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Welcome to the Restorative justice center of Quebec

The Restorative Justice Centre of Quebec (RJC-QC) was created in order promote an understanding of the concepts of restorative justice and to implement restorative justice programs within the province of Quebec.  Restorative justice focuses on a reconciliation and healing process between offender and victim, where both take an active role in a process wherein offenders take direct responsibility for their acts and attempt reparation and victims can express how they have been affected by the wrongdoing. Restorative justice recognizes that crime is an offense against individuals rather than the State and emphasizes reconciliation and catharsis rather than punishment as in our modern criminal justice system. Thus, our mandate is based on respecting the fundamental dignity of human beings and the need for societal harmony.

Restorative Justice is a process of empowerment that allows restoration of self-esteem and self-confidence. It aims to summon understanding from confusion and hope from despair. It involves reconciliation with oneself and the “other” resulting in inner healing.

Virtual Victims and Survivors of Crime Week 2024 Events!

Registration is Now Open for the Virtual Victims and Survivors of Crime Week 2024 Events! 

The Policy Centre for Victim Issues (PCVI) at the Department of Justice Canada is pleased to announce that Victims and Survivors of Crime Week (Victims Week) 2024 will take place from May 12 to 18, 2024. The theme for the week is The Power of Collaboration.

PCVI will be hosting a virtual Victims Week, including an opening ceremony and keynote presentation on Monday, May 13, 2024, workshops throughout the week, and a plenary session and closing ceremony on Friday, May 17, 2024.

To view this year’s program, please visit: https://www.victimsweek.gc.ca/symp-colloque/program.html

Registration is required for each of the virtual events. Registrants will receive an email in advance of Victims Week, which will contain a link to view the events.

The deadline for registration is Friday May 10, 2024, at noon Pacific Standard Time. Personal and accommodation requests must be submitted by Monday, May 6, 2024.

To register, please visit: https://www.victimsweek.gc.ca/symp-colloque/regis-enregis.html.

Please share this invitation with friends and colleagues.

Experts develop restorative justice proposals to address Catholic sexual abuse crisis

Ornamental cross on the Basilica of the Sacred heart. Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame.

Ornamental cross on the Basilica of the Sacred heart. Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame.

A group composed of scholars, psychologists, clergy, restorative justice experts and victim-survivors of the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse crisis has developed a set of proposals that encourage the use of restorative justice as a means to help heal victim-survivors and the broader Church.

The proposals are the result of a two-year study supported by an initiative created by the University of Notre Dame’s Office of the President as part of the Notre Dame Forum, ‘“Rebuild My Church’:  Crisis and Response,” to fund research projects that address issues emerging from the crisis. The proposals have been forwarded for consideration to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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Walking Together

Walking Together is a Salt + Light Media original documentary about Canada’s residential schools, the ongoing process of reconciliation which led to Pope Francis’ apology in 2022, and the long road ahead for healing and reconciliation between the Catholic Church and the Indigenous Peoples of Canada.

Lisa Raven, Executive director of our partner Returning to spirit, was in Rome to meet the Pope:

https://slmedia.org/w/ZhaLgxkd/walking-together