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Canadian Resource Guide to Restorative Justice and Conflict Resolution Education Programs

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Name of Institution: Menno Simons College (affiliated with the University of Winnipeg)

Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Programs and Courses:

Menno Simons College offers a program in Conflict Resolution Studies. The program prepares students to understand the nature and dynamics of conflict and to look at alternatives for dealing with it. Conflicts are analyzed from an interdisciplinary perspective, together with topics such as violence, power, justice, peace, communication, culture and conflict transformation. Students learn to respond constructively to personal, local and global conflict situations. The program offers both skills-training practice and supervised field placements, the latter generally lasting from three to six months in a local or international setting. Courses include:

Core courses

• Introduction to Conflict Resolution in Educational Settings
• Conflict, Faith and Community
• Conflict within Groups
• Conflict and Culture
• Restorative Justice
• Advanced Studies in Mediation Practice
• Conflict and Development Issues in Indigenous Communities

Area courses

• Interpersonal Communication
• Violent Crime and Criminals
• Punishment and Corrections in Canada
• Aboriginal People and the Law
• Women and the Law
• Crime in Contemporary Society

Contact Person:

Paul Redekop, Assistant Professor
Menno Simons College
380 Spence Street, 3^rd Floor
Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 2E9
Tel: (204) 786-9102
Fax: (204) 783-3699

E-mail: p.redekop@uwinnipeg.ca

Website: www.uwinnipeg.ca/~msc

Certification: a 3- or 4-year BA with a major in Conflict Resolution Studies. The program allows for a double major as well. All degrees are University of Winnipeg degrees.

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Name of Institution: University of Manitoba

Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Programs and Courses:

The University of Manitoba's Faculty of Social Work offers a course entitled Criminal Justice and Corrections. Restorative justice is taught as part of the course content. The course is designed to give students the opportunity to learn about social work practice with people who have become involved in the criminal justice system as either victims or offenders. Five modules are offered:

• The Criminal and Youth Justice Systems: An Overview and Introduction to the Philosophy of Crime and Punishment
• Effective Criminal Justice Practice with Offenders - Strengths and Weaknesses of Current Approaches
• Application of Effective Practice Ideas in Working with Adult Offenders
• Working with Young Offenders
• Working with Victims

Contact Person:

Don M. Fuchs, Dean
University of Manitoba, Faculty of Social Work
521 Tier Building
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2
Tel: (204) 474-7050
Fax: (204) 474-7594

E-mail: SocialWork@Umanitoba.ca