ALBERTA
RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE
ASSOCIATION
ALBERTA RESTORATIVE JUSTICE ASSOCIATION
Connecting Our Circles of Responsibility
ALBERTA RESTORATIVE
JUSTICE ASSOCIATION
Connecting Our Circles of Responsibility
The Alberta Restorative Justice Association (ARJA) brings together people and organizations
committed to growing restorative justice in Alberta.
We support communities by sharing resources, building understanding, and helping create
and strengthen local restorative justice programs across the province.
What is Restorative Justice?
Restorative Justice is a transformative approach to resolving conflict and harm by bringing together those affected —victims, offenders, and the community
—to foster healing, accountability, and meaningful resolution.
It focuses on repairing relationships, creating space for dialogue,
understanding, and lasting change.
MEMBERSHIP
Become a member of
the Alberta Restorative Justice Association and help strengthen the movement for restorative justice across the province.
CONFERENCE
Each year, ARJA hosts Alberta’s leading Restorative Justice Conference — bringing together practitioners, professionals, and community members.
TRAINING
ARJA offers training opportunities to support the growth and development of restorative justice practitioners across the province.
COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
Connecting restorative justice practitioners and advocates across the province to share knowledge, support each other, and strengthen practice.
We acknowledge that the land on which we live, work, and seek justice is the traditional and ancestral territory of many Indigenous Peoples. In Alberta, this includes Treaties 6, 7, and 8, the territories of the Cree, Dene, Blackfoot, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux, and the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 1 through Region 6.
The Alberta Restorative Justice Association recognizes that restorative justice is rooted in Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and relating. We honour the longstanding traditions of peacemaking, accountability, and community healing that Indigenous Peoples have practiced since time immemorial.
As we work to support and expand restorative practices across Alberta, we commit to walking in good relations, listening deeply, and centering Indigenous voices in the pursuit of justice that heals rather than harms. We recognize that reconciliation requires ongoing action, humility, and a shared responsibility to challenge colonial systems and co-create spaces of equity and restoration.
