, partners, and the larger restorative justice community present at the meeting. After hearing from Co-Chairs Alana Abramson and Suzanne Dorey, and Executive Director Christianne Paras, we shared a summary of the Listening Project final report and presented our 2022-2027 Strategic Plan.