35th PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION
EVIDENCE
on
JUSTICE AND LEGAL AFFAIRS
ORDER OF THE DAY:
Comprehensive review of the Young Offenders Act (Phase II), in particualr, issues relating to youth crime, the youth justice system and the operation and implementation of the Young Offenders Act
WITNESSES:
Multi-Disciplinary Roundtable discussion
Central Toronto Youth Services:
Edmund Duarte, Youth Street Worker;
Paula Teeter, Probation Officer, Early Release Support Program.
Earlscourt Child and Family Service:
David Day, Director of Research and Evaluation.
Emery Collegiate Institute:
Mark Persaud, Grade 12 Student, Member, Peer Mediation Program.
Government of Ontario:
Fern Weinper, Assistant Crown Attorney, Ministry of the Attorney General.
Harriet Tubman Community Organization:
Ken Jeffers, Director, Alternative Measures Program.
Individual:
Mavin Wong, Barrister and Solicitor, Co-author, Defending Young Offender Cases, 1994:
Justice for Children and Youth:
Ben Moss, Chair;
Sheena Scott, Executive Director.
London Family Court Clinic:
Slan Lechied, Director, Young Offenders Services, Assistant Director.
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education:
Michele Peterson-Badali, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Psychology.
Ontario Social Development Council:
Catherine Beamish, Barrister and Solicitor, Sioux Lookout Member, Youth Justice Committee and Board of Directors;
Michael Cushing, Executive Director, Halton Social Planning Council; Member, Youth Justice Committee, and Past-President;
Diane Mandell, Director of Programs and Communications;
Brian Scully, Chair, Youth Justice Committee, Member of the Board.
Thistletown:
Jim Worling, Director, Sexual Abuse Family Education and Treatment Program.
University of Toronto:
Professor Tony Doob, Centre of Criminology.