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WN: Some of the papers on Restorative Justice are understandably repetitive, though I culling the obviously such. image above: sikhnet.com…

by Wayne Northey for The Kenarchy Journal, Volume 2. image above: cccu.org PLEASE NOTE: Below are excerpts of my paper…

IRPJ.org (Institute for Religion, Peace & Justice) presents an interview with Wayne Northey (host: Brad Jersak) highlighting the contrast between…

From Restorative Justice to Transformative Justice, Tri-Cities Justice Forum, November 29, 1999 WN: I had forgotten about presentations such as…

7th International CURE Conference on Human Rights & Prison Reform April 25-29, Alajuela San Jose, Costa Rica by Bruno van der Maat…

Select Bibliography of Key Restorative Justice Works Compiled by Wayne Northey WN: Today, I updated a bibliography, especially weighted towards…

WN: A massive body of Restorative Justice literature has emerged. A superb early study is Restoring Justice (Strong and Van…

Information Morning - NS, CBC Radio This is a great interview! June 28, 2016 Please click on: RJ on the…

WN: This paper was jointly written by Pierre Allard and me. It arose from a book publication by the same…

WN: Presented at Arts & Peace Festival, Restorative Justice Workshop, March 1, 2001. Something similar was also presented at Regent…

Sixth International Conference on Restorative Justice, “Best Practices in Restorative Justice”, June 4, 2003 WN: I attended and presented at…

M2/W2 (Man-To-Man/Woman-To-Woman) is the Restorative Justice agency with which I was associated for forty years. An excerpt: A few years…

WN: This was written in 2001 for the Mennonite Brethren Herald. Please click on: RJ & M2W2 - MB Herald,…

WN: This was written for a now defunct magazine called "Friend". It is a brief statement about Restorative Justice. Please…

WN: Tom Yoder Neufeld presented this to the Mennonite Central Committee Canada Restorative Justice Network in Winnipeg in 2003. It…

Colloquium on Violence & Religion (COV&R) Presentation, May 31 – June 4, 2006, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada WN: When I finally…

WN: This paper was presented in Winnipeg exactly 50 years after 40 men(!) gathered to establish Mennoninte Central Committee Canada:…

November 19, 2004 WN: I cannot recall where this was published/presented. A similar article also on this website ("Restorative Justice…

Association for Reformed Political Action (ARPA) Presentation, Langley Canadian Reformed Church, March 5, 2005 WN: I was grateful to co-present…

Sixth International Conference on Restorative Justice, “Best Practices in Restorative Justice”, June 4, 2003 An excerpt: A few years ago,…

WN: The following was written for the Mennonite Brethren Herald, and published August 2001. This was also typical of similar articles…

New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference: A Pastoral Letter to the Catholic People of New Zealand Wednesday August 30, 1995 -…

NOTE: This was written several years ago to give a basic look at Restorative Justice.  It has been slightly updated,…

WN: Wipf and Stock Publishers gratefully re-published (my re-edited) Volume 1 of a series by the same title, January 9,…

Why the Justice Department Can’t Be Trusted to Investigate Abysmal Conditions in Federal Prisons Natasha Lennard February 9 2019, 6:00 a.m.…

The Cross: God’s Peace Work – Towards a Restorative Peacemaking Understanding of the Atonement WN: This was written initially as…

WN: Some of the material in the essay below, now reworked, first appeared in The Spiritual Roots of Restorative Justice,…

WN: Much of this material first appeared in The Spiritual Roots of Restorative Justice, “Christianity: The Rediscovery of Restorative Justice”,…

Sixth International Conference on Restorative Justice, “Best Practices in Restorative Justice”, June 1, 2003 photo above: reintegrationaustralia.com.au An excerpt: For…

WN: Contemporary Western Restorative Justice theory and practice were not first developed by Americans, though they have greatly contributed to…

Needless to say, I believe in Restorative Justice and CoSA!

illustration above: The rescue by (Anabaptist) Dirk Willems. Engraving by Jan Luiken in Martyrs Mirror, v. 2, p. 387 of…

At 30 years on to this day, April 7, 2024, the Rwanda Genocide broke out, that saw more than 1…

***NOTE: Please check out the footnotes for additional, more detailed commentary. Also, there are poetry and songs in the final…

WN: In 1998, I became Executive Director of M2/W2, a Restorative Justice/Prison Visitation program. I held that position until retirement…

WN: The host was the affable lawyer Gerry Palmer, quite well-known in Abbotsford for his work with numerous non-profit organizations,…

 John 12:20 - 33; John 11:49-52: 49But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to…

By Ishaan Tharoor with Claire Parker  Email photo above: A man speaks on the phone next to a mural in…

WN: Please consider signing the petition begun today. After nearly fifty years of work in Canada's Criminal Justice System, and…

Opinion by Tammie Gregg and Donna Lieberman April 28, 2021 at 5:00 a.m. PDT image above: Julie Lai for The Washington…

The Magazine: Spring 2021 COVID-19 in prisons got our attention. Manitoba has quietly been home to the highest incarceration rates…

March 24, 2021 Derek Thompson Staff writer at The Atlantic photo above: wisegeek.com WN: The "new model" called for in…

NOTE on image above: Foot washing by UK artist Dinah Roe Kendall WN: It is exciting to introduce The Kenarchy…

By George Yancy, Truthout Published March 5, 2021 photo above: yankeewikis.com WN: I first became involved with men in prison…

Dangerous, racist and falling apart. By nearly every metric, the nation's penal system is not just failing, it's making things…

WN: Introduction Below is a clickable list of many of David Cayley’s Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s (CBC) about 50-minute-long podcasts. They…

By George T. Conway III January 22, 2021 WN: George Conway knows American law and history, clearly has done his…

RJWorld eConference, August 22 – September 6, 2020: Robbie Robidoux & Wayne Northey RJ World 2020 was a 17-day (extended…

Published on Thursday, August 06, 2020 by Common Dreams by Rev. John Dear photo above: "Our message over the years…

RJ World 2020 was a 17-day (extended 7 days) online showcase of more than 100 inspiring presenters from around the…

photo above: Kelly Lytle Hernández, who received the MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, views prison abolition through the eyes of rebels Fri…

Good Friday Sermon and Easter Sermon, 2017 by Randy Klassen photo above: Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem WN: Randy…

On the Record: Jody Wilson-Raybould’s Devastating Testimony on the SNC-Lavalin Scandal Trudeau tried to pressure justice minister to cut deal…

Trump routinely says things that aren’t true. Few Americans believe him. Polling A new Washington Post Fact Checker poll Take…

WN: In January 1975, I read John Howard Yoder's The Politics of Jesus at an Inter-term course taught by Clark…

WN: This is a riveting film about a former couple who meet up 20 years after the male subjected his…

book cover above: Stricken By God? is an anthology of papers by authors from all the major Christian traditions, arguing…

WN: This was done in 1996 for a double issue of a U.S. journal, called The Justice Professional. I began…

A Halting Spiritual Quest WN: This was given as a talk to a Mennonite Fellowship, and to a group of…

WN: War and Hell is an interactive essay with a movie and a book. The movie: Saving Private Ryan. The…

WN: I wrote this in the context of M2/W2 ministry. Ironically, the Board and one contractor displayed profound enmity towards…

WN: The paper below was (re)written just for my own joy in 1997, with subsequent rewrites. A version was prepared…

ICOPA IX Presentation 2000 Noted Canadian Quaker activist and author Dr. Ruth Morris was the main organizer of the above…

Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Kristin Kobes Du…

WN: New Testament scholar Chris Marshall first published this piece in 2000. There is another piece on this site (Is…

WN: Dianne is one of the amazing volunteers in charge of Colorado CURE. Please enjoy this brief interview: You may…

Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of…

November 17, 2019 The 50-Year History of U.S. Dominance of the Middle Eastern Arms Trade By William D. Hartung Honestly,…

I'll be speaking at this conference and will present this paper. Below is the press release for this event: The…

WN: The brief article below so captures the absolute essence of biblical justice, biblical vengeance. See also my book review…