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Chantell Barker, the justice development co-ordinator at the Southern Chiefs' Organization, which represents 34 southern First Nation communities in Manitoba, told the forum that restorative justice is more in line with traditional Indigenous models of justice that have an emphasis on healing root causes and the restoring of harmony, allowing an offender to learn from their mistakes and to make amends for their behaviour. ... After significant experience in the criminal justice system, Ryan Beardy is now a student mentor, a father, and a second-year university student studying political science and conflict resolution who sits on many non-profit boards. He says restorative justice practices helped change his life

“The overhaul includes formal notification of an Indigenous child’s band following an application for private guardianship, mandatory home inspections and cultural connection plans, strict new public reporting requirements around deaths and injuries, and funding for supports being tied to a child, rather than their guardian.”