Message to Politicians from Robert M. Gordon, BA, MA, PhD

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Highlights from the Opening Address of the 2nd International Conference on Restorative Practices:
Widening Our Lens;Connecting Our Practice
May 31 - June 5th, 2009, Vancouver, British Columbia

Robert M. Gordon, BA, MA, PhD.
Professor and Director of the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University since September 1998. Associate Director, Undergraduate Programmes 1991 1998.
Associate Member of the Department of Gerontology and Chair of the Management Committee for the Gerontology Research Centre since 2003.
Member of the Management Committee of the newly created Centre for Forensic Research at Simon Fraser University.
Member of the Eastern Europe Adult Guardianship Law Reform Project Advisory Board since 2002. The project is housed in the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary and involves an audit of adult guardianship legislation and systems in the new and prospective European Union countries. The project is supported by the Council of Europe, the European Commission on Human Rights, and the Open Society Institute.
Member of the Senate of Simon Fraser University. Member of the Senate Committee on Continuing Studies. Chair of the Senate Committee on Academic Integrity in Student Learning and Evaluation.
Member of the Board of Directors of Simon Fraser University Publications.
Distinguished Fellow of the Canadian Centre for Elder Law Studies at the University of British Columbia.

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[egyptiancat]

I think it's time to try a different alternative. Those in power should consider this message and compare it with what current retributive justice has done to society.

[bluevegan]

A very important message - I hope those in power can hear what people on the ground of known all along!