Restorative Justice

As an initiative of Prison Fellowship International (PFI), the Restorative Justice Exchange helps PFI's indigenous, autonomous partners in more than 100 countries around the globe advance timeless principles and best practices of justice and reconciliation in culturally relevant ways in their criminal justice systems.

The Atlantic Institute of Criminology is a centre for the exchange of information among researchers and policy makers in the field of crime and criminal justice. Consultation services are available to researchers for planning and executing research projects, surveys and reports. As part of its mandate, the Institute encourages graduate students to pursue criminological research.

The International Institute for Restorative Practices (IIRP) Graduate School was established to examine, teach, and develop restorative practices – an evolving social science that looks to effect real change within communities by strengthening relationships and fostering a mutual regard among individuals. In practicing what they teach, they engage with their students to share practices that focus on improving relationships, responsibility, and respect.

For more than 40 years, Prison Fellowship International has built programs inside prisons around the world that are proven to restore prisoners, help their families, and integrate them back into the community.

The Centre for Restorative Justice (“CRJ”) is a resource and research centre dedicated to promoting the values and principles of restorative justice through education, research, and dialogue with academics, practitioners and community. Since its founding in 2002 by faculty members in the Simon Fraser University School of Criminology, working in partnership with individuals, the community and justice agencies, the CRJ has made significant contributions to the paradigm of restorative justice, and remains renowned nationally for being among Canada’s foremost research centres in this area.

The Church Council on Justice and Corrections (CCJC) is a national and ecumenical organization established since 1972. It brings together six denominations across Canada. Our churches nominate members from across Canada who have experience and expertise in the justice and correctional fields. They are a coalition for compassionate justice and corrections.

MCC’s restorative justice programs help individuals and churches find healthy ways to deal with harm and conflict, as well as respond to and prevent violence and sexual abuse.

Established in 1994, this center is the first academic-based site on restorative justice, founded by practitioner, trainer and researcher, Dr. Mark Umbreit. Their mission is to provide support and resources to many different stakeholders within in the fast-growing movement of restorative justice: international peacemakers, program managers, facilitators of restorative dialogue, trainers, and researchers, so they can maintain and strengthen restorative dialogue on all levels.

CSC supports the advancement of RJ as it contributes to CSC's priorities and public safety. In addition to CSC's most reputable work in providing victim-offender mediation services, RJ approaches are used to develop collaborative partnerships, address conflict, and assist offenders in their exploration of RJ values and principles.