Please find attached documentation pertaining to our Ontario College Graduate Certificate in Transformative Community Justice, which is now being offered online. For your convenience, I have included the application form as well.

The Ontario College Graduate Certificate in Transformative Community Justice is offered on a part-time basis. The certificate offers a flexible format that will provide professionals in the human services field with specialized training to build on and enhance their current skills in conflict mediation and facilitation, as well as deepening their understanding of conflict, forgiveness, resolution and community building.

Transformative community justice is a distinct approach to handling conflicts that goes beyond Restorative Justice methodology. It is used within and outside of the traditional criminal justice system as well as in safe schools approaches and in many social service fields.   It recognizes and responds to the variety of harms caused by  conflict and uses the substance of the conflict as a means of exploring options and establishing responses that are not only acceptable to all parties but that develop and strengthen relationships among those involved. Transformative community justice has many applications in the fields of social and community justice, education, as well as environmental law, corporate law, labour-management relations, consumer law and family law.

The curriculum for this program will be a combination of theory-based and applied courses that focus on the offender, the victim and the community. Students will learn the skills required to facilitate victim/offender reconciliation processes such as mediation and conferencing as well as community crime prevention strategies and community development initiatives.

This program will be of interest to both seasoned professionals working in a range of justice, education and human services agencies who wish to refine their skills in the area of restorative and transformative practices, as well as more recent graduates of university and college programs seeking specialized knowledge in this field. Anyone wishing to take courses in this program must first be accepted for admission. Those admitted to this program may take only those courses that interest them, or complete the entire certificate. As mentioned previously, this program is currently offered on a part-time basis in online format. Note that the facilitator skills course will require two intensive weekends or an intensive week during the summer, as well as an online component.

Should you have any questions regarding the Transformative Community Justice program, please contact the Program Co-ordinator, Lynn Zammit at lynn.zammit@humber.ca or at 416.675.6622, ext. 3366.

I have also attached information on other part-time certificate programs the School of Social and Community Services is offering that may be of interest to you; namely, Behaviour Science, Forensic Practice, Advanced Crisis Intervention and Counselling, Advanced Client-Directed Case Management, and Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Mental Health.

The Co-ordinators for these other programs are indicated on the attached documents.

Have a terrific day!

Cheryl Evans

Promotion, Events & Communications Officer

School of Social & Community Services

Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

P.S.: Did you know the School of Social and Community Services is now offering a two-year Law and Security Administration: Crime Scene Investigation diploma? If not, then you may also not be aware that Police Foundations graduates may enter the program with one year of advance standing. The news gets better: There is no fee to apply!

We are also now offering a 4-year Bachelor of Applied Arts in Criminal Justice.  Police Foundations as well as Community and Justice Services graduates may apply for advance standing in this professional degree program.

Should you have any questions regarding the LASA:CSI program and/or advance standing therein, please contactKaren.Barnard@humber.ca (416.675.6622 ext. 3225) or Henri.Berube@humber.ca. NOTE: If you are contacting Henri Berube in this regard, please be sure to put "CSI" in the subject line.