Restorative Justice

Two volume report identifies eight critical areas to be considered when looking at justice reform: leadership, community promotion and crime prevention, victimization and violence, restorative justice, policing, institutions, racism, and children and youth. Volume II Submissions to the Commission.

An investigation of the evolving legal history of the Navajo Nation following the Second World War. The Navajo legal counsel provides legal opinions on land, resource development, employment, and the protection of sovereignty.

Highlights an interdisciplinary conference held at The King's University College in Edmonton, Alberta, where students met with survivors of residential school abuse.

Discusses problems with current applications and practices including: focus on offenders rather than victims, education of stakeholders, appropriate reparations, participation in meetings and usefulness in situations which involve violent crime, especially against women and children.

Welcome by Peter Dawson to the Linking Arms Together symposium held at York University June 28, 2013. Duration: 15:44

Discusses compensation to redress the physical, sexual, emotional, and psychological abuse suffered by Aboriginal children in the school system.

Discusses the lack of criminological and sociological research addressing native justice issues. Access article through table of contents.

Defends the use of restorative justice when dealing with Aboriginal crimes and gives an overview of the present justice system in addressing crime control.

Law Thesis (LL.M.)--University of Manitoba, 1997.

Presents a new way of addressing conflict in child and family matters.

Explores the historical context of the current situation and the ways that public health interventions can improve outcomes by promoting active participation in culture, which is a preventative measure against violence and victimization. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 47.

Story reports on the residential school compensation deal reached by the Assembly of First Nations, the Federal Government, church organizations and 70 lawyers.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.

Discusses the principles of sentencing circles in Dene and Métis communities and uses the Dene mythic hero Swan to illustrate the principles in relation to several recent cases.

Keynote speaker talks about reconciliation, restorative justice and creating stronger communities. Duration: 1:08:05.

Australian document which evaluates success in terms of five goals meant to improve the responsiveness of the legal system in terms of the Aboriginal population.

Organization aims to assist in the holistic development and wellness of Aboriginal individuals, families and communities.

Describes project that evaluated all programs and agencies involved with Aboriginal youth offenders. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.

Discusses self-determination of the Navajo law and justice system including a historical background of peacemaking.

Speech entitled Sentencing: The Judicial Response to Crime at the American Judicature Society, presented by Chief Justice Yazzie to the 1997 National Symposium, San Diego, California. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.

Asserts that a flexible, non-adversarial negotiation process would be more appropriate given the complexity of the issues.

Discusses how restorative justice is shaped and influenced by community issues.

Argues that sentencing circles are of little use to the victim and that only a solution which addresses the imbalance of power between men and women produced by colonial policies will make a substantive difference.

Looks at the Australian government's intervention in Aboriginal communities due to allegations of sexual abuse.

History: Holocaust and Genocide Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Amsterdam, 2013.

Explores the high incarceration rates among Aboriginals in Canada and compares and contrasts the Western and Indigenous concepts of justice.

Comments on how the model of The Circle of Courage identifies strategies and methods for meeting needs to assure that all children and youth may thrive.

Explores how social control is maintained in Muskrat Dam First Nation through holistic and traditional methods.

Speakers from symposium discuss significance of apologies, reparations, and restorative justice. Followed by question and answer period. Duration: 32:40.

Reprint of a lecture given by Chief Justice of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal (SaskCA) at the University of Saskatchewan in 1997. Note: This is a two-part sample article available courtesy of the Native Law Centre of Canada. Subscriptions for the publication are available from the Centre.

Toolkit for consumers, families and caregivers.

Looks at various lawsuits being filed by former residential school students in Canada.

Describes how restorative justice is used to deal with conflict to the benefit of the victim, offender and the community as a whole. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.

Law Thesis (L.L.M.)--York University, 1999.

Details the advantages of this form of justice. Includes historical background and nature of other types of circles.

Looks at the idea of restorative justice as healing and the importance of Indigenous ways of teaching. Scroll down to page 29 to read article.

Examines pre-conditions and strategies that may allow communities and law enforcement officers to work to together for the common goal of improved social justice.

Law Thesis (LL.M)--University of Victoria, 2014.

Philosophy Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2002.

Argues that changes to the justice system in Nunavut have been superficial and have not produced substantive results.

Discusses restorative justice and Swampy Cree beliefs. Scroll down to page 7 to read article.

Comments on the expression of sorrow Pope Benedict XVI gave to a Canadian First Nations delegation regarding residential school abuse in April 2009.

Describes a healing lodge in Cypress Hills designed to rehabilitate Aboriginal women.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--The University of Manitoba, 2001.

Provides resource for defence counsel that needs a legal aid referral where an Aboriginal right is used as a defence. Looks at treaty rights, Gladue rights, restorative justice etc. Information provided not for legal advice.

Profile confirms importance of providing appropriate programming for Aboriginals both within federal facilities and upon release to communities.

Overview of the history, community and context of the Aboriginal justice program which began in 2000.