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JIBC set to deliver career program to Aboriginal students in September.

The Justice Institute of British Columbia The Justice Institute includes the Police Academy where all municipal police officers in British Columbia receive their basic training, as well as municipal reserve and BC Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Auxiliary Constable.  (JIBC JIBC Justice Institute of British Columbia ) will unveil a new Justice and Public Safety Career Preparatory Program for Aboriginal learners this September at its Chilliwack campus.

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, sheriff, fish and wildlife, border service and other such careers, the program focuses on teaching useful skills in classes taught by Aboriginal instructors.

Included in the one-year certificate course, which goes from Sept. to May, are such courses as the history and impact of colonization; physical education; wellness and self care; effective presentations, writing and listening skills; restorative justice A philosophical framework and a series of programs for the criminal justice system that emphasize the need to repair the harm done to crime victims through a process of negotiation, mediation, victim empowerment, and Reparation.

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; and ethics, values and professional behaviour.

The Sto:lo Nation is partnering with JIBC to deliver the program and welcomes it into their traditional territory, giving it the name "Iwestux Temxshxweli" which means "teachers' sacred place."
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