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The 6th International Conference on Restorative Justice was an event hosted by the Centre for Restorative Justice,
which took place June 1-4th, 2003 in Vancouver, BC, at the
Coast Plaza Hotel & Suites. The conference is divided into six sessions:
June 1st:
1. Tensions between Government and Grassroots: Public/Private/Community Partnerships
June 2nd:
2. Youth Restorative Justice / New Canadian Legislation - YCJA
3. Restorative Justice in Public Schools
June 3rd:
4. Aboriginal Justice
5. Restorative Justice: Victims' Perspective/Trauma Recovery
June 4th:
6. Evaluation of RJ Processes and Practices
On this page, we provide abstracts, full text papers, and Powerpoint presentations of the papers the speakers presented at the conference.
Post-conference resources
We've extracted memorable quotes from each of the six plenaries and placed them on the
Plenary Summaries page. We also have
photos from the conference available to be viewed online!
Sunday, June 1st
9:30 am -- Registration
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm -- Opening Address
Speakers:
Dr. Robert Gordon Director, School of Criminology and Centre for Restorative Justice, Simon Fraser University
Professor Lode Walgrave International Network for Research on Restorative Justice for Juveniles
Deputy Attorney General Allan Seckel
Opening Prayer from the Musqueam Band
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm -- Plenary 1
Location: Main Ball Room
Speakers:
Professor John Braithwaite (AU)
Judge Barry Stuart (ret) (CAN-YK)
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm -- Break
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm -- Session 1 Breakout Discussions
1A. Restorative Justice, Good Government, Strong Communities
Location: Nelson Room
1. O'Brien, Sandra
2. Bazemore, Gordon
3. Maloney, Dennis
4. McLeod, Colleen
1B. Building Success
Location: Denman Room
1. Arcand, MaryAnne - On Public/Private Partnerships in Restorative Justice Programming for Remote/Rural/Small Communities
2. Dhami, Mandeep K. & Joy, Penny - Challenges to establishing community based restorative justice programs: The Victoria experience (full text available)
1C. Obstacles to Success: An Opportunity for Learning
Location: Comox Room
1. McCormick, Anna & Warhaft, Barry - Restorative Justice in British Columbia: Problems, Politics, and Potential
2. Schrag, Libby - Restorative Justice Ireland Network (full text available)
1D. Restorative Reintegration
Location: Bayside Room
1. Edmunds-Flett, Sherry - Public Safety, Education and Hope: The L.I.N.C. (Long-term Inmates Now in the Community) Society and the National Lifeline Concept
2. Northey, Wayne - Restorative Reintegration (full text available)
1E. Can This Relationship Work?
Location: Barclay Room
1. Howlett, George - Restorative Justice: Uncaring Bureaucracy Vs. Responsible Community (full text available)
1F. Canadian Government Principles
Location: Gilford Room
1. Buffam, Bonar & Egan, Meredith - Centre for Restorative Justice response to Canadian Principles (full text available)
2. Daubney, David & Sharpe, Susan - Is There a Need for Canadian Principles on the Use of Restorative Justice Programmes in Criminal Matters? (full text available)
1G. The B.C. Community Experience
Location: Pacific Room
1. Beebe, Leonne; Williams, Sharon; Chapman, Lola; & Plecas, Daryl - The Fraser Valley Community Restorative Justice Programs Network (full text available)
2. Colwill, Roger - RJ Networking System (full text available)
1H. Restorative Justice and the Police
Location: Beach Room
1. Abramson, Alana - Restorative Justice Initiatives and the Police: A sustainable relationship or competing values? (full text available)
2. Konarski, Richard
1I. Family-based Violence and Restorative Justice
Location: ParksideRoom
1. Maloney, Lana & Reddoch, Graham - Restorative Justice and Family Violence: A community-based effort to move from theory to practice (full text available)
6:00 pm -- Opening Reception
Location: Main Ball Room
Monday, June 2nd
8:30 am -- Welcome/Registration/Coffee
9:00 am - 10:30 am -- Plenary 2
Location: Main Ball Room
Speakers:
Professor Lode Walgrave (BEL) - Powerpoint Presentation: Restorative Justice as the Mainstream in Future Juvenile Justice? (requires Adobe Acrobat).
Alan Markwart (CAN-BC) - Powerpoint Presentation: Canadian Legislation (requires Adobe Acrobat).
10:30 am - 11:00 am -- Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm -- Ting Forum on Justice Policy (requires Adobe Acrobat).
Location: Main Ball Room
12:30 am - 1:00 am -- Break
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm -- Lunch
Location: Main Ball Room
Speaker: Danny Graham, Leader, NS Liberal Party
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm -- Plenary 3
Location: Main Ball Room
Speakers:
Judge Bria Huculak (CAN-SASK), TBA
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm -- Break
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm -- Session 3 Breakout Discussions
3A. Restorative Processes with Participants who have Mental Disabilities
Location: Nelson Room
1. Neufeld, Barry - Restoring Hope for the Brain Injured with Restorative Justice
2. Gordon, Robert - Moderator
3. Breyenton, Laney
4. Keating, Mike
5. White, Jim
3B. Workshop on Restorative Dialogues
Location: Denman Room
1. Cohen, Irwin
2. Weijers, Ido - Groups and Restorative Dialogues (full text available)
3. Corrado, Ray
4. Bolitho, Jane
5. Maxwell, Gabrielle - Achieving Effective Outcomes in Youth Justice: Implications of new research for Principles, Policy and Practice (full text available)
- Powerpoint Presentation: Achieving Effective Outcomes in Youth Justice: Implications of new research for Principles, Policy and Practice (requires Adobe Acrobat).
3C. Shame and Restorative Justice Processes
Location: Comox Room
1. Braithwaite, John - Shame and Restorative Justice Processes
2. Huculak, Bria
3D. Application of New Canadian Legislation
Location: Gilford Room
1. Charbonneau, Serge - Youth Criminal Justice Act and Restorative Justice (full text available)
2. Reeve, Marilou - Conferencing and the Youth Criminal Justice Act (full text available)
3E. Restorative Justice as a Diversionary Tool
Location: Bayside Room
1. Ney, Tara - Partnerships, Advocacy and Justice for Youth
2. Hillian, Doug - Restorative Justice and the YCJA - Striving for excellence, structural constraints and policy/program development and implementation in British Columbia
3F. Youth Justice
Location: Parkside Room
1. Ouellette, Melissa - Involving Insurance Companies in Restorative Justice Processes (full text available)
2. Kirkland, Tammy & Braun, Peter - Saskatchewan Corrections and Public Safety (Young Offender Programs) and Saskatchewan Justice (full text available)
3G. Are Schools Ready?
Location: Beach Room
1. Forget, Marc & Egan, Meredith - Deep Humanity Institute
2. Morrison, Brenda - Structuring Responsive Regulations in Schools - Powerpoint Presentation: Regulating Safe School Communities: Being Responsive and Restorative (requires Adobe Acrobat).
3H. Teaching and Applying Restorative Justice in Schools
Location: Cardero Room
1. Bargen, Catherine - Safe Schools: Strategies for a Changing Culture (full text available)
2. Zellerer, Evelyn - Ethical Alignments: Teaching Restorative Justice Using Problem-Based Learning (full text available)
3I. Models
Location: Mountain Suite
1. MacGregor, Pat - Restitution Implemented in Saanich School District #63 (full text available)
2. Grabli, Saray - An Integrative Perspective on Social Control (full text available)
3J. Empowering Students
Location: Barclay Room
1. Waterhouse, Terry - Student Empowerment through the use of Restorative Justice in the Burnaby School District
3K. System-Wide Restorative Justice?
Location: Pacific Room
1. Clairmont, Don - Penetrating the Walls: Implementing a system-wide restorative justice approach in the justice system (full text available)
2. Borch, Doug & Sharpe, Susan - Calgary Community Conferencing
3L. Restorative Initiatives in Prisons
Location: Harbour Suite
1. Underwood, Susan & Taylor, Nellie et al. - Partners in Learning (full text available)
2. Alcorn, Gord - FAVOR Group (Ferndale Institution) (full text available)
6:00 pm -- International Network for Research on Restorative Justice for Juveniles
Location: Gilford Room
Tuesday, June 3rd
2002/2003 Ron Wiebe Memorial Lectures and Dialogue
8:30 am -- Welcome/Registration/Coffee
9:00 am - 10:30 am -- Plenary 4
Location: Main Ball Room
Welcoming Address: Elder George Isbister
Speakers:
Jonathan Rudin
Mark Wedge (CAN-YK)
10:30 am - 11:00 am -- Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm -- Session 4 Breakout Discussions
4A. Building Aboriginal Justice
Location: Comox Room
1. Boersig, John - Indigenous Children and the Criminal Justice System (full text available)
2. Rudin, Jonathan - Pushing Back - A Response To the Drive for the Standardization of Restorative Justice Programs in Canada (full text available)
4B. Aboriginal Empowerment
Location: Gilford Room
1. George, Bonnie - Wet’suwet’en Unlocking Aboriginal Justice (WUAJ) Program (full text available)
2. Lai Thom, George - Restorative Justice and Transformation Under Fire in Soweto, South Africa (full text available)
4C. Staying True to the Values
Location: Beach Room
1. Savarase, Josephine - “Gladue” was A Woman: Should Sentencing From a Restorative Perspective Also Be Feminist?
2. Victor, Wenona - "Searching for the Bone Needle": The Sto:lo Nation's Continuing Quest for Justice (full text available)
4D. Resolving Disputes without Violence
Location: Barclay Room
1. Albright, Cal & Badger, George - Alter-Natives to Non-Violence Initiative (full text available)
2. Holyk, Travis; Shawana, Perry & Adam, Warner - Whu Neeh Nee (Guiders of Our People) - Carrier and Sekani First Nations Family Law Alternative Dispute Resolution Research Project (full text available)
4E. Online Learning
Location: Pacific Room
1. Stewart, Roberta, McKenzie, Kerry & Alexander, Linda - The Challenges of Delivering Aboriginal Online Training
4F. Leonard Peltier Story
Location: Parkside Room
1. Kozar, Tom - Restorative justice as applied to unjust legal circumstances
2. Gray, Eric - Harmony Ethos, Canadian Extradition Law Complicity and other later discoveries around the deportation of Leonard Peltier
4G. Effective Partnerships
Location: Nelson Room
1. Gay, Alfred - Session: Building Effective Partnerships: National Community Research Project
2. Corrado, Ray
3. Beavon, Dan
4. Cohen, Irwin
4H. Reintegration Circles
Location: Bayside Room
1. Reid, Jenny - Reintegration Circles
2. Rousseau, Pierre & Burns, Barbara - Aboriginal Justice Strategy (AJS) (full text available)
4I. National Film Board of Canada presents Criminal Acts: Inside Prison Theatre
Location: Denman Room
Directed and Written by: Tony Snowsill
Producer: Tracey Friesen
Running Time: 48 minutes
In an environment where emotions are closely guarded, the decision to act on stage is a tough one. But members of the William
Head on Stage (WHOs), an inmate-owned and operated theatre society, have successfully braved the public spotlight, performing
for thousands of theatre fans over the past 21 years.
Criminal Acts takes us inside William Head penitentiary, near Victoria BC where preparations are underway for WHOs’annual
spring production. Juxtaposed with scenes of rehearsals, stagecraft, and creative collaboration are the daily lock downs,
bed-checks and other jarring realities of prison life. These two worlds intersect in the life of Paul, an inmate who is
called to make an impassioned appeal at a parole hearing, while preparing for a challenging, leading role in Mario Fratti’s
The Cage.
Filled with dramatic moments both real and staged, Criminal Acts challenges us to rethink the purpose of prison and the
transformative power of theatre.
The screening of this film will be followed by a panel discussion.
4J. Aboriginals Working within the System
Location: Cardero Room
1. Richie, Arnold & Isbister, George
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm -- Break
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm -- Lunch
Location: Main Ball Room
Speaker: Deputy Commissioner Alphonse Cormier - Correctional Service of Canada
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm -- Plenary 5
Location: Main Ball Room
Speakers:
Associate Professor Kathleen Daly (AU)
Dr. Marlene Young (US)
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm -- Break
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm -- Session 5 Breakout Discussions
5A. Victims' Voice
Location: Gilford Room
1. Derksen, Wilma; Reddoch, Graham; Barg Neufeld, Dorothy - Contracting Safe Justice: Victims Designing Their Roles in Justice-making (full text available)
5B. Meeting Victims' Needs
Location: Beach Room
1. McNamara, Marilyn & Dhami, Mandeep - The role of apology in restorative justice from victims’ and offenders’ perspectives (full text available)
2. Rice, Susan - Restorative Justice: A Victim’s Personal Exploration Towards Acceptance (full text available)
5C. The Trauma Recovery Implications of Facilitating Victim Offender Encounters in Crimes of Severe Violence: The Canadian Experience
Location: Nelson Room
1. Gustafson, David
2. Bergen, Sandi
5D. Trauma Recover - Understanding Brain Chemistry
Location: Cardero Room
1. Young, Marlene
5E. Restorative Corrections
Location: Barclay Room
1. Miller-Ashton, Jane - Restorative Corrections: Imagination and Courage in the face of serious crime
2. Lee, Celine
5F. Restorative Justice in War Zones
Location: Comox Room
1. Stovel, Laura - When the Enemy Comes Home: Restoring justice after mass atrocity (full text available)
2. Yanay, Uri - Conferencing and Mediation: Doing justice in a split community
5G. Restorative Justice and Elder Abuse
Location: Denman Room
1. Groh, Arlene - Restorative Justice: A Healing Approach to Elder Abuse (full text available)
2. Gordon, Robert - Moderator
3. Leaney, Allison
4. Spencer, Charmaine
5H. The Problem with Punishment
Location: Bayside Room
1. Elliott, Liz - The Problem with Punishment
2. Faith, Karlene - Circle dialogue - Mattie and Me
5I. Restorative Justice in Africa
Location: Pacific Room
1. Malu, Linus - Healing the Wounds of the Ogonis in Nigeria
2. Mubangizi, Abdu - Women survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide: Learning to live with HIV/AIDS and to forgive the perpetrators under the new Gacaca restorative justice system
5J. Domestic Violence and Restorative Justice
Location: Parkside Room
1. Edwards, Alan & Haslett, Jennifer - Domestic Violence and Restorative Justice: Advancing the Dialogue (full text available)
6:45 pm -- Reception
7:15 pm -- Banquet and Ceilidh (pronounced kay-lee) featuring: Prydwen
Prydwen
(pronounced Pride-Win) was formed in 1997 and has toured across Canada, from Long Beach to St. John’s Newfoundland. Their
style is best described as Celtic Bluegrass, for lack of a better term. They enjoy a wide variety of styles, and are always eager
to explore different sounds.
From reworked traditionals to complete original works, they have delighted a wide range of audiences with their showmanship and
musical abilities. "Our aim is to try to reach out to as large an audience as possible, to share with them some of the joy and
spirit that only music can bring."
Wednesday, June 4th
8:30 am -- Welcome/Registration/Coffee
9:00 am - 10:30 am -- Plenary 6
Location: Main Ball Room
Speakers:
Dr. Gabrielle Maxwell (NZ)
Dr. Paul McCold (US)
Professor Howard Zehr (US)
10:30 am - 11:00 am -- Break
11:00 am - 12:30 pm -- Session 6 Breakout Discussions
6A. Volunteers and Community Supervision with Restorative Justice Programs
Location: Barclay Room
1. Maloney, Lana & Lloyd, Wayne - Restorative Resolutions: A Community Based Sentencing Alternative (full text available)
2. Souza, Karen & Dhami, Mandeep K. - Exploring the role of volunteers in community based restorative justice programs (full text available)
6B. Restorative Justice for Serious Offences
Location: Gilford Room
1. Rugge, Tanya A. & Cormier, Robert B. - Restorative Justice in Cases of Serious Crime: An Evaluation (full text available)
2. Vanfraechem, Inge - Evaluating conferencing for serious juvenile delinquents (full text available)
6C. Creating the Framework for Evaluation
Location: Nelson Room
1. Forget, Marc - Outline for a new evaluation framework for RJ (full text available)
2. Johnson, Sara L. & Martin, Michael - Inventory of Restorative Justice Programs across Canada
6D. Evaluating Programs
Location: Denman Room
1. Moore, Shannon - Restorative Justice Program and Process Evaluation: An Integral Approach (full text available)
2. Stuart, Charles & Eakins, Jennifer - Evaluation of the Whitehorse Youth Justice Panel, Yukon (full text available)
6E. Values-Based Evaluation
Location: Beach Room
1. Sawatsky, Jarem - Restorative Values: Where Means and Ends Converge (full text available)
2. Stutzman, Eric & Abramson, Alana - B.C. Charter for Practitioners of Restorative Justice (full text available)
6F. Evaluating Programs II
Location: Pacific Room
1. Tomporowski, Barbara - New Terrain: Exploring the work of restorative justice in Saskatchewan (full text available)
2. Vermeulen, Sandra; Stuart, Charles & Dolder, Lisa - An Evaluation of Community Justice Forums
6G. Spiritual Considerations when Evaluating Restorative Justice
Location: Comox Room
1. Northey, Wayne - Spirituality of Restorative Justice (full text available)
2. George, Bonnie
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm -- Break
1:00 pm -- Lunch: Closing Plenary Address
Location: Main Ball Room
Speaker: Gordon Bazemore
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