"At This Time..." - A Blog Series (Pt 5) I wake up sad, these days. I anticipated that announcements about gradual reopening’s and options to ‘double bubble...

"At This Time..." - A Blog Series (Pt 4) Life is all about relationships. What is different now is that the quality of those relationships is magnified, and...

"At This Time..." - A Blog Series (Pt 3) I came to rje about 15 years ago when I was struggling as a parent to engage more authentically with my two teenage...

"At This Time..." - A Blog Series (Part 2) My heart hurts, my stomach feels tight as I read news headlines this week… Racist reactions to Canadians of Asian ...

"At This Time..." - A Blog Series (Pt 1) It has now been about 2 months since we were sent home to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. At the time, th...

Dr. Dorothy Vaandering is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Memorial University, St. John’s, NL and is Director of Relationships First - Res...

The term play-based learning refers “to the learning and/or the activities that a student is experiencing in a play-based environment” (Government of Newfoun...

Second BB photo credited to: Villanova Junior High in NL. Relationships First Restorative Justice Education BULLETIN BOARD CHALLENGE NOVEMBER IS NATIONAL RES...

This past year has really helped me to explore my nurturing and empathetic side. I am so grateful for this! I have struggled in the past with forming those ...

Book Review by Bethany Ann Pretty Blog Editor: Mark Barry The Little Book of Restorative Justice was written by Howard Zehr in 2002 by Good Books publishing ...

Blog Writer: Cavell Smith-Mason Blog Editor: Mark Barry As educators and role models, we cannot manage students or their behavior, despite the overwhelming p...

Book Review Writer: Renee Farrell Blog Editor: Mark Barry #RFBookClub BOOK REVIEW Gardner, T. W. (2016). Discipline over punishment: successes and struggles w...

For August, #RFBookClub has chosen to highlight the collective works of Alfie Kohn. As teachers and students prepare to go back into the classrooms next mon...

Article Writer: Renee Farrell Blog Editor: Mark Barry As I explored the concepts of restorative justice through my graduate course, I experienced strong emot...

#RFBookClub Book Review: Creating Restorative Schools by Martha A. Brown By Adrien E. Doucet Blog Editor: Mark Barry Creating Restorative Schools by Martha A...

Restorative Practice and Special Needs: A Practical Guide to Working Restoratively with Young People is a book that brings much needed attention on the topic...

In this article, I will focus on how Restorative Justice can operate within the context of my current work with a moral education program called the Junior Y...

Blog Editor: Mark Barry For the first #RFBookClub Author Spotlight, it is fitting that we highlight the works of Brené Brown for her contributions to the fie...

Blog Editor: Mark Barry Using The Little Book of Restorative Justice in Education (2016) by Kathy Evans and Dorothy Vaandering, I have begun to process how p...

Blog Writer: Cavell Smith-Mason Blog Editor: Mark Barry Educating children is a magnificent challenge that is tremendously rewarding, gratifying and profitab...