When I first started working as a caseworker in restorative justice, supporting “victim”/”offender” resolution within the criminal justice system, no one told me that the process we were using was rooted in Indigenous ways of being.

Today, for National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, I (Shila LeBlanc, founder of Restorative Approach) am using this time to reflect on my responsibilities and obligations as a queer settler, a treaty-land inhabitant, and as a leader working in restorative processes which are rooted in Indigenous ways of being.