The location for the May 27th gathering that we told you about earlier this week is taking place at:

South West Community Policing Office, Boardroom
4501 Kingsborough St.
Burnaby

RSVP to Evelyn Zellerer through her website.

A meeting to discuss rj, circles and schools is being held in Burnaby on Monday, May 27th from 12-2pm. The announcement didn’t mention a specific location; when we receive one we will post the information here. The announcement went as follows:

On behalf of the LMRRJ, you are invited to a meeting focusing on restorative justice, circles and schools.
Mon May 27
12 – 2 pm
Burnaby

Bring your lunch and join us for an engaging discussion! Everyone is welcome! Agenda:
- building relationships among those of us interested in or doing restorative work in some capacity within education/schools
- learning what is currently going on within the lower mainland and province
- sharing our experiences, insights, successes, challenges and recommendations
- sharing resources

Do you know someone who deserves recognition for their rj work? Click here to view the details for nominations for the National Ron Wiebe Award, which is handed out every year at the National RJ Symposium. Nominations are due in July 19th.

The federal government is drafting a Victim Bill of Rights and is looking for stakeholder input. Details are on the website. You have until June 30th!

The National Restorative Justice Symposium will be taking place in Toronto this year, from November 17th-19th. Download the save-the-date flyer for details and also stay tuned to the website!

Check out this new article on Rabble about an important issue, the health and rights of incarcerated women. Also, a reminder of an event taking place this Wednesday in Vancouver, an international panel discussing issues related to children of inmates. Download the flyer for details. An finally, in related news, this Friday at 6pm at the Vancity Theatre is a screening of No Burqas Behind Bars as part of the Doxa Film Festival. Follow the link for details.

The following email was recently circulated concerning the upcoming conference in Melbourne. If any of you are lucky enough to go but haven’t yet booked a place to stay, check it out! Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian School of Peacebuilding program is still accepting registration for the June start to their 5-day training program. Click here for details!

Click here to download the National Justice Network newsletter for April. Enjoy!

Click here for details about some upcoming courses on FASD offered through the College of New Caledonia. The first class begins May 1st!