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Restorative Justice Facilitator Training

Registration for November 22-24 is now closed. We have a full enrollment of 24 willing participants.

We will be holding another training session in the near future so if you wish to be on the email list for that opportunity, please send me an email doug.mcphee@me.com

CJF Training - Community Justice Facilitator Training - Developed by Division E of the RCMP

November 22-24, 2019

Training to include 20 hrs. of instruction, discussion and guided practice on:
The CJF Program

Trauma Informed Practice

Human Dignity as a Guide to Restorative Practice - Pontoon Boats vs Kayaks

Introduction to PeaceMaking
Application to other professions and personal life
Opportunity for full certification through the Mentorship Program
Opportunity for membership in CDRJS

Trainers: Deb and Doug McPhee

34 years of combined experience with facilitation in the community and school system

10 years of combined experience as CJF Trainers and Mentors

The training group will be limited to 20 individuals. To enroll click on the following link:

More information about venue will be shared as we get closer to the training date. CDRJS would like to thank Civil Forfeiture for the grant which made training possible.

The Benefits of Membership with CDRJS

CDRJS supports and provides Restorative Justice facilitation. As much as I like to describe all the benefits of RJ, I have done so in a variety of spots on this website.

The "other" benefits of our membership are:

1. It is free. There are no dues or fees, we only ask that members are involved in some personal and meaningful way.

2. CDRJS is community-based program that focuses on community-based issues.

3. There are a variety of avenues open for involvement:

You can become a facilitator - we provide the training and mentorship;

You can participate on the Board of Directors - we are always looking for new directors and new skills foster new and exciting changes;

4. Raise funds and write grants - I know, there are some people, in addition to myself, who enjoy that sort of activity;

5. Suggest articles to be added to the website or newspaper - Suggesting also includes writing, but suggesting as a start is great.

6. Be involved in surveys or other forms of community input - We are currently looking for input into a new LOGO!

One of the recent initiatives is to create a new Logo for our two project areas: Cranbrook and District Restorative Justice and Humanity Network. We have contracted with Telus to come up with something truly amazing. In order for it to be amazing and represent our collective efforts, I prepared a survey with the information that Telus needs in order to get started.
The survey takes about 5 minutes and the benefit of your involvement will be to select one of the possible options that are created by Telus.
If you are currently a member of either CDRJS or the Humanity Network, check your email as I may have sent to a link to the surveys. If it isn't there, please drop me a line and I'll send the link Doug McPhee.

If you would like to join and contribute in a manner which honours your interest, ability and most importantly your time:

For CDRJS, please tour our website and visit our Membership Page.
For the Humanity Network, please tour the Humanity Network website and contact Amy Cross for further information.

What does your membership with CDRJS mean to you?

"It means I am connected in some way to a restorative type of justice for the smaller felonies and that it can help both the victim and the person doing the crime to have a more restorative solution for both sides. Both sides do not then get caught up in the plugged-up court system."

Comment from the recent membership survey. Posted with permission.

Feedback Surveys

If you have watched a duck and her ducklings cross a road, you may have seen some random movement alone the line, but ducks eventually end up in the same place.

In support of meaningful and informed work to be done on our future Strategic Planning and Facilitator Training, we are asking our members to provide feedback on our collective path to the pond.

The survey links are now closed. Thanks again to those who had the opportunity to share your thoughts. The study of the survey results and recommendations can be viewed at the following link:

2019 Survey Results Report

Funding for CDRJS

CDRJS would like to extend our thanks again to the organizations who have contributed financially to our continued operation this year:

City of Cranbrook
BC Gaming
Ministry of Tourism and the Office of the Solicitor General
Ministry of Public Safety and Emergency Services

It is important not to discount the hours of volunteer service provided by our board, facilitators and the committee member on the Humanity Network. Your work and contributions are greatly appreciated.

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