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 …
Jun
15
Reena Virk was only fourteen when she was beaten and drowned by a group of her peers in a middle-class suburb of Victoria, B.C. For over a decade now, Reena’s parents, Suman and Manjit Virk, have struggled through rage and grief, bureaucracy and trials, media and misinformation; yet their main focus remains on the life …
Jun
15
NATIONAL St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador National Restorative Justice Symposium November 18-20, 2009 The evening of Day Two included a banquet where the National Ron Wiebe Restorative Justice Award was presented. The award is in honour of the late Ron Wiebe, former Warden of Ferndale and Elbow Lake Correctional Institutions, who was terminally ill …
Jun
15
The 2010 Hearts of the Community Volunteer Awards were a great success, thanks to the outstanding nominees and a community that comes together every year to honour volunteers in the Saanich Peninsula Community. Last year’s event was held: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11am – 1:30pm Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney Each year, Beacon …
Jun
15
In this excerpt from Tributary Streams of a Healing River, Howard Zehr talks about the continuum of restorativeness, shame, respect, honor, humiliation, vindication, indigenous and social justice. Tributary Streams of a Healing River is an in depth study of restorative justice with over 14 hrs of video on 10 DVDs (available from Heartspeak Productions). …
