Youth Probation/City of Calgary
Calgary Board of Education
Mennonite Central Committee
John Howard Society
Calgary Family Services
Calgary Police Service
 
After the Conference
Our Beliefs
  • Conflict is an opportunity for learning and change
  • Resolution of conflict belongs primarily to those most affected
  • Young people have the capacity to address and repair the harm they have caused
  • Restorative practices are opportunities for participants to be active in their own and each other's learning and healing

Our Principles
  • CCC provides opportunities for participation in a safe and respectful process
  • CCC facilitates youth initiated agreements as a commitment to moving forward
  • CCC is committed to the use of constructive, non-stereotyping language
  • CCC requires purposeful preparation of all participants
  • CCC is committed to identifying significant adult support for all youth participants
  • CCC is committed to community involvement

-C.C.C. Takes a Leadership Role-

We continue to be busy with the increasing number of referrals from Youth Court and CBE schools. We have also been asked to support other jurisdictions as they prepare for the new Youth Criminal Justice Act. During an October trip to Vancouver, Gail Daniels and I met with B.C.'s YCJA implementation team, as well as the North Vancouver Restorative Justice Society and participated in a day long workshop for programs on the lower mainland. B.C. Ministry for Family and Children's Services (youth probation) has initiated a court-referred conferencing pilot project in Burnaby, based on the C.C.C. model.

Along with Cathy Lane (Calgary Youth Legal Defense Office), I have been invited to join the faculty for the National Judicial Institute, YCJA Symposium.

The symposium will be held for one week in September and serves as the training for judges from across the country. Avery Calhoun, Faculty of Social Work, U of C and I completed a paper entitled, "C.C.C.: A Collaborative Approach to Conferencing Serious Offences Pre-Disposition," which will be presented at the symposium.

Gail has been invited to join the faculty of the British Columbia Justice Institute. She has been instrumental in developing a curriculum for a course on restorative justice values and principles and how they form the foundation of the C.C.C. model.

In February, Cathy and I provided an introduction to the YJCA to policy and administration

directors for the CBE, local justice agencies (CYOC, Youth Probation, Calgary Police) and community agencies. From thisinitial meeting a working group has formed to explore information sharing protocols under the YCJA for Calgary.

In mid-February, Cathy, Gail, Pam Gaudette (Manager, Community and Neighborhood Services) and I traveled to Halifax for the federally sponsored Conference on Restorative Conferencing. C.C.C. was one of the programs showcased for representatives from each of the provinces and territories' justice ministries. From the gathering, C.C.C. received considerable interest from other provinces and we anticipate more requests for information and support as others prepare for the YCJA.

-Doug Borch

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