by CCJC Admin | Mar 4, 2013 | CCJC News and Events, Justice in the Headlines, Miscellaneous
Click here to read the article “Not just black and white” from the 1 March edition of The Telegram. The article presents “Ripped Apart or Stitched Together?”, a St. John’s art show curated by Dorothy Vaandering which features...
by CCJC Admin | Feb 17, 2013 | CCJC News and Events, Events, In the Media, Justice in the Headlines, RJ Headlines
During CCJC’s January Board meetings in Winnipeg, the Indian Family Centre hosted a restorative justice workshop facilitated by CCJC Board members. Board reps Sarah Chandler and John deVries led Winnipeg community members through a scenario and a restorative...
by CCJC Admin | Feb 12, 2013 | CCJC News and Events, In the Media, Justice in the Headlines, RJ Headlines
During the Church Council’s Board meetings held in Winnipeg in January 2013, our past-president Laurent Champagne discussed restorative justice and shared his experiences with restorative approaches in a number of interviews. Please see below for links to the...
by CCJC Admin | Dec 4, 2012 | CCJC News and Events, Justice in the Headlines
Please click here to read a letter written November 16 to the Minister of Public Safety by Interfaith Grand River. The group representing faith communities who work with the Grand Valley Institution for Women asks Minister Toews to reconsider the cuts to part-time...
by CCJC Admin | Nov 27, 2012 | CCJC News and Events, Justice in the Headlines
CCJC Board member Sarah Chandler works with human rights-based restorative justice and restorative practices programs for youth in Lillooet BC and in Montreal. Ms. Chandler’s experience working with local youth on human rights and conflict resolution was...
by CCJC Admin | Nov 13, 2012 | CCJC News and Events, Justice in the Headlines
The text below is copied from a Letter to the Editor, October 2012 Mr. Toews doesn’t understand prisonsTo The Editor: Regarding the article (Minister vows to end prison pizza parties, Sept. 21), Public Safety Minister Vic Toews states his intention to ban...
