The 14th World Conference of the International Institute for Restorative Practices
Where: Halifax, Nova Scotia
When: June 15- June 17, 2011
The 14th World Conference of the International Institute for Restorative Practices in collaboration with the Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Community University Research Alliance (NSRJ-CURA) will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on June 15th-17th, 2011 at the Westin Nova Scotia.
Institutionalizing Restorative Practices: Building Alliances Among Practitioners, Policy-Makers & Scholars
The conference will feature a variety of speakers, including world-renowned scholar John Braithwaite, perhaps best known for his book Crime, Shame and Reintegration and his work on responsive regulation and restorative justice. Over a decade ago, John gave a lecture in Nova Scotia that inspired founders of the Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Program (NSRJ). He will be back to share his insights and current research.
NSRJ is among the most comprehensive restorative justice programs in the world. Delegates will learn about NSRJ and the research of the NSRJ-CURA from its founders, partners and researchers:
Danny Graham, Q.C., an NSRJ founder, will tell the story of the program’s establishment and the collaboration effort by government and community stakeholders.
Patricia Gorham, NSRJ provincial coordinator, will share the work of the program and recent developments in the area of crime prevention.
A peer-led school program that encourages and promotes youth leadership by training them to act as facilitators in restorative justice circles will be presented by the Tri-Country Restorative Justice Agency.
Donald Clairmont, Professor Emeritus at the Atlantic Centre for Criminology, Diane Crocker, Professor of Criminology at Saint Mary’s University, and Bruce Archibald, Schulich School of Law, will share what they have learned from examining the program data about how we should and can measure the success of restorative justice.
Jennifer Llewellyn, NSRJ-CURA director, will share the experiences and successes of the NSRJCURA and her work developing a relational theory of restorative justice that helps make the connections between restorative justice and restorative practices.
For more information, please visit http://www.gov.ns.ca/news/details.asp?id=20110614007 or http://www.nsrj-cura.ca