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APPENDIX A: LIST OF WITNESSES

Third Session, 40th Parliament

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

Assembly of First Nations

Elizabeth Cloud,
Women's Council

2010/04/21

12

Métis Nation Saskatchewan

Helene Johnson, Regional Director,
Eastern Region 2

   

Métis National Council

Wenda Watteyne, Executive Director

   

Native Women's Association of Canada

Kate Rexe, Director,
Sisters in Spirit

   

Pauktuutit Inuit Women's Association

Joyce Ford, Manager,
Special Projects

   

Tracy O'Hearn, Executive Director

   

Sandra Tucker, Manager,
Abuse Issues

   

Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Line Paré, Director General,
External Relations and Gender Issues Branch

2010/04/26

13

Mary Quinn, Director General,
Social Policy and Programs Branch

   

Department of Justice

Carole Morency, Acting General Counsel,
Criminal Law Policy Section

   

Department of Public Safety

Ed Buller, Director,
Aboriginal Corrections Policy Division

   

Daniel Sansfaçon, Acting Executive Director,
National Crime Prevention Centre

   

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Russ Mirasty, Director General,
National Aboriginal Policing Services

   

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Bob Paulson, Assistant Commissioner,
Contract and Aboriginal Policing

2010/04/26

13

As an individual

Michelle Mann, Lawyer and Consultant

2010/04/28

14

Minwaashin Lodge

Irene Compton, Manager,
Cultural Program

   

National Association of Friendship Centres

Conrad Saulis, Policy Director

   

Fredericton Native Friendship Centre

Tamara Polchies, Executive Director

2010/06/04

21

Gignoo Transition House Inc.

Natalie McBride, Executive Director

   

Lennox Island First Nation

Melissa Cooke, Women's Shelter Coordinator

   

Mi'kmaq Confederacy of Prince Edward Island

Roseanne Sark, Director of Health Program

   

New Brunswick Aboriginal Women's Council Inc.

Gail Nicholas, Vice-President

   

Sarah Rose, Representative

   

Newfoundland Aboriginal Women's Network

Sheila Robinson, President

   

Public Service Alliance of Canada

Tanna Pirie-Wilson, Female Aboriginal Representative,
National Aboriginal People's Circle

   

As an individual

Marie-Pierre Bousquet, Associate Professor,
Faculty of Anthropology, University of Montreal

2010/06/10

24

Mylène Jaccoud, Full Professor,
School of Criminology, University of Montreal

   

Amnesty International

Karine Gentelet, Coordinator of Aboriginal Rights,
Canadian Francophone Section

   

Béatrice Vaugrante, Executive Director,
Canadian Francophone Section

   

Native Friendship Centre of Montreal Inc.

Pamela Shauk, Outreach Worker

   

Native Women's Shelter of Montreal

Carrie Martin, Evaluation Coordinator

2010/06/10

24

Nakuset, Executive Director

   

Quebec Native Women Inc.

Carole Brazeau, Justice and Public Security Coordinator

   

Ellen Gabriel, President

   

France Robertson, Coordinator for the women's shelter and non-violence file

   

Stella

Émilie-Cloé Laliberté, General Coordinator

   

As an individual

Renée Brassard, Assistant Professor,
School of Social Work, Université Laval

2010/06/11

25

Assembly of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador

Grand Chief Anne Archambault

   

Stéphane Savard, Suicide and Family Violence Prevention Counsellor,
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission

   

Huron-Wendat First Nation Council

Ann Desnoyers, Social Worker,
Health, Leisure and Social Services Department

   

Guy Duchesneau, Social Services Coordinator,
Health, Leisure and Social Services Department

   

Quebec Native Women Inc.

Mélanie Denis-Damée, Provincial Representative Substitute Representative,
Council for Young Women

   

Mushuau Innu First Nation

Kathleen Benuen, Health Director

2010/10/26

32

Joanne McGee, Health Consultant

   

Nunatsiavut Government

Michelle Kinney, Deputy Minister,
Health and Social Development

   

Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation

Germaine Benuen, Director of Operations

   

Violence Prevention Labrador

Carmen Hancock, Executive Director

   

Department of Health

Eric Costen, Director,
Mental Health and Addictions, Community Programs Directorate, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch

2010/12/14

44

Kathy Langlois, Director General,
Community Programs Directorate, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch

   

Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Alia Butt, Director,
Policy and Reconciliation

   

Aideen Nabigon, Director General,
Settlement Agreement Policy and Partnerships

   

ISKWEW Women Helping Women Co-operative Health Centre

Angie Bear, Community Development Worker

2011/01/12

45

Prince Albert Métis Women's Association Inc.

Lisa Goulet-Cook, Urban Aboriginal Coordinator

   

Saskatchewan Aboriginal Women's Circle Corporation

Wanda Daigneault, Treasurer

   

Eva McCallum, Representative

   

Women's Commission of the Prince Albert Grand Council

Shirley Henderson, Chair

   

As an individual

Kelly Gorkoff, Professor of Criminal Justice,
University of Winnipeg

2011/01/13

46

Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs

Chief Betsy Kennedy,
War Lake First Nation

   

Francine Meeches, Representative,
Swan Lake First Nation

   

Government of Manitoba

Carolyn Loeppky, Assistant Deputy Minister,
Child and Family Services

   

Ikwe Widdjiitiwin, Women's Crisis Shelter

Sharon Morgan, Executive Director

   

John Howard Society of Manitoba, Inc.

Kate Kehler, Assistant Executive Director

   

John Howard Society of Manitoba, Inc.

Melanie Nimmo, Member of the Board,
Assistant Professor in Criminal Justice, University of Winnipeg

2011/01/13

46

Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc.

Suzanne Chartrand, Representative

   

Shannon Cormier, Project Facilitator

   

Val James, Representative

   

Leslie Spillett, Executive Director

   

Native Women's Transition Centre

Margaret Marin, Board Member

   

Jojo Marie Sutherland, Staff Member

   

Ndinawemaaganag Endaawaad (Ndinawe)

Cathy Denby, Child and Youth Care Program Instructor,
Red River College

   

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Bill  Robinson, Commanding Officer,
"D" Division, Winnipeg

   

Stopping Violence Against Aboriginal Women Action Group

Shawna Ferris, Member,
Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, University of Manitoba

   

Lisa Forbes, Member,
Asset Building Program Coordinator, Supporting Employment & Economic Development (SEED) Winnipeg Inc.

   

Women's Memorial March of Manitoba

Lisa Michell, Chair and Organizer

   

Chiefs of Ontario

Chief Angus Toulouse, Ontario Regional Chief

2011/01/14

47

Equay-wuk (Women's Group)

Darlene Angeconeb, Coordinator,
Building Aboriginal Women's Leadership Project

   

Karen Kuzemczak, Community Wellness Facilitator

   

Beendigen Inc.

Patricia Jurivee, Executive Director

2011/01/14

48

Catholic Family Development Centre

Rob Barrett, Executive Director

   

Ron Bourret, Board of Directors

   

Catholic Family Development Centre

Carol Cline, Program Manager

2011/01/14

48

Nishnawbe Aski Nation

Lorraine Crane, Member of the Women's Council

   

Christine Simard, Director of Women's Development

   

Theresa Sutherland, Member of the Women's Council

   

Ontario Native Women's Association

Dawn Harvard, President,
Board of Directors

   

Robinson Superior Treaty Women's Council

Marlene Pierre, Advisor

   

As an individual

Janine Benedet

2011/01/18

49

Beverley Jacobs,  Former President of the Native Women's Association of Canada

   

Jane Miller-Ashton, Professor, Criminology Department,
Kwantlen Polytechnic University

   

Aboriginal Women's Action Network

Laura Holland, Collective Member

   

Darlene Rigo, Collective Member

   

B.C. CEDAW Group

Shelagh Day, Representative

   

Sharon D. McIvor, Representative

   

Battered Women's Support Services

Lisa Yellow-Quill, Co-manager,
Aboriginal Women's Program

   

Ending Violence Association of British Columbia

Marilyn George, Representative,
Outreach Services Coordinator, Smithers, British Columbia

   

Tracy Porteous, Executive Director

   

Justice for Girls

Asia Czapska, Advocacy Director

   

Pivot Legal Society

Darcie Bennett, Campaigns Director

   

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Bruce Hulan, Team Commander,
Project EPANA

   

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Russ Nash, Officer in Charge,
E Division Major Crime Section

2011/01/18

49

Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

Michelle Corfield, Representative

   

Vancouver Rape Relief and Women's Shelter

Hilla Kerner, Collective Member

   

Walk4Justice

Gladys Radek, Co-founder

   

Bernie Williams, Co-founder

   

Warriors Against Violence Society

Russell Wallace, Vice-President,
Board of Directors

   

Women Against Violence Against Women

Darla Laughlin, Aboriginal Outreach Coordinator and Youth Counsellor

   

YWCA of Vancouver

Nancy Cameron, Program Manager,
Crabtree Corner Community Program

   

Leslie Wilkin, Violence Prevention Worker,
Crabtree Corner Community Program

   

As an individual

Sandra Lockhart,Chair,
Aboriginal Peoples Committee

2011/01/20

50

Centre for Northern Families

Arlene Hache, Executive Director

   

Native Women's Association of the Northwest Territories

Sharon Thomas, Representative

   

Therese Villeneuve, President

   

Northwest Territories Coalition against Family Violence

Lyda Fuller, Representative,
Executive Director, YWCA Yellowknife

   

Lorraine Phaneuf, Representative,
Executive Director, Status of Women Council of the Northwest Territories

   

Pauktuutit Inuit Women's Association

Sandra Tucker, Manager,
Abuse Prevention Policy and Programs

2011/01/20

50

Yellowknife Health and Social Services Authority

Barbara Lacey, Manager,
Clinical Supervisor, Community Mental Health and Addictions

   

Sheila Nelson, Manager,
Community and Family Services, Child Protection Program

   

YWCA Yellowknife

Lyda Fuller, Executive Director

   

As an individual

Jo-Anne Fiske, Professor of Women's Studies,
University of Lethbridge

2011/01/21

51

Jennifer Koshan, Professor,
University of Calgary

   

Sandra Lambertus, Author

   

Awo Taan Healing Lodge Society

Josie Nepinak, Executive Director

   

Edmonton Police Service

Mike Bartkus,
Domestic Offender Crimes Section

   

Nancy Leake, Criminal Intelligence Analyst,
Serious Crimes Branch

   

Bill Spinks, Inspector,
Serious Crime Branch

   

Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women

Muriel E. Stanley Venne, President and Founder

   

Little Warriors

Jo-Anne Hansen, Representative

   

Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women Calgary

Suzanne Dzus, Founder and Chairperson

   

Metis Child and Family Services Society

Donald Langford, Executive Director

   

Kari Thomason, Community Outreach Worker

   

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Mike Sekela, Criminal Operations Officer,
"D" Division

   

Stolen Sisters Awareness Walk and Movement

Gloria Neapetung, Representative

2011/01/21

51

April Eve P. Wiberg, Founder

   

Native Women's Association of Canada

Jeannette Corbiere Lavell, President

2011/02/03

53

Claudette Dumont-Smith, Executive Director

   

Katharine Irngaut,
Acting Director, Sisters In Spirit

   

Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies

Kim Pate, Executive Director

2011/02/08

54

Government of Manitoba

Nahanni Fontaine, Special Advisor on Aboriginal Women's Issues,
Aboriginal Issues Committee of Cabinet

   

Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg

Bridget Tolley, Member

   

Caitlin Tolley, Representative,
Youth Representative for Quebec, Assembly of First Nations

   

Gilbert W. Whiteduck, Chief

   

Yukon Aboriginal Women's Council

Courtney Wheelton, Representative,
Project Coordinator, Yukon Sisters in Spirit

   

Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development

Corinne Baggley, Senior Policy Analyst,
Social Programs Reform Directorate

2011/02/15

56

Sheilagh Murphy, Director General,
Social Policy and Programs Branch

   

Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations

Patricia Schuster, Executive Director,
Saskatchewan First Nations' Women's Commission

   

First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada

Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director

   

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

Sharon Matthews, Vice-President,
Assisted Housing Sector

2011/02/17

57

Department of Human Resources and Skills Development

Barbara Lawless, Director General,
Homelessness Partnering Secretariat

2011/02/17

57

Gail Mitchell, Director General,
Community Infrastructure Branch, Regional Operations Sector

   

Michael Rice, Senior Policy Advisor,
Innovation and Partnerships Directorate

   

National Aboriginal Housing Association

Charles Hill, Executive Director

   

Jim Lanigan, Treasurer

   

Nunavut Housing Corporation

Alain Barriault, President

   

Department of Justice

Hon. Rob Nicholson, Minister of Justice

2011/03/01

58

Lisa Hitch, Senior Counsel, Office of the Senior General Counsel,
Family, Children and Youth Section

   

Marc Rozon, Director,
Innovations, Analysis and Integration Directorate

   

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Kevin Jones, Acting Director General,
National Aboriginal Policing Services

   

Status of Women Canada

Hon. Rona Ambrose, Minister for Status of Women

   

Suzanne Clément, Coordinator, Head of Agency,
Office of the Coordinator

   

Linda Savoie, Director General,
Women's Program and Regional Operations