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Appendix A: List of Witnesses

 

The following table lists the witnesses who appeared before the committee at its meetings related to this report. Transcripts of all public meetings related to this report are available on the committee’s webpage for this study.

Organizations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

As an individual

Carolyn Botting, Sergeant, Ottawa Police Service

2022/02/08

2

Department of Justice

Nathalie Levman, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section

Carole Morency, Director General and Senior General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Policy Sector

2022/02/08

2

Stella, l'amie de Maimie

Sandra Wesley, Executive Director

2022/02/08

2

As an individual

Dr. Claudyne Chevrier, Ph.D., Community Health Sciences

Cathy Peters, Educator

2022/02/11

3

EVE

Trisha Baptie, Founding Member and Community Engagement Coordinator

2022/02/11

3

HIV Legal Network

Sandra Ka Hon Chu, Co-Executive Director

2022/02/11

3

London Abused Women's Centre

Jennifer Dunn, Executive Director

2022/02/11

3

Québec Trans Health Action

Daphne Barile, Coordinator

2022/02/11

3

Butterfly (Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network)

Elene Lam, Executive Director

2022/02/15

4

Joy Smith Foundation Inc.

Joy Smith, Founder and President

2022/02/15

4

Vancouver Collective Against Sexual Exploitation

Lynne Kent, Chair

2022/02/15

4

YWCA Halifax

Temitope Abiagom, Manager, Nova Scotia Transition and Advocacy for Youth (NSTAY)

Charlene Gagnon, Manager, Advocacy, Research and New Initiatives

Miia Suokonautio, Executive Director

2022/02/15

4

As an individual

Gwendoline Allison, Barton Thaney Law

Paul Brandt

2022/03/01

5

Aboriginal Legal Services

Christa Big Canoe, Legal Advocacy Director

2022/03/01

5

Courage for Freedom

Kelly Tallon Franklin, Chief Executive Director

2022/03/01

5

Pivot Legal Society

Kerry Porth, Sex Work Policy Consultant

Lyndsay Watson, Legal Director

2022/03/01

5

As an individual

Alexandra Stevenson (Ford), Speaker, Survivor and Prevention Specialist

2022/03/04

6

Asian Women for Equality

Suzanne Jay, Collective Member

2022/03/04

6

Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform

Jenn Clamen, National Coordinator

2022/03/04

6

Maggie's: Toronto Sex Workers Action Project

Jenny Duffy, Board Chair

2022/03/04

6

Peers Victoria Resources Society

Sophia Ciavarella, Operations Manager

Sarah Smith, Small Business and Indoor Workers Group Coordinator

2022/03/04

6

SafeSpace London

Amber Lindstrom, Program Coordinator

2022/03/04

6

SWAN Vancouver Society

Alison Clancey, Executive Director

2022/03/04

6

As an individual

Andrea Heinz

2022/03/22

7

Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police

Supt Lisa Byrne, Member, Law Amendments Committee

2022/03/22

7

Concertation des luttes contre l'exploitation sexuelle

Diane Matte, Co-coordinator

2022/03/22

7

Defend Dignity

Glendyne Gerrard, Director

2022/03/22

7

The Canadian Bar Association

Jeneane S. Grundberg, Chair, Municipal Law Section

Kevin B. Westell, Secretary, Criminal Justice Section

2022/03/22

7

As an individual

Melissa Lukings, Juris Doctor, Author and Researcher

Naomi Sayers, Lawyer

Kelsey Smith, Neuroscience and Mental Health Student, Carleton University

2022/04/01

9

BC Coalition of Experiential Communities

Susan Davis, Director

2022/04/01

9

Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity

Dr. Shira Goldenberg, Director of Research, Education and Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Simon Fraser University

Dr. Andrea Krüsi, Faculty Member and Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia

2022/04/01

9

Women’s Studies Online

Cherry Smiley, Founder

2022/04/01

9

As an individual

Dr. Gillian Abel, Professor, Department of Population Health, University of Otago

Dr. Lynzi Armstrong, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Criminology, Victoria University of Wellington

Prof. Janine Benedet, Professor of Law, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia

Nadia Guo, Criminal Defence Lawyer

2022/04/05

10

Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation

Kathleen Quinn, Executive Director

2022/04/05

10