Brenda Morrison, Director of the Centre for Restorative Justice and an Assistant Professor in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University, discusses the future of restorative justice in Canada at the National Restorative Justice Symposium in Halifax, Nova Scotia on November 21–22, 2016.
Paula Marshall of the Mi’kmaw Legal Support Network discusses the future of restorative justice in Canada at the National Restorative Justice Symposium in Halifax, Nova Scotia on November 21–22, 2016.
Fania Davis, Executive Director of Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, speaking at the International Restorative Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on June 27, 2016.
Tags: Race / Racial Justice; Schools / Campuses
Tags: Race / Racial Justice; Institutional Abuse / Failures of Care; Healthcare; Child Welfare
Article: Nova Scotia restorative inquiry offers new vision of justice
The Restorative Inquiry for the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children focused on meaningful accountability for systemic racism and pathways forward – by Jennifer Llewellyn, February 4, 2020
Tags: Race / Racial Justice; Schools / Campuses; Institutional Abuse / Failures of Care; Child Welfare; Public Inquiries
Report of the Motherisk Commission
The Honourable Judith C. Beaman
Commissioner, February 2018
Tags: Institutional Abuse; Healthcare; Workplaces / Professions; Child Welfare
The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children Restorative Inquiry was established following a 17-year journey for justice by former residents of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children (NSHCC, or the Home). It was established under the authority of the Public Inquiries Act following a collaborative design process involving former residents, Government, and community members.
This public inquiry was the first of its kind in Canada to take a restorative approach. The Inquiry was a part of the Government of Nova Scotia’s commitment to respond to the institutional abuse and other failures of care experienced by former residents of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children.
Tags: Race / Racial Justice; Institutional Abuse / Failures of Care; Child Welfare; Public Inquiries
Jennifer Llewellyn, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, 2008
All over the world the practice of peacebuilding is beset with common dilemmas: peace versus justice, religious versus secular approaches, individual versus structural justice, reconciliation versus retribution, and the harmonization of the sheer multiplicity of practices involved in repairing past harms. Progress toward the resolution of these dilemmas requires far more than reforming institutions and practices; rather, it requires clear thinking about the more basic questions: What is justice? And how is it related to the building of peace?
In episode three, of Deep Dive, Dalhousie’s President Dr. Deep Saini, speaks with Schulich School of Law Professor Jennifer Llewellyn and University of Canberra’s Dr. Holly Northam about their international collaboration in the field of Restorative Justice, as well as the Restorative Research, Innovation & Education Lab recently launched at #DalhousieU with the support of the Donald R. Sobey Foundation.
Tags: Institutional Abuse / Failures of Care; Healthcare; Child Welfare; Senior Safety