Acknowledgements
The Resource Guide for National Victims of Crime Awareness Week in Canada is developed by the Policy Centre for Victim Issues at the Department of Justice Canada in partnership with the National Organizing Committee for NVCAW 2008. The Committee is comprised of victims, representatives of non‑governmental organizations, federal, provincial, and territorial governments (including officials from the Departments of Justice and Public Safety).
The Policy Centre for Victim Issues and the National Organizing Committee would like to thank all of those who have made this Resource Guide possible.
Contributors
We would like to thank those who contributed their knowledge, expertise and experience to the creation of certain elements of this Guide.
- Inge Clausen
- Mary Davidson
- Kathleen Dufour
- Joy DuPont
- Ruth Greenspan
- Susheel Gupta
- Susan Hoddinott
- Christine John
- Kimberly John
- Valerie John
- Emiline Kowmuk
- Wanda Kristensen
- Claudine Simon
- Kadla Tagak
- Debra Trent
- Jared Zeldin
Organizing Committee Membership
The following individuals comprise the NVCAW Organizing Committee. The Department of Justice Canada would like to thank them for their dedication and time.
Lise Marie Baudry, Program Coordinator, Ontario Victim Services Secretariat, Ministry of the Attorney General, Government of Ontario
Sophie Bergeron , Directrice générale, CAVAC Centre-du-Québec
Priscilla de Villiers , Board Member, Canadian Association for Victim Assistance and Victim Advocate, Ontario
Shelley Dupont, Staff Sergeant, NCO i/c Community Policing Services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Arlène Gaudreault, Présidente, Association Québécoise Plaidoyer-vicitimes Inc.
Laura Glover, Coordinator, Victim Services and Community Safety Programs at the
Justice Institute of British Columbia and Victim Advocate, British Columbia
Heidi Illingworth, Executive Director, Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime
John Joyce-Robinson, Manager, Provincial Victim Services Program Policing and Victim Services Division Nova Scotia Department of Justice
Wanda Kristensen, Director of Programs, MADD Canada
Carolyn Sinclair, Executive Director, Police Victim-Services of British Columbia, President, Board of Directors, Canadian Association of Victim Assistance, British Columbia
Steve Sullivan, Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime
Pam Thomas, Manager, Victim Services Program Department of Justice, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Bonnie Tulloch , Northern Advisor, Public Prosecution Service of Canada/ Service des poursuites pénales du Canada
Louis Zuniga, National Volunteer Program Coordinator, National Community Policing Services Branch, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Employees of the Policy Centre for Victim Issues, Department of Justice Canada
Employees of the National Office for Victims, Public Safety Canada
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We would also like to thank Department of Justice colleagues at the Policy Centre for Victim Issues, as well as the Communications, Research and Evaluations Branches, for their support and assistance with this initiative.
We would like to thank Laura Eggertson for contributing her article “Changing the Landscape: Justice for Victims”
To anyone we may have forgotten, please accept our apologies for failing to acknowledge your contribution
The production and printing of this Resource Guide is sponsored by the Department of Justice.
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