Restorative Justice in Greater Victoria

As part of the national restorative justice week, the Restorative Justice Coalition will be holding the 14th annual Restorative Justice Symposium at William Head Institution on Saturday November 19 from 9am-4pm. REVISIONING JUSTICE: NOT IF, BUT WHEN? Keynote Speakers: 1 . Rev. Al Tysick, Victoria Dandelion Society, and previously with Our Place 2 . James, a WHI …

We’re excited to announce that the Victoria Restorative Justice Society is offering a limited number of FREE presentations of “What is Restorative Justice?” to community agencies in and around the Victoria area. Restorative justice is a response to crime and other forms of harmful behaviour that focuses on restoring the losses suffered by victims, holding …

We’d like to invite everyone who’s interested to attend ‘Schools or Prisons?’, an evening of discussion, music and poetry in support of our friend, David Bratzer. He runs the campaign for School Board Trustee (S.D. #61). Guest speakers incude: Denise Savoie: Member of Parliament and former opposition critic for post-secondary education Dr. Evan Wood: Professor of Medicine at …

The Globe’s Gary Mason takes a retrospective look at how Restorative Justice practices could help with the Stanley Cup rioters. “Throwing an engineering student in jail for three months because he behaved like an idiot one night doesn’t make sense. There may be nothing in the 2011 Stanley Cup riot report as contentious as the …

Download your VIRRJA Invitation here or email us virrja@gmail.com The day features some amazing speakers who all have ties to VRJS: Christine Lowe, an Administrative Crown Counsel in Colwood who has helped VRJS form our great relationship with the Crown, will be speaking on how this relationship and their referrals to us have evolved Catherine Bargen, a government …