Join us for our final monthly board meeting before a break for the Summer. All of our board meetings are open to the public and you are very welcome to attend.
Event Details
Date: June 12, 2025
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: Public Safety Building, 3075 3rd Avenue, Port Alberni
Open to all.
Experience the power of Circles!
This Week: The Island Scenario - Exploring Community Values Through Restorative Practice
Join us for our last Community Circle before a break for the Summer - an immersive experience, where we’ll step into a fictional survival scenario to explore our shared values and responses to harm.
The Scenario:
You and your fellow participants have crash-landed on a deserted island. As your group navigates survival, one member causes harm that jeopardizes the balance of your new community. What should happen next?
Through role-play, dialogue, and reflection, we’ll explore restorative approaches to accountability, community needs, and healing.
No previous experience with restorative justice is needed—just bring your curiosity, open heart, and imagination.
Event Details
Date: June 3, 2025
Time: 4:45pm - 6:30pm
Location: Echo Field House (4200 Wood Ave - up the big concrete stairs!), Port Alberni
Join us for our monthly board meeting. All of our board meetings are open to the public and you are very welcome to attend.
Event Details
Date: May 8, 2025
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: Public Safety Building, 3075 3rd Avenue, Port Alberni
Open to all.
Experience the power of Circles!
This Week: Designing Restorative Alberni
Circles can be used to discuss topics of all kinds. Join us on May 6 as we sit in Circle to ask three fundamentally important questions:
1. What issue(s) in the Alberni Valley would you like to see addressed by us? How urgent do you feel this is?
2. Who would benefit and how would they benefit?
3. How do you imagine that a restorative approach could improve this issue?
This Circle will guide our strategic planning process in May and June (which you are very welcome to participate in.)
Please confirm your attendance so we can arrange for refreshments.
Everyone is welcome so invite a friend. Somebody brought their Mom last time!
Event Details
Date: May 6, 2025
Time: 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location: Echo Field House (4200 Wood Ave - up the big concrete stairs!), Port Alberni
Join us for our monthly board meeting. All of our board meetings are open to the public and you are very welcome to attend.
Event Details
Date: April 10, 2025
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: Public Safety Building, 3075 3rd Avenue, Port Alberni
Open to all.
Topic: Conflict resolution with a focus on one phase of circle process.
The purpose of Community Circles is two-fold:
First, to have a regular place where people can get introduced to Circles. Got a curious friend? Bring 'em!
Second, to have a regular place where people can get trained to facilitate Circles and have a place to practice their Circle facilitation skills. There is no pressure here! 🙂
Also, let's broaden our, um circle: please feel free to invite others who might be interested.
Event Details
Date: April 1, 2025
Time: 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location: Echo Field House, Port Alberni
Join us for our monthly board meeting. This is one of our first meetings with a newly elected board!
All of our board meetings are open to the public and you are very welcome to attend.
Event Details
Date: March 13, 2025
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: Public Safety Building, 3075 3rd Avenue, Port Alberni
Open to all.
The purpose of Community Circles is two-fold:
First, to have a regular place where people can get introduced to Circles. Got a curious friend? Bring 'em!
Second, to have a regular place where people can get trained to facilitate Circles and have a place to practice their Circle facilitation skills. There is no pressure here! 🙂
Also, let's broaden our, um circle: please feel free to invite others who might be interested.
Event Details
Date: February 25, 2025
Time: 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location: Echo Field House, Port Alberni
Join us for our monthly board meeting. This is our first full meeting with a newly elected board!
All of our board meetings are open to the public and you are very welcome to attend.
Event Details
Date: February 13, 2025
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: Public Safety Building, 3075 3rd Avenue, Port Alberni
Open to all.
The purpose of Community Circles is two-fold:
First, to have a regular place where people can get introduced to Circles. Got a curious friend? Bring 'em!
Second, to have a regular place where people can get trained to facilitate Circles and have a place to practice their Circle facilitation skills. There is no pressure here! 🙂
Also, let's broaden our, um circle: please feel free to invite others who might be interested.
Event Details
Date: January 30, 2025
Time: 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location: Echo Field House, Port Alberni
The intent of this meeting is to better understand what kinds of cases or situations could/should benefit from a restorative approach.
First, we'll provide you with a general overview. Then we'll share a number of examples—we think the range of potential situations will surprise you.
Next, we'll invite you to share the situations that you may be dealing with and we can discuss if a restorative approach is appropriate and, if it is, how you can get us involved.
To prepare, please discuss with your colleagues and bring some real-life examples along.
By invitation only. Please email us if you are interested.
Event Details
Date: January 16, 2025
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: Public Safety Building, 3075 3rd Avenue, Port Alberni
Learn how to become a Restorative Facilitator. Open to all.
You'll learn what facilitation means, what a restorative facilitator does, what kinds of situations restorative facilitators get involved in. And you'll get all of your questions answered, including when can I start!
By the way, ANYONE can become a facilitator. You don't need any particular skills other than a willingness to listen and hear what others have to say. Simple, right? 🙂
Also, if you know somebody who might also be interested, feel free to bring them along.
Event Details
Date: January 10, 2025
Time: 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Location: Public Safety Building, 3075 3rd Avenue, Port Alberni
Open to all.Join us for our first monthly board meeting of 2025. This is a special meeting as it is where we elect our board members for the coming year.
All of our board meetings are open to the public and you are very welcome to attend.
Event Details
Date: January 9, 2025
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: Public Safety Building, 3075 3rd Avenue, Port Alberni
This is an informal gathering of people who are curious about what being a board member for the RJ Society is all about. Come and meet some of the current board members and get all of your questions answered.
Event Details
Date: December 12, 2024
Time: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Location: Public Safety Building, 3075 3rd Avenue, Port Alberni
Restorative Alberni helps bring our community together
Please join us as we celebrate the enormous progress that the Alberni Valley has made in adopting restorative practices in 2024. We've got quite a story to tell and it's filled with a full cast of local characters!
Event Details
Date: December 5, 2024
Time: 5:00pm - 6:30pm (with some delicious things from the Wildflower Cafe)
Location: Echo Park Field House, 4200 King Street, Port Alberni
*PLEASE SCROLL TO BOTTOM OF PAGE TO SEE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR 2024 AGM, OR DOWNLOAD THE PDF*
Unlocking the Power of Restorative Principles for Leaders
We are pleased to invite you to an exclusive 90-minute executive briefing with Dr. Evelyn
Zellerer, an internationally renowned expert in peacemaking, restorative justice, and conscious
governance. This special event is designed for chief executives, board members, and elected
officials who are committed to fostering stronger, more resilient organisations and communities.
Event Details
Date: November 29, 2024
Time: 9:00am - 10:30am (coffee at 8:30am)
Location: Echo Park Fieldhouse, 4200 King Street, Port Alberni
Why Attend?
Dr. Zellerer will provide an insightful introduction to the power of restorative practices along with
innovative and effective approaches that improve communication, build relationships and create
meaningful change. You’ll learn how this flexible yet structured approach can be initiated by
leaders, helping to:
● Strengthen collaboration within your organisation.
● Enhance decision-making and conflict resolution processes.
● Build more connected, resilient teams and communities.
With her 30 years of international experience working with governments, First Nations, justice
agencies, and community organisations, Dr. Zellerer offers a unique perspective on how to build
restorative principles into, and between, organisations for lasting impact.
This is a rare opportunity to gain practical insights that will shape how you think about your
organisation and the future of the Alberni Valley.