January 19 – 25, 2014 CAC Awareness Week in Canada

January 19 – 25, 2014 CAC Awareness Week in Canada

CAC Groups are working along with Canada’s Corrections Service (CSC) this week.  They are presenting their volunteer work in all Regions of our Country. The goal is that both CSC and the Public would know better what the CAC Groups can do.

Do you know what a CAC volunteer does?  CAC?  That is short for “Citizens Advisory Committee” (CAC). They are working within our Canadian Prisons and Canadian Communities to help keep our Communities safe.

The following list is what takes place this year and this week - all across Canada.

National Headquarters

Launching CAC Awareness Week with a Cake and Coffee event. Commissioner Don Head will host members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) at an interactive meeting to discuss the contributions CACs deliver on a daily basis. (National Headquarters, January 20)

Pacific Region

• ·         Holding an Honouring Ceremony in the Long House for CAC members. (Kwìkwèxwelhp Healing Village, January 17)
• ·         Holding a potluck with CAC Awareness Week presentation and quiz with staff. (Metro Vancouver East PO, January 24)
• ·         CAC chairperson providing information on the CAC to the mayor via a letter and invitation to visit site. (Prince George Parole Office)
• ·         Setting up information table at local university and local library (Nanaimo Parole Office)
• ·         Promoting CAC Awareness Week presentation and quiz for staff. (Various sites) 
• ·         Having announcement about CAC Awareness Week at general staff meeting and CAC introductions. (Kent Institution, Pacific Institution, Fraser Valley Institution)  

Prairies Region

• ·         Holding a facilitated teleconference discussion for all Prairie Region CAC members associated with parole offices. (Regional Headquarters [RHQ], January 22)
• ·         Including the CAC Awareness Week presentation and quiz at all managers’ meetings. (Edmonton Institution for Women, January 7)
• ·         Discussing the CAC Awareness Week presentation and quiz to staff in the Parole Board Canada boardroom. (Edmonton Institution for Women, January 20) 
• ·         Posting Commissioner Don Head’s letter recognizing the contributions of CACs on the communication board for all staff to view and discussing CAC Awareness Week at daily briefings. (Edmonton Institution for Women, January 20)
• ·         Highlighting CAC Awareness Week on the EIFW InfoNet including attachments to resource materials. (EIFW, January 20)
• ·         Displaying the CAC info sheet through the institution’s information televisions. (Prince Albert, Saskatchewan Pen Max/Med/Min and Prince Albert Parole including La Ronge Parole)
• ·         Posting notice for CAC Awareness Week and a link to the CAC Awareness Week presentation and quiz on the Saskatchewan Penitentiary InfoNet homepage. (Prince Albert)
• ·         Inviting CAC members to attend the Saskatchewan Penitentiary senior management meeting for introductions to senior managers and general discussion. (Prince Albert)
• ·         Inviting CAC members to meet with the Inmate Welfare Committees at all three security levels. (Prince Albert)
• ·         Holding a CAC meeting during the week to talk about their work and answer any questions. (Stony Mountain/Rockwood Institution)
• ·         Setting up a CAC table with the information sheet and providing the opportunity to interact with and engage staff. (Stony Mountain/Rockwood Institution)
• ·         Presenting the CAC Awareness Week presentation and quiz. (Stony Mountain/Rockwood Institution)
• ·         Highlighting CAC Awareness Week presentation and quiz at staff assembly. Summarizing the organization in routine orders at the Regional Psychiatric Centre (RPC) for the week. (RPC/Saskatoon Parole, January 16)
• ·         Publishing a photo and a bio of each CAC member in the upcoming routine orders. (Regional Psychiatric Centre/Saskatoon Parole, January 16)
• ·         Sharing CAC Awareness Week resources with members and staff. (Medicine Hat/Lethbridge/Calgary Parole)
• ·         Announcing CAC Awareness Week at morning briefing and recognizing the valuable role that CACs serve for CSC. (Pe Sâkâstêw Healing Centre)
• ·         Announcing CAC Awareness Week, including trivia questions about the local CAC. (Pe Sâkâstêw Healing Centre)
• ·         Visiting site with CAC members to meet with staff and the inmates. (Pe Sâkâstêw Healing Centre, January 21)
• ·         Providing resource tools to staff, with a committee focus on recruitment. (Edmonton Parole)
• ·         Conducting monthly CAC meeting. (Grand Cache Institution, January 21)
• ·         Conducting tours of the Grande Cache Institution, with various community leaders and organizations. (Grand Cache Institution, January 21)
• ·         Sending the CAC Awareness Week presentation and quiz to staff (Grand Cache Institution, January 20)
• ·         Holding CAC Awareness Week Luncheon Kick-Off activity. CAC/CSC partnership with Town of Drumheller profiled in submission for Let's Talk Express. (Drumheller Institution)
• ·         Featuring the CAC Awareness Week presentation and quiz to staff at meeting. (Regina Parole/Oskana Centre)
• ·         Presentations to correctional officers during daily briefings throughout the week. (Edmonton Institution)

Ontario Region

• ·         Sending a message from Regional Deputy Commissioner to all staff re: CAC Awareness Week. (January 19)
• ·         Regional CAC coordinator hosting an Info Sharing Session with RHQ staff, regional chair and vice-chair to attend, Chit Chat Cafe - brown bag lunch (January 24)
• ·         Hosting Open House. (Peterborough Parole, January 23)
• ·         Info Sharing Sessions with offenders on CAC, CAC members will provide offenders with an overview during scheduled class session periods. (Collins Bay/Frontenac Institutions)
• ·         Planning senior management walkabout institution with CAC members to connect with staff, coffee and cake available in three buildings.
• ·         Holding staff assembly planned in near future. (Warkworth Institution, January 21)
• ·         Posting on social media: CAC Facebook, Twitter, Blog. (By regional CAC chair , January 17-25) Ontario Regional Ethnocultural Committee and other CAC members encouraged to post as well.
• ·         Held an Open House in November 2013 (Keele); holding event with staff and CAC to introduce new members, sharing letter from the Commissioner, including the CAC Awareness Week presentation and quiz. (Keele CCC, January 20 and 27)
• ·         Discussing the CAC Awareness Week presentation and quiz to staff, testimonials from CAC members – why CAC is important to them. (Toronto East Parole Office, January 23)
• ·         Connecting with CSC staff. (Ottawa Parole Office)
• ·         Sent a letter to local paper highlighting local CAC by CAC chair (Fenbrook/Beaver Creek, January 23)
• ·         Hosting supper for CAC members compliments of Area Director at Sudbury Parole, CAC presentation and quiz, Teleconference with Greater Ontario and Nunavut District partners (Chair, January 23)

Québec Region

• ·         Sending email to chairs of the CACs to thank them for their engagement. (Regional Headquarters [RHQ], January 20)
• ·         Sending email to employees with information on regional activities through CAC. (RHQ)
• ·         Publishing an article on InfoNet announcing the recipients of recognition certificates and presenting regional committee members. (RHQ, January 24)
• ·         Holding meetings with partner groups and regional CAC chair. (RHQ, January 24)
• ·         Sending the CAC fact sheet to employees on the roles of CAC members. (Port-Cartier)
• ·         Sent CAC quiz to staff and sending follow-up material. Planning for the Director of Interventions to attend a dinner with the CAC members to discuss shared issues. (l’Établissement Joliette and other sites)

Atlantic Region

• ·         Publishing an article in This & That/De ci, De ça on CAC Awareness Week with comments from RDC and CAC regional chair, and announcing the new inter-provincial CAC for New Brunswick—Prince Edward Island and provincial CAC for Nova Scotia.
• ·         Hosting a lunch and learn. (Nova Institution)
• ·         Spending a day shadowing the Warden and raising awareness about the CAC at the institution (Westmorland Institution)
• ·         Creating a poster to recognize CAC members. Distributing CAC brochures to networks, parole offices, CRFs, CACs, etc. Informing employees, friends, and family members on the role of CACs. Inviting CAC members to meeting

CAC Awareness Week - January 19 – 25, 2014 will be a Big Week

CAC Awareness Week - January 19 – 25, 2014 will be a Big Week

By Murray Lincoln

January 19 – 25, 2014 will be a Big Week for some “quiet people” across Canada. Most are people that want to help other folk in the community rather than make a big noise about what they do.

Who are these quiet people? What do they do?

These people are volunteers that have answered a call to help keep their community safe.  Safe? Yes – safe.

The volunteers are part of the Citizens Advisory Committee – CAC that works along with the Correctional Service Canada – CSC.

I am a CAC volunteer working in the community and have been for the past 15 years. 

The CAC folk meet at two different locations across generally. One location could be inside of a Federal Prison or inside the Federal Parole Office situated in the communities across Canada.

These volunteers are there to do the following all important tasks. They Observe, Advise and Liaise.  This happens with CSC Employees and the offenders in prison – or in the case of the community the CSC Employees (Parole Office Staff) and the folk on Parole living within the community.

If there is some kind of disturbance within the prison a CAC volunteer is called in to do these three very important roles.

If there is a problem with an ex-offender in the community the CAC volunteers are in contact with the Parole Officers and Management to Observe, Advise and Liaise how the situation was handle by staff.

Most importantly the CAC Volunteers are an important link with each of their communities.  They are encouraged to make the community aware of what the CSC staff and organization does to protect the community as a whole.  Through community forums and engagements of different kinds accurate and relevant information is shared with the community that they live in.

Each CAC is trained and has become aware of what they can and cannot say in their community.

Often times because of community and media concerns, with more high profile ex-offenders, “community fright” is generated.  This in turn can possibly turn into real fear that should not really be happening.  But fear sells in and also hurts the community where it happens.

Without a doubt I can say that CSC in Canada has one of the highest standards when dealing with all of its offenders – inside of prison or outside in the community.  Their goal is help keep the community inside or outside safe in every way.  The CAC volunteers believe in this and join in the task helping the community to see that is possible… in spite of the fear being generated!

CAC Awareness Week will be held the week of January 19-25, 2014 and the theme will be ‘Getting to Know Us’.

Suppose you are a CAC Member. If you ask someone in the community if they know what a CAC member does or what CAC is all about... do you think they would know?


There are close to 600 citizens that participate in 106 Citizen Advisory Committees across Canada. Members represent various social, cultural, and demographic backgrounds and occupations, and usually live close to the facility that the committee serves. Members are volunteers who are appointed for a period of three years, by the director, warden or parole representative of the CSC.


CSC Commissioner Don Head states that, “…as informed participants in the correctional process, you are charged with not only representing the views of the communities in which we operate, but also in representing CSC’s mandate and values to the community. By actively engaging community support, you help bridge the gap between offenders in correctional facilities and the community.”

So this year when a CAC volunteer in your community invites you to a special function, accept and come along.  You will meet some amazing people and witness some amazing programs that are in place to keep us all safe.

Almost a “Life Sentence” – 15 years and still in

Almost a “Life Sentence” – 15 years and still in

 By Murray Lincoln, CAC Chair for the Ontario Region

CAC Ontario Chair and proud member of the Peterborough CAC

Fifteen years ago my friend Dan called to ask if I could accompany him to the local parole office to talk about a guy coming out of federal prison. The man in question was old, in a wheel chair, and had a major attitude problem.  There was no place for him to live and no available resources to help him.

We soon me Ted and Pat, and the parole supervisor at the office. We discussed the problems that “Stan” was facing as he came out of prison.  Stan tended to drive people away. He was a senior citizen with a criminal record revolving around his anger issues, which had given him quite a few years in prison. We also shared the different things that each of us brought to the table in terms of our abilities, training, and interests.

The PO supervisor suggested that we form a Citizen Advisory Committee to better help this ex-con.  So we formed the first CAC in Peterborough.  That was the beginning of our “observing, advising and liaising” – the main work of CAC members.

None of us original four members had any idea what the CAC was about. We only knew that our talents and abilities might help keep our community safe.  We had never heard the letters “CAC” before – probably like most people in Canada.

It all happened because of Stan’s bad attitude and the passion of each member of the newly formed CAC to help keep the community safe.  Finding housing and support for Stan was vital to keeping our streets safe.

We were initially able to find Stan a temporary room at a senior’s home. But when management found out who was sleeping in one of their beds, they demanded he be picked up immediately. Having an ex-con next door to someone’s dear old mother was not a sellable feature for the home’s brochure.

In the end, the parole office helped arrange a part-time place for Stan to stay – a motel with very large doors for his wheel chair. 

Like other CACs across Canada, ours has creatively sought out ways, designed opportunities, and carried out community engagements, training sessions, symposiums, and contacts in Peterborough and the surrounding areas to help bridge the gap between offenders in correctional facilities and the community.

There are close to 600 citizens that participate in 106 Citizen Advisory Committees across Canada. Members represent various social, cultural, and demographic backgrounds and occupations, and usually live close to the facility that the committee serves. Members are volunteers who are appointed for a period of two years, by the director, warden or parole representative of the CSC.

Commissioner Don Head states that, “…as informed participants in the correctional process, you are charged with not only representing the views of the communities in which we operate, but also in representing CSC’s mandate and values to the community. By actively engaging community support, you help bridge the gap between offenders in correctional facilities and the community.”

A lot has happened since we began this adventure together. Our community has been impacted by meeting and helping offenders with various criminogenic profiles and from hearing victims discuss their fears and concerns, even years after the crime.

Today Ted Boynton is the new Chair of our Peterborough CAC. Dan and Pat have moved to other organizations helping men and women coming out of the federal system.

Stan passed away in the community, as have a number of other former inmates. We provided the funeral service for him as we have for a number of others that have come to us from prison, but that is another story for another time.

I enjoy the work I do with the CAC.  I love connecting with the CSC staff and offering support for the tasks they do.  Our “observing, advising, and liaising” is vital for the community.  I’m in it for life.

Introducing the Ottawa Restorative Justice Newsletter

Among our Ontario Community CACs we have an active interest and ongoing connection with Restorative Justice. We have looked both at the issues of Victim’s of Crime as well as the issues of the one who has committed the crime and his or her family.  Our CACs are able to facilitate the Restorative Justice Process where needed.

The Ottawa Restorative Justice Network each month publishes a great email newsletter that is filled with gleaning of what the Restorative Justice participants are doing around our province, our country and around the world.

I have found these newsletters very helpful in our community of Peterborough.

Today I am publishing their September 2012 newsletter for you to peruse.

Murray Lincoln

Chair for Ontario Region of CAC

Introducing the Ottawa Restorative Justice Newsletter – by Kimberly Mann/Amber Montgomery ~ Chairpersons

Hello Everyone!

Here is the e-mail out for September 2012!

1) The Collaborative Justice Program invites you to a Celebration and our first Annual General Meeting!

Wednesday, October 3, 2012
5 p.m. - 7 p.m. 
Raw Sugar Cafe, 692 Somerset Street West, Ottawa, ON

Please join CJP for an annual program update and light refreshments!

Visit our new and improved website for more information and RSVP to cjpstudent@storm.ca or telephone 613-239-1268.

2) Restorative Justice Workshop - The Church Council on Justice and Corrections, September 28, 2012

Gain an understanding of restorative justice and the restorative circle.
Develop an appreciation of how restorative processes can bring satisfaction to those aected by an oence.
Gain an opportunity to think about your role in implementing practices of restorative justice in your own communities.

11:30am -1pm
St. Andrew's Presbyterian (Parish Hall)
82 Kent Street, Ottawa, Ontario
$10 ($5 For Students)

Please RSVP: splayford@ccjc.ca, (613) 563 1688 x105

3) Restorative Practices 4 Day Professional Development Event - International Institute for Restorative Practices, Toronto, September 25-28

With this event you will:

·                     Gain practical knowledge and skills you can use immediately.

·                     Strengthen your ability to help others handle their own issues and achieve their own goals.

·                     Interact with other knowledgeable professionals to find realistic solutions to the issues you face everyday. 

Cost is $550 per person. Each day runs 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (Registration 8-8:30 a.m.)

4) Bullying: Is Prevention the Cure? - Crime Prevention Ottawa Speaker Series, Monday, September 17, 2012

No school in Ottawa is immune to bullying. It’s a complex problem and there is no simple solution. How do we prevent it? And why is the search for solutions so complicated?  This engaging discussion will look at the wider social context in which bullying takes place - a world where we condone bullying by sports heroes, reality TV stars and celebrity chefs. It's also a world where children are dealing with challenging relationships at home. We'll examine successful approaches that address child development and take into account the whole school environment.

Keynote Speaker: Tina Daniels, Associate Professor of Psychology, Carleton University
Respondents: Paul Richardson, Superintendent of Education, Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est and Brett Reynolds, Principal of Inclusive, Safe and Caring Programs, Ottawa Carleton District School Board

Monday, September 17, 2012 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West
Coffee: 7:30 - 8 a.m. in John Piggott Hall
Presentation and panel: 8 a.m. in 

R.S.V.P. to Crime Prevention Ottawa at cpo@ottawa.ca or613-580-2424 ext. 22454 
*Please note that space is limited

5) Rethinking Justice: Building Partnerships Between Police and Aboriginal People for Healthy Communities – Upcoming Conference, Vancouver, B.C. - October 25 & 26, 2012

This conference draws on best practices to celebrate successful community-based partnerships and explore the challenges in building future partnerships dedicated to creating healthy communities.

Issues to be Addressed Include:

1. Healthy Aboriginal communities: what is required, what are the core characteristics of such communities and what results can be expected?

2. What are the current challenges in First Nation Communities: what are the best models for understanding the challenges and what are the major policing issues being faced in 2012?

3. Practical and legal issues in community policing, including a comprehensive 2012 update and special focus on matrimonial property on reserves.

4. The latest update from Public Safety Canada on the First Nations Policing Program.

5. Community-based justice and healing systems, including case studies, their successes and challenges.

6. An in-depth exploration of community healing: what is required, what can be done and what is being done that works?

7. How can we change and learn from the lessons of the murdered and missing Aboriginal women from Vancouver’s downtown eastside?

8. Focus on the crisis: Aboriginal children at risk

9. Sentencing: what recent changes and progress has been made in this area and how applying the Gladue decision impacts First Nations communities?

10. How can we rethink justice in ways that build approaches that work?

6) YOUCAN Connect Employment Program - September 10th to December 14th, 2012

The YOUCAN Connect Program is a 14-week employment program for youth who have barriers to employment. The program is designed to help these youth develop employability skills through group-based activities and workshops, to help them gain valuable work experience through job placements, and to provide them with the support from YOUCAN staff who check in with the youth continuously to make sure their individual employment needs are met.

Weeks 1-2: Participants will receive training in employment-related skills.
Weeks 3-14: Participants will work at a job from Monday-Thursday, and receive additional training every Friday,

Contact Katie Lemay for more information or to schedule an interview: katie.lemay@youcan.ca or 613-230-1903 ext 222

7) Call for Presenters/Workshops: 2012 National Restorative Justice Symposium - Winnipeg, Manitoba, November 18-20, 2012

The National Restorative Justice Symposium (NRJS) Planning Committee invites interested individuals/groups to present interactive workshops that will share best practices, ideas and strategies that reflect the 2012 theme “Diverse Needs; Unique Responses” as set out below:

This theme recognizes that restorative justice is an approach that addresses the various needs of people impacted by crime and conflict that are created when a person has been harmed or treated unfairly. Some of these needs are also influenced by an individual's background, culture, gender, age and many other factors that make each person unique. Restorative justice processes, in response to crime and conflict, are highly adaptable to different people, environments, and systems as the identified needs of the people involved help formulate the unique response that can contribute to a person's sense of safety, justice and well-being. 

While there is no single universal definition for restorative justice, common elements are shared between those that exist. Fundamentally, restorative justice is about finding peaceful and collaborative ways of addressing crime and resolving conflict in our society while promoting recognition of harm, voluntary participation, inclusion, safety, and facilitated dialogue. Its application is not limited to the criminal justice system.

The restorative justice approach can be applied to a multitude of diverse situations. It can also be applied in a variety of ways in order to address the unique needs of those impacted by crime and/or conflict.

"Diverse Needs and Unique Responses" call upon all of us to explore different way in which restorative justice can be applied in an increasingly diverse society to address the varied needs of those involved. 

If you are interested in presenting, please complete the following form and submit it by September 7, 2012.  The Planning Committee will review the applications and let the applicants know by August 31, 2012 whether they have been accepted. Successful candidates will be requested to submit a head shot photo for publication in the Symposium Program.

Please send completed applications:

By Mail

NRJS Workshop Planning Committee

Attention: Michelle Laviolette

101-720 Broadway Ave.

Winnipeg, Manitoba R3G 0X1

By Fax: (204) 336-3610 (ATTN: Michelle Laviolette)

By E-mail: mlaviolette@onashowewin.com

For further information, please contact:

Michelle Laviolette at (204) 336-3600

8) Restorative Justice: The Evidence - Lawrence Sherman & Heather Strang, The Smith Institute, 2007

This is a non-governmental assessment of the evidence on restorative justice in the UK and internationally, carried out by the Jerry Lee Center of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania for the Smith Institute in London, with funding from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. The purpose of this review is to examine what constitutes good-quality restorative justice practice, and to reach conclusions on its effectiveness, with particular reference to reoffending.

9) Doing Restorative Justice - Joellen McHard, The Millstone, August 21, 2012

I was drawn to doing volunteer work with the Lanark Country Community Justice Programme for several reasons.  A great deal of my professional work has been in developing countries where large segments of the population do not have meaningful access to the formal justice system – and even when they do the system often does not serve them well – particularly  poor people.  I was often seeking alternative ways of resolving disputes or seeking justice.

10) Youth Take on Bullies in New Television Show - Bill Tremblay, Orangeville.com, August 27, 2012

The topic of bullying will help launch a new show created by teens, for teens on Rogers TV.  Brianna Montgomery, 15, and her sister Cailey, 18, have created Teen Talk 101, a talk show-style program geared towards their peers. “It’s all about teens and what happens in the teen life,” said Cailey, who graduated from Robert F. Hall earlier this year.

11) Restorative Justice in Systems - Video, Crimespace. August 21, 2012

Officer Greg Ruprecht sees Restorative Justice in action by keeping offenders from becoming repeat offenders.

12) A Different Justice: Why Anders Breivik Only Got 21 Years for Killing 77 People - Max Fisher, The Atlantic, August 24, 2012

Norway's criminal justice system is, obviously, quite distinct from that of, say, the U.S.; 21 years is the maximum sentence for anything less severe than war crimes or genocide. Still, it's more than that: the entire philosophy underpinning their system is radically different. I don't have an answer for which is better. I doubt anyone does. But Americans' shocked response to the Breivik sentence hints at not just how different the two systems are, but how deeply we may have come to internalize our understanding of justice, which, whatever its merits, doesn't seem to be as universally applied as we might think.

13) Norway Did the Right Thing by Giving Breivik 21-Year Sentence - David Dow, World News, August 27, 2012

More than any other instance of crime and punishment during the past fifty years, the sentencing of the mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik in Norway last week reveals just how wide is the chasm between Western Europe and the United States when it comes to criminal justice. Breivik, who killed 77 people and injured scores more in Norway in July 2011—the largest mass slaughter in Norway since World War II—was sentenced to 21 years, or just over 3 months per victim. 21 years! In some places in the U.S. you can get more time for selling a half ounce of cocaine.

14) Restorative Justice and its Effects on (Racially Disparate) Punitive School Discipline - David Simson, May 12, 2012

This paper investigates whether the introduction of Restorative Justice programs reduces the incidence of punitive student discipline (out-of-school suspension) in two selected secondary school districts. It also investigates whether currently existing racial disparities in student discipline are alleviated by the introduction of Restorative Justice. Using publicly available suspension data, the paper employs coarsened exact matching to create comparable groups of schools that did and did not implement Restorative Justice practices and compares their suspension results before and after Restorative Justice implementation using t-tests.

15) SRC Adopts Revised Student Code of Conduct - Dale Mezzacappa, The Notebook; Philadelphia Public School, August 17, 2012

The School Reform Commission voted Thursday evening to adopt a revised code of conduct that gives principals more discretion in handling disciplinary cases and prevents some infractions from being punished by out-of-school suspensions.

16) Obtain Most of your IIRP Grad School Master's Degree or Certificate Online - International Institue for Restorative Practices - August 15, 2012

Now up to 80% of your IIRP Master's Degree or Certificate may be earned via online and independent study. The remaining 20% may be achieved by attending 12 days of in-person professional development events held in many North American locations, which may be applied toward academic credit through supplemental online coursework.

"The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride but in the end; there it is." 

                     - Winston Churchill

I hope you enjoyed this email-out! Please feel free to share this with anyone that you feel may be interested and we would be happy to receive any information that you feel may be of interest to our readership! Send torjnetwork@storm.ca.

Be well,

Kimberly Mann/Amber Montgomery

Chairpersons - Ottawa Restorative Justice Network

www.orjn.org