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Restorative Justice in
Newfoundland and Labrador:
A catalogue, summary, and history
This resource offers an overview of restorative justice work across Newfoundland and Labrador. It brings together organizations, educators, and communities engaged in this work, alongside a summary of key insights and the broader history of how restorative justice has developed in the province.
Explore the sections below to learn more and connect with the work.
Acknowledgements
Relationships First and Community Justice Connect acknowledge:
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The lands on which we live are situated in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, and we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province;
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Our full dependence on all elements of the environment for our well-being;
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The labour theft extracted from people of African descent and used to build European wealth and economies globally and in the Canadian nation-state—including Newfoundland and Labrador’s shipbuilding and cod fishery industries—through the violence of trans-Atlantic enslavement.
We trust that through this work with restorative justice, people in this province will be encouraged to live more fully interconnected lives that contribute to reconciliation, healing, and relational ways of being, knowing, and doing both personally and collectively as communities.
Support and funding for this project were provided by The NL Department of Justice and Public Safety and the Memorial University Faculty of Education.
This resource has been prepared by the staff of Relationships First Newfoundland and Labrador (RFNL) with the support of research assistant Nevra Ozoren-Sener. It is distributed free of charge to encourage all those seeking to establish relational ways of being and doing in their personal and professional lives to reach out to connect with others who share similar perspectives. In particular it has been created to further the implementation and sustainability of restorative justice principles and practices in the contexts of education, community, and the judiciary.
THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT. AS SUCH, CHANGES WILL BE MADE AS REQUIRED. IF YOU OR YOUR ORGANIZATION ARE LISTED IN THIS CATALOGUE AND YOUR INFORMATION HAS CHANGED OR YOU OFFER RESTORATIVE JUSTICE SERVICES OF ANY KIND AND WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS DOCUMENT, PLEASE CONTACT info@rfnl.org.
NOTE: Terminology used within the catalogue has been provided by each organization/individual. These may differ from group to group. For example, the phrase “restorative practices” may be used instead of “restorative justice;” offender and victim may be referenced as the one causing harm, the one experiencing harm. We honour the language provided by each.