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Purpose:
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Onashowewin Inc. has entered into a funding agreement with the Department of Justice Canada to operate the Onashowewin Justice Program.
The Program provides culturally appropriate restorative justice services to Aboriginal youth and adults in Winnipeg, Manitoba, including victim-offender mediation, peacemaking circles and conciliation. The objective of the Program is to restore, heal and transform relationships between offenders, victims and the community, and to prevent recidivism.
Onashowewin networks with a variety of partners including Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal agencies, government departments, police, Crown prosecutions, community Elders and other restorative justice programs.
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