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Atlantic Community Justice Project

The Atlantic Community Justice Project was a one-year project of the Atlantic Coordinating Committee on Crime Prevention and Community Safety in partnership with the Correctional Service of Canada.

Barron County Restorative Justice Programs, Inc.

Barron County (Wisconsin) Restorative Justice Programs, Inc., is a private non-profit corporation whose purpose is to provide inspiration, leadership and information sharing in the development and support of various models of justice which create opportunities for dialogue between victims, offenders and their communities for the purpose of healing and restoration. BCRJP runs several programs, including a Victim Offender Conferencing program, Victim Impact Panels, a Teen Court and a Restorative School Discipline program.

Calgary Community Conferencing

Calgary Community Conferencing brings together a young person and their victim(s), their respective families and supporters, other key people affected by the conflict and relevant community members to find solutions beneficial to all. Referrals may come from Youth Court following a guilty plea as a pre-disposition measure or from junior and senior high schools as an extrajudicial (alternative to charges) measure.

Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation

The Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) is a multi-disciplinary South African non-governmental organization concerned with policy formation, implementation, service delivery, education and training, as well as providing consultancy services. The CSVR operates its own Trauma Clinic providing counseling services for both victims and perpetrators of violence. As such, in its fields of violence, reconciliation and conflict management, and in its ability to integrate many different disciplines in this field, the CSVR is unique in the world.

Chilliwack Restorative Justice & Youth Diversion Association

This group of volunteers in British Columbia is dedicated to providing the motivation and personal help to keep a first-time offender from becoming a repeat offender. They will help an offender understand the impact of his or her action on the community, the victim, the family and his/herself. They will also help an offender and his or her family access other help in the community, if needed.

Church Council on Justice and Corrections

The Church Council on Justice and Corrections, headquartered in Ottowa, Ontario, is a national coalition of faith-based individuals and churches who seek a more humane way of doing criminal justice - primarily by education, advocacy and community development initiatives that foster healthier communities and crime prevention through social responsibility.

Colorado Forum on Community and Restorative Justice

The Colorado Forum on Community and Restorative Justice exists to foster understanding and implementation of restorative community justice principles and values. We collaborate with communities, organizations, foundations, the criminal justice system and state leadership to work for safe and healthy communities.

Colorado School Mediation Project

The Colorado School Mediation Project (CSMP), founded in 1987, is a regional nonprofit organization with national connections that is dedicated to creating safe, caring and just communities where conflicts are resolved productively and differences are valued. CSMP works with educators, administrators, youth organizations and school communities to design, implement and evaluate a conflict resolution education program for their site.

Community Conferencing Center

The mission of the Community Conferencing Center is to provide a highly participatory, community-based process for people to transform their conflicts into cooperation, take collective and personal responsibility for action, and improve their quality of life.

Community Justice Exchange

The Community Justice Exchange, centered in New York City, offers information, assistance, and contact with community justice practitioners to help bring together criminal justice agencies and ordinary citizens to make communities safer.

Crime Victims for A Just Society

Crime Victims for a Just Society provides an opportunity for crime victims and others who care to lend their voices and their talents to efforts to create a more just society. Through outreach, education, and training, we can offer information and expertise in cutting-edge concepts, from community policing to restorative justice to violence reduction through a public-health model.

Deep Humanity Institute

Deep Humanity Institute is a nonprofit corporation that provides learning adventures in community building, peacemaking, communication, and restorative justice.

Dispute Resolution Foundation

Dispute Resolution Foundation is a Jamaican NGO promoting the use of mediation throughout Jamaica. The organization offers mediation training, mediation services, and Justice Centre staffing.

Fraser Region Community Justice Initiative

CJI is a non-profit society based in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. The agency has more than 20 years of experience providing conflict resolution services within a restorative justice framework in such settings as the criminal justice system, workplace, community, institutions, organizations, churches, schools and businesses, and for private individuals. First organized through the efforts of Langley Mennonite Fellowship, CJI has grown into a multi-faceted organization that operates a number of programs and offers extensive training services.

Fraser-Burrard Community Justice Society

The Fraser-Burrard Community Justice Society provides restorative processes for responding to youth crime.

Khulisa

Khulisa is a non-governmental organization providing community development programmes and reintegration and rehabilitation programmes for at-risk youth and young offenders. Restorative justice philosophy underpins the organization's work to rebuild relationships between the offenders, their families and the community.

Mediation Northern Ireland

Mediation Northern Ireland provides several services in the area of conflict resolution, including training in conflict resolution.

Mediation UK

Mediation UK is a national voluntary organization dedicated to developing constructive means of resolving conflicts in communities.

Mennonite Central Committee, Restorative Justice

This page of the Mennonite Central Committee's website lists restorative justice resources available from the MCC, links to organizations using restorative practices in Canada, and more general resources.

National Association for Community Mediation

The National Association for Community Mediation (NAFCM) is the only national non-profit organization dedicated solely to community-based mediation programs. The organization’s purpose is to support the maintenance and growth of community-based mediation programs and processes, to present a compelling voice in appropriate policy-making, legislative, professional, and other arenas, and to encourage the development and sharing of resources for these efforts.