Nov
10
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 …
Nov
10
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 …
Oct
21
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 …
Oct
10
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 …
Sep
21
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 …
Jul
07
Loren Romei, North Shore News | July 4, 2011 Caught for covering a North Vancouver high school in graffiti with his friends four years ago, Vicky Crompton’s teenage son took responsibility for his crime within the justice system but without ever setting foot in a traditional courtroom. After talking with the police, Crompton’s 15 year-old son …
Jun
26
Restorative Justice in Canada Prepared by the Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime Introduction If we were to start from scratch and build an entirely new criminal justice system, would it resemble our current system? Presently, the criminal justice system is far from perfect. In fact, we go out of our way to …
Jun
19
Group Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Restorative Justice – Sub-committee on public education and justice system December 22, 2009 This document contains key messages about the nature and purpose of restorative justice (RJ) and how it can be used in appropriate cases in the criminal justice system. It aims to help federal, provincial and territorial justice agencies …
