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September 26: Talking Circle and BBQ for Truth and Reconciliation 

September 26: Talking Circle and BBQ for Truth and Reconciliation 

As part of Truth and Reconciliation Day, The First Peoples Justice Centre of Tiohtià:ke/Montreal is organizing a unifying event to mark this important day (BBQ, music/drums...). The Centre for Services in Restorative Justice (CSJR) is pleased to collaborate this year,...

Michael Lapsley’s international visit

Michael Lapsley’s international visit

Discover the rich encounters of this memorable visit We were delighted to welcome Michael Lapsley, founder of the Healing Memories workshop, to Quebec from March 20 to 30, 2024, as part of an international visit to North America. Please read this article to learn more...

Offres d’emploi au CSJR

Offres d’emploi au CSJR

Le CSJR est à la recherche de deux personnes pour combler les postes de : Adjoint.e de direction Animateur.trice-facilitateur.trice de rencontres de justice réparatrice  Faîtes-nous connaître votre intérêt dès que possible ou faites connaître la nouvelle dans vos...

Public event: Redeeming the Past – 26th March / SOLD OUT

Public event: Redeeming the Past – 26th March / SOLD OUT

In collaboration with the First Peoples Justice Centre, the CSJR invites you to an evening of encounters between two exceptional men, Michael Lapsley from South Africa, and Tom Dearhouse from Kahnawake. Michael Lapsley is an anti-apartheid activist, peacemaker and...

Michael Lapsley’s international visit

Michael Lapsley’s international visit

From March 20 to 30, 2024, we will host the official visit of Michael Lapsley, anti-apartheid activist, peacemaker and founder of the Institute for the Healing of Memories in South Africa. The Center for Restorative Justice Services has been a partner of the Healing...

Register for the next Healing of Memory workshop

Register for the next Healing of Memory workshop

Each and every one of us has a life story to tell. And every story needs to be heard by someone. The Healing Memories workshop offers an opportunity to explore and acknowledge the emotional wounds we carry on an individual and collective level (family, community and...

June 23rd to 25th : Healing of Memories workshop

June 23rd to 25th : Healing of Memories workshop

Each of us has a story, a life journey to tell. And every story needs someone to hear it. The Healing Memories workshop provides an opportunity to explore and acknowledge the emotional wounds we carry on individual and collective levels (family, community and nation)....

Collective Trauma  

Collective Trauma  

For several years now, the CSJR has been exploring different ways to address the complexity of collective trauma: a coffee chat #metoo in 2017, a meeting on indoctrination and racism in 2018, and talking circles for the expropriated people of Mirabel in 2020. This...

Participate in our next art exhibition !

Participate in our next art exhibition !

Share your work with us ! During the Victims and Survivors of Crime Week 2022 (May 15 to 21, 2022), we offer a new art exhibition entitled Crossroads of Life - My Life, My Story. The aim of this project is to allow the expression of what can be hard to put in words,...

Contribute to restorative justice!

Contribute to restorative justice!

Each year, the CSJR accompanies about 250 people affected by violence (victims, perpetrators and community members) to find ways of healing together through restorative justice, thanks to restorative justice meetings and workshops. In 2021, we adapted many of our...

Exhibition “Crossroads of Life – My Life, My Story”

Exhibition “Crossroads of Life – My Life, My Story”

The call for entries has started! Send in your creations by October 22 to participate in the Victims and Survivors of Crime Week exhibition. With the Gallea online art gallery, the CSJR invites you to share your creations (paintings, photographs, drawings, sculptures,...

Create a mail-art for the CSJR’s 20th anniversary

Create a mail-art for the CSJR’s 20th anniversary

Words beyond walls To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Centre for Services in Restorative Justice (CSJR) invites you to take part in a mail-art project. The theme of the project is: “Words Beyond Walls” Rules and conditions Size 4” x 6’’ (10,2x 15,2 cm)Medium of...

Danse therapy : 2 workshops

Danse therapy : 2 workshops

The CSJR is proud to offer two danse therapy workshops on the following dates : Sunday, May 26th: 10 - 12amTuesday, May 28th: 4:30 - 6h30pmExplore in motion and pleasure the theme of collaboration. Where? At Espace 215 : 215, Jean-Talon W. (3rd floor), Métro...

Healing of Memories workshop   

Healing of Memories workshop  

      The CSJR is pleased to announce a second Healing of Memories workshop in Quebec. It will be held from October 6-8 2017 in Pierrefonds (Montréal). It will be moderated by Michael Lapsley, founder of the Cape Town based Institute for Healing of...