IJC’s AGM will be a virtual event on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 7:00pm. For more details, click here.
Statement of Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples of Canada
The discovery of an unmarked gravesite with the remains of 215 children at the site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School has once again challenged us to confront a nation’s past in which innocent lives were stolen from their families and communities. We grieve with the Tk’emlúps te Secwepémc and other Indigenous Peoples who endure
Home Share Providers Needed
Are you: An empty nester? Single, a couple or a family? Retired from the work force? Part-time employed? Self-employed? Seeking to make a positive impact? Want to know more? El’dad Home Share Program provides support services to people with intellectual disabilities, within the Winnipeg and surrounding areas. The Home Share program connects participant with hosts
Gail Schellenberg Training Centre
In gratitude for Gail Schellenberg’s lifelong commitment to education, Initiatives for Just Communities (IJC) is naming the renovated training space at the El’dad offices the Gail Schellenberg Training Centre. Gail served as the executive director for Initiatives for Just Communities from 2014 to 2020, when health issues intervened. She passed away on December 4, 2020.
Who We Are
Initiatives for Just Communities is a non-profit, charitable organization that is committed to restorative justice practices. IJC works to create communities where each person, particularly the stigmatized and the vulnerable, has a place to belong.
Four programs run through IJC:
- Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA) – supports the healthy reintegration of people with high-risk offence cycles as they are released from prison and settle back into the community.
- El’dad – provides residential support, vocational training and assistance, and support for people with intellectual disabilities.
- Open Circle – encourages volunteers to visit individuals in prison and offer caring non-judgemental support.
- Touchstone – provides case management and direct individualized support to adults and older youth with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
