Open Hearts and Homes: Providing Safety for Refugees
As hosts, we provide a safe, calm place to land, while refugees get their feet under them. Dave and Rebecca Smith, Open Homes Hosts Open Hearts and Homes—Providing Safety […]
Category: Blog
CJI Executive Director Resigns
We are sharing with you today the news that Chris Cowie is stepping away from CJI after 15 years of stellar leadership. On behalf of the Board of Directors, we […]
AGM Happening on September 18
You are invited to attend Community Justice Initiatives’ Annual General Meeting 7:00 pm, September 18, 2024 Walter Fedy , 675 Queen St. S. Suite 111 Kitchener, On Onsite parking available. […]
Older Adult Regains Shattered Confidence
“I wasn’t in a rut, I was in a hole,” says Alice*, a local older adult who reached out to CJI for support in 2020. She found CJI’s Elder Mediation […]
Reflections from Community Member Ben Chery On Volunteering
Co-mediator Ben Chery volunteers with CJI so he can “do little things with big heart.” A lawyer by profession, Ben says, “When I started to volunteer at CJI, I learned about […]
Launch of the Community Justice Centre
50 years of service to Waterloo Region later, Community Justice Initiatives is thrilled to invite you to a celebration of our people and the launch of your Community Justice Centre. […]
Sulah Q+A
Our Sulah program continues to help meet the needs of people who have experienced harm because of their identity. Sulah also impacts people who have harmed others by helping to […]
Waterloo Region Home Share: A Shared Approach to Housing
Pressure to address the affordable housing crisis in Ontario has only continued to build in our current pandemic context. Housing is considered affordable when less than 30% of household income […]
Caregiver-Teen September Report
The vision of Community Justice Initiatives’ Caregiver Teen Services is to work alongside caregivers and teens to create conditions that support lasting behaviour change in the ways caregivers and teens […]
How Sulah Helps Us Talk About Harm
How Sulah helps us talk about harm caused by acts of Islamophobia, racism or xenophobia: It is our collective responsibility to create a society where we listen to peoples’ stories […]
