A Bishop’s University professor has been awarded $1.4M in funding from Public Safety Canada’s Indigenous Community Corrections Initiative to support a project focused on Indigenous community-led reintegration for people who have experienced federal incarceration. Bishop’s Professor and Centre for Community Engaged Justices founding director Dr Vicki Chartrand will conduct research that supports Indigenous communities and organizations as they create and apply reintegration processes. The project will document developed practices, identify culturally grounded healing pathways, and develop tools to strengthen reintegration initiatives. “This project is about learning from [existing approaches], sharing that knowledge, and supporting Indigenous communities in advancing their own visions of healing, reintegration, and community well-being,” said Chartrand.
