Margaret Thorsborne

Margaret Thorsborne, OAM, is an author, trainer and facilitator of Restorative Practice with a background in education and counseling. She was a pioneer of Restorative Practice in schools and workplaces in Australia and New Zealand in the mid-late 90’s, and the UK in the early 2000’s and has since trained restorative practitioners and change makers in education, workplaces, community, police and justice sectors across Australia, Asia, New Zealand, UK, USA and Canada. She remains involved in this important transformation in schools, particularly around whole organizational implementation of trauma-informed, relational approaches and culture change.

Margaret has continued to widen the use of restorative measures by applying the principles and philosophy of conferencing and restorative justice in workplaces in private and public sectors to rebuild relationships in the wake of a wide range of difficulties, including workplace bullying and high level conflict.

She is board member and Chair of Restorative Practice International, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, member of Australian Association of Restorative Justice, and the Silvan Tomkins Institute in Philadelphia. Her Order of Australia Medal (2022) was awarded in recognition of her service to education. She was also awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award(2022) by the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice (NACRJ), USA.