A restorative approach is key for a new normal after COVID-19
Social distancing has shown us that our siloed and fragmented social systems and services will be stronger with more integration and interconnection.
by Jennifer Llewellyn, Kristina Llewellyn June 15, 2020
Tags: Schools / Campuses; Child Welfare
May 20, 2020
Relational presence is the core principle of a new approach to designing virtual learning environments (VLEs), which has been developed by the Digital Oral Histories for Reconciliation (DOHR) project (dohr.ca). Presence, normally understood as the sense of being in a virtual environment to the extent that one forgets the environment is virtual, is thought to have significant pedagogical benefits in K–12 experiential learning projects aiming to develop spatial and social competencies that learners can translate into actual-world contexts. DOHR, by contrast, aims to build the understanding needed for learners to address systemic racism in Nova Scotia, through an oral history and restorative justice–based curriculum. To serve this alternative learning goal, relational presence replaces presence. The usual emphasis in VLE design on simulation, interactivity, identity construction, agency, and satisfaction is replaced with new values of impression, witnessing, self-awareness and awareness of difference, interpretation and inquiry, and affective dissonance. This paper introduces relational presence in order to help establish, in the field of VLE design, a productive discourse around issues of justice, representation of marginalized communities, and pedagogy-led design.
Tags: Race / Racial Justice; Schools / Campuses; Institutional Abuse; Child Welfare; Public Inquiries
The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission Board of Inquiry Decision Approving Settlement Agreement
Halifax Association of Black Firefighters and Halifax Regional Municipality and Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission
April 2013
Tags: Race / Racial Justice; Workplaces / Professions
Restorative Conversations: Talking about Restorative Approaches and Gender Based Violence in Nova Scotia
Partners and Contributors:
Mi’kmaw Legal Support Network – Paula Marshall, Executive Director, Staff Team and Elders
Bridges Institute – Tod Augusta Scott, Executive Director
Metro Interagency Restorative Conversations Committee on Family Violence – Dr. Verona Singer, Co-Chair
Be the Peace Institute – Sue Bookchin, Executive Director and Dr. Diane Crocker, Department of Criminology, Saint Mary’s University
Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women – Pat Gorham, Director, Programs and Stakeholder Relations
Tags: Gender Justice; Domestic Violence / Sexual Violence
Realizing the full potential of Restorative Justice
Restorative justice has more to offer than just diverting people from the criminal justice system. It’s a powerful way of thinking that can reshape justice.
by Jennifer Llewellyn May 2, 2018
Tags: Gender Justice; Schools / Campuses; Domestic Violence / Sexual Violence
Report From The Restorative Justice Process at the Dalhousie University Faculty of Dentistry
May 2015, Prepared on behalf of the participants by:
Jennifer J. Llewellyn, Jacob MacIsaac, and Melissa MacKay
Tags: Gender Justice; Schools / Campuses; Workplaces / Professions; Healthcare
18 September, 2019 | Guest: Jennifer Llewellyn | Host: Julian Ward
Restorative Inquiries: Considering the Cases of Dalhousie Dentistry and the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children
Tags: Race / Racial Justice; Institutional Abuse / Failures of Care; Healthcare; Child Welfare; Public Inquiries
Tony Smith of VOICES/Home for Colored Children Public Inquiry discusses the future of restorative justice in Canada at the National Restorative Justice Symposium in Halifax, Nova Scotia on November 21–22, 2016.
Peacebuilding, Reconciliation and TRCs, University of Manitoba, January 27, 2010
Venue: “Legal Philosophy between Law and Transnationalism” seminar series, Nathanson Centre, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto January 9, 2015