Restorative Justice

Book review of: Return to the Teachings by Rupert Ross. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.

Book review of: kwayask-ê-kî-pê-kiskinowâpahtihicik: Their Example Showed Me the Way translated and edited by Freda Ahenakew and H. C. Wolfart. A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and Denial in the Americas: 1492 to the Present by Ward Churchill. Incorporating the Familiar: An Investigation into Legal Sensibilities in Nunavik by Susan G. Drummond. The Indian History of British Columbia: The Impact of the Whiteman by Wilson Duff.

Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2004.

Includes case studies of the Community Council Project, Aboriginal Legal Services Toronto and the Hollow Water First Nation's Community Holistic Circle Healing Project.

"This resource guide provides a general introduction to justice issues for people who work with Indigenous clients in the Atlantic Canadian justice system."

Examines the responses of Coast Salish peoples to recent apologies by Washington State and British Columbia governments.

Session Six from public conference Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes held Friday, January 18, 2013 at the University of Toronto. Implications of implementing transitional justice framework into a non-traditional setting. Duration: 1:11:02.

Report provides overview of women's experiences in the systems, suggestions for policy changes, examination of access to and treatment in justice system, examination of women in the correctional system, and 96 recommendations to the Government of Canada for improvements.

Introduction to special issue on genocide and settler colonialism.

Looks at the Canadian governments apology to their native people who suffered abuse and the fund that has been set up to benefit them.

Comments on Prime Minister Stephen Harper's apology to former students of First Nations residential schools June 11, 2008.

Looks at how the social construction of Canadian identity may present a barrier in achieving a meaningful reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. Paper presented at "Encounters: Situating 'Relation' in Communication and Culture" Intersections 2010 9th Annual Graduate Student Conference hosted hosted by the students in the Joint Program in Communication and Culture, York and Ryerson Universities.

Topics include: literature review, survey of key respondents, failure of social programs to improve social conditions, progress toward self-government, best practices, and the justice system.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--Western University, 2015.

Description and evaluation of Odawa Native Friendship Centre project which aimed to provide alternatives to mainstream justice system for Aboriginals living in the Ottawa-Carleton region. Sources of information include project files, Aboriginal Healing Foundation National Process Evaluation Survey, interviews with members of Aboriginal Peoples Justice Circle and community service providers, and documents and data collected by community support manager.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--Université Laval, 1997.

Explores the significance of the first five years of the Nova Scotia Restorative Justice program (NSRJ) and the reasons for taking it beyond the pilot project stage.

[Law] Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2004.

Explores reasons for the popularity of the concept, different theories of restorative justice, the constituencies involved and how they may affect its development and problems with implementation.

Novel by Richard Wagamese Quality of Light is used in a discussion of retribution and restoration in the Canadian legal system.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Lethbridge, 1999.

Argues that circles, while a step forward, will not succeed because of the imbalance of power between those participating and the Canadian judicial system.

Documentary on innovative program that brings the traditional form of Aboriginal justice-circle sentencing to the Canadian justice system as opposed to prison terms. Duration: 57:48.

Clinical Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Union Institute, 1997.

Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, argues to have the confrontational, adversarial and antagonistic conventional justice system change and include control by Aboriginal peoples in select areas. Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.

Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2007.

Discusses colonial suppression and attempts to extinguish Indigenous cultures and looks at ways to redress colonial injustices against Indigenous peoples.

Discusses how past colonial laws have harmed Aboriginal peoples and offers alternative forms of justice to redress the effects of those policies and practices. .

Sociology and Social Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2011.

Discusses traditional hearings, Elder assisted hearings and community hearings. Duration: 25:09.

Content consists of selected submissions and contracted papers that reflect research and opinion of organizations and writers on critical issues in justice reform in Saskatchewan. Volume I Legacy of Hope: An Agenda for Change.

Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations supports the justice initiatives of Saskatchewan Tribal Councils in wanting community-driven justice.

Explores fundamental issues and complexities in the implementation of contemporary Aboriginal community justice.

Argues against a zero tolerance crime policy and instead supports neighbourhood law enforcement.

Criminal justice organizations of Indigenous peoples in Canada, the United States and Australia are compared and evaluated as to roles played and successes achieved.

Discusses use of restorative justice as an alternative to retributive methods of dealing with offenders.

Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2001.

Federal government site providing links to Policy and Legislation, Families of Offenders Portal, Restorative Justice, Citizen's Advisory Committees, Parole and Community Corrections, and reintegration programs.

Comments on the prevailing justice system and the Cree approach to dealing with crime.

Looks at court based sentencing processes which has restorative values.

Province believes JRC contributed to understanding justice from First Nation and Métis perspectives, and factors contributing to the relationship between Aboriginal peoples and the mainstream justice system. Province's action plan will address socioeconomic issues, crime reduction and victimization.

Uses five case studies from the gang intervention and diversion program developed for at-risk youth in Edmonton.

Criminology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Simon Fraser University, 1997.

A discussion on the decolonization through Indigenous justice programs and the use of Indigenous knowledge to foster crime prevention among Indigenous youth.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--Dalhousie University, 1997.

Discusses some of the challenges faced when attempting to establish self-determination and jurisdiction over law and justice.

Book review of: Dancing with a Ghost by Rupert Ross.