Jarem Sawatsky PhD (Law)

Jarem Sawatsky, Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies
Program Advisor: Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies
Co-Director, Canadian School of Peacebuilding
PhD, Law (University of Hull, UK)
Office Location: C12
Telephone: 204 487-3300
Fax: (204) 487-3858
jsawatsky@cmu.ca

Jarem Sawatsky has fifteen years of experience in the field of peace and conflict studies. His research into healing justice has taken him to communities in Scotland, England, Canada, France. He is the author of numerous articles on peacebuilding conflict transformation and is author of The Ethic of Traditional Communities and the Spirit of Healing Justice and Justpeace Ethics: A Guide to Restorative Justice and Peacebuilding. He earned an MA in Conflict Transformation from Eastern Mennonite University, and a PhD in Law from England’s University of Hull specializing in community practices of healing and restorative justice.

Jarem’s special interests with the field of Peace and Conflict Transformation include:

One current SSHRC funded research project involves seven communities which have a practice of healing justice. Among others these include: Hollow Water, an Aboriginal community in Canada; The Iona Community, a Christian community in Scotland; and Plum Village, a Vietnamese initiated Buddhist community in France.

Jarem was born in Richmond, British Columbia. His degrees include a PhD (Law) from the University of Hull (UK); a MA in Conflict Transformation, Peacebuilding and Restorative Justice from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, Eastern Mennonite University (2001); a BA in Religious Studies and Conflict Resolution Studies from the University of Winnipeg and Menno Simons College (1998); a BTh from Canadian Mennonite Bible College (1996). He has spent much of that last twenty-five years in Winnipeg as a member of an intentional church community, Grain of Wheat Church Community.

Jarem enjoys canoe camping, white-water and spending time with his wife, Rhona, and their two daughters.

Courses taught

Recent Publications

Books

(2009) The Ethic of Traditional Communities and the Spirit of Healing Justice (London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers).

(2008) Justpeace Ethics: A Guide to Restorative Justice and Peacebuilding. (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books).

Books Sections

(2011) (co-authored with Len Sawatsky) “Colonialization and Christianization” in Encyclopaedia of Religion and Violence, Jeff Ross (ed). (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe), 183-192.

(2010) Book Forward in Justice as Sanctuary: Toward a New System of Crime Control (Restorative Justice Classics, Herman Bianchi (Eugene OR: Cascade Books).

(2010) Book Forward in Restorative Justice and Practices in New Zealand: Towards a Restorative Society, Gabrielle Maxwell and James Liu (Eugene OR: Cascade Books).

(2010) Book Forward in Family, Victims and Culture: Youth Justice in New Zealand Gabrielle Maxwell and Allison Morris (Eugene OR: Cascade Books).

(2009) “A Shared Just Peace Ethic: Uncovering Restorative Values” in Mediation and Facilitation Training Manual, 5th Edition (Akron: PA: MCC US Office on Justice and Peacebuilding), 85-87.

Peer Review Articles & Academic Conference Presentations

(2011) “10 Rules for Publishing in an Academic Context”,  Peace and Conflict Studies Roundtables, Arthur Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 7, 2011.

(2010) “A Congregation’s Role in Creating a Culture of Peace”, Church in Ministry Seminar 2010: Mapping the Way: Finding Pathways Through Difficult Issues, Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Jan 25, 2010.

(2009) “Healing Justice in Living Community”, Faith Horizons 2009: Word and Deed, Diocese of Rupertsland, Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada, Oct 2-3, 2009.

(2009) “Connections and Distinctions: Criminal Justice, Healing Justice and Restorative Justice”, Globus Social Justice Institute: Social Justice and Human Rights, Menno Simons College, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, June 1-12, 2009.

(2007) “Rethinking Restorative Justice: When the Geographies of Crime and of Healing Justice Matter”, Peace Research: The Canadian Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies, 39 (1-2), 75-93.

(2006) “The Geography of Crime, the Geography of Healing Justice and the Ambivalence of Restorative Justice”, Restorative Directions Journal, 2 (2b), 129-152.

(2006) “The Geography of Crime, the Geography of Healing Justice and the Ambivalence of Restorative Justice”, Exploring the Boundaries of Contemporary Legal Discourse, University of Hull Law School, Hull, United Kingdom, Dec 5, 2006. 

(2006) “Healing Justice Practices Around the World: Illustrative Review of Case Studies”, 3rd Asia Pacific Mediation Forum Conference: Mediating Cultures, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji, June 26-30th.

(2006) “Healing Justice: An Alternative Conception of Law,” University of Hull, Law Symposium 2006, Hull, United Kingdom, May 22, 2006.

(2005) “Role of Peacebuilder and Restorative Justice Practitioner as Healer: Lessons from Ancestral Wisdom and Healing Traditions in Fiji”, Peace Research: The Canadian Journal of Peace Studies, 37 (2), 61-70.

(2005) “Extending the Peacebuilding Timeframe: Revising Lederach’s Integrated Framework”, Peace Research: The Canadian Journal of Peace Studies, 37 (1), 123-130.

(2004) “Restorative Values: Where Means and Ends Converge”, Ministry, Society and Theology (Australia), 18 (2).

(2003) “Restorative Values: Where Means and Ends Converge”, 6th International Conference on Restorative Justice, public presentation of paper, Vancouver, B.C., June 1-4, 2003, click here. The Center has also listed this paper under popular restorative justice article section, click here.

Other Articles

(2011) “A Tribute to Ovide Mercredi: The 9 Attributes of Great Souls”, The Peace Chronicle: Newsletter of the Peace and Justice Studies Association, Winter 2011, 8-9.

(2009) “A Shared Just Peace Ethic: Uncovering Restorative Values” in Mediation and Facilitation Training Manual, 5th Edition (Akron: PA: MCC US Office on Justice and Peacebuilding), 85-87.

(2006) “The Long Horizon of Identity and Change”, Justice Connections, 2, 15-16. Note: this is an extended article based on the article for Morung Express.

(2006) “We Need Our Conflict to Make Us Strong”, Justice Connections, 1, 15-16. Note: this is an extended article based on the article for Morung Express.

(2006) “Culture as Seedbed of Change”, VOMA Connections Quarterly, 23, 7-8. Note: this is an extended article based on the article for Morung Express.

(2006) “Justice that Heals and Transforms”, VOMA Connections Quarterly, 21, 8-9. Note: this is an extended article based on the article for Morung Express.

(2005) “The Ethic of Traditional Communities and the Spirit of Healing Justice”, Justice as Healing: The Native Law Center of Canada, 10 (4), 1-12.

(2005) “Since Time Immemorial… The Long Horizon of Identity and Change: Part IV Suggested Guideposts for the Use of Peace and Conflict Praxis in Indigenous Context”, Morung Express: Morungs for Indigenous Affairs and JustPeace (India), Wednesday, September 21, 2005. Reprinted by Naga International Support Center, click here.

(2005) “We Need Our Conflicts To Make Us Strong: Part III Suggested Guideposts for the Use of Peace and Conflict Praxis in Indigenous Context”, Morung Express: Morungs for Indigenous Affairs and JustPeace (India), Tuesday, September 20, 2005. Reprinted by Naga International Support Center, click here.

(2005) “Justice that Heals and Transforms: Part II Suggested Guideposts for the Use of Peace and Conflict Praxis in Indigenous Context”, Morung Express: Morungs for Indigenous Affairs and JustPeace (India), Monday, September 19, 2005. Reprinted by Naga International Support Center, click here.

(2005) “Cultures As Seedbed of Peace: Part I Suggested Guideposts for the Use of Peace and Conflict Praxis in Indigenous Context”, Morung Express: Morungs for Indigenous Affairs and JustPeace (India), Sunday, September 18, 2005. Reprinted by Naga International Support Center, click here.

(2004) “Emerging Visions Of Canadian Civil Society On Food Security: Reflections Of The Canadian Food Security Assembly 2004”, Canadian Food Security Assembly 2004 Proceedings, click here, 14 October.

(2004) “Eating Peace: The Practice of Peace in Everyday Life”, Conciliation Quarterly, 23 (4), 17-18.

(2004) “The Wolf of Life”, The Other Side, March-April, ; reprinted in Right Sharing of the Worlds Resources: Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) March, 2004.

(2002) “Re-Learning How to Survive”, Conciliation Quarterly, 21 (3), 2-4.

(2002) “Uncovering Restorative Values”, VOMA Connections, (reprint of Conciliation Quarterly article in Vol. 20, No 3, 2001)10 (1), 3-4.

(2001) “A Shared JustPeace Ethic: Uncovering Restorative Values”, Conciliation Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 3, Summer 2001. Reprinted by Restorative Justice Online in 2002.