Dr. Peter Jaffe

Member of Justice Normand Glaude's Advisory Panel and “Expert” witness at the Cornwall Public Inquiry who, it seems, condones exclusion of the ‘boy child’ from sex abuse screening protocols

22 February 2006:  Transcript of Dr. Peter Jaffe testimony at the Cornwall Public Inquiry

26 September 2007: Forgetting the male victims of child abuse

It is a well known fact that the large majority of victims of the Cornwall sex abuse scandal and coverup are male and indeed, with two exceptions, all victims who came forward during the Ontario Provincial Police probe “Project Truth” were male.  In one of those cases the perpetrator was molesting both boys and girls. 

Dr. Peter Jaffe, however, who it appears sees no harm in discriminating against male victims and perhaps views sexual abuse through a decidedly feminist lens, was called as an “expert” witness to help Justice Normand Glaude “frame” the Cornwall Public Inquiry. 

Jaffe was also chosen to serve as a hand-picked member of the Cornwall Public Inquiry Advisory Panel.  (Incidentally, John Liston, executive director of London-Middlesex Children’s Aid Society Ontario who was also called as an inquiry “expert” witness, was a full-fledged member of the task force.) 

As of 2006 the best practices exclusionary protocols endorsed by Jaffe and Liston are operative in 25 Ontario Public Health units.

The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario has implemented "woman abuse" screening guidelines.  Witness its quibbling in this letter to the editor in response to "Forgetting the Male Victims of Child Abuse." 

 Jaffe's research and studies – conducted largely if not solely from a feminist perspective -  have proven lucrative, witness his CV below (scroll down). 

Exclusion of men and the boy child  

Project Guardian

[Feminist Gender Bias: exclusion of the boy child - a more in-depth look at the matter]

In the after math of a mid 90s London, Ontario sex abuse and kiddie-porn/porn scandal which saw in the order of 500 charges laid by 84 male victims against 64 men a research report on the scandal was funded by the Ministry of Community and Social Services. The two-year research project was spearheaded by the London Police Department (Julian Fantino, now OPP Commissioner, was then Chief of police), London Children’s Aid Society (John Liston was then Executive Director) and the London Family Court Clinic (Dr. Peter Jaffe was then Executive Director). The three agencies, which had essentially partnered during the unfolding investigation, saw the scandal as an opportunity for “exciting” research, hence the mandate for the collaborative report. 

Although the names Jaffe and Liston do not appear in the Project Guardian research both, as Executive Director of their respective agencies,  were involved in the investigation, their agencies collaborated on the research, and both arrived at the Cornwall Weave Shed to testify as "experts" each armed with the report to be entered as an exhibit. I believe one  can reasonably assume that each had direct or indirect input to the following research:

  1997: Project "Guardian":  The Sexual Exploitation of Male Youth in London (pdf file)

(I have been trying to determine what happened to 64 men charged.  I have conflicting accounts of the outcome of the charges.  In one source I read that two offenders - one a married school teacher - were given sentences of 5 to 10 years and 13others received a slap on the wrist.  In another that the conviction rate was 86%.  I shall try to firm up the facts here.  Rather important.)   

The Backlash

You will note in reading the article in the pervious link that one London- and another Ontario-based gay rights groups protested the charges falling from Project Guardian.  The claim was that homosexuals were being scapegoated, the police were "homophobic, and the man/boy sexual activity was 'consensual.'

The reaction soon erupted into a public furor over the "inter-generational sex"/Man-Boy-Love" advocacy of Gerald Hannon, a Roman Catholic Journalism professor at Toronto’s reputable Ryerson University.

  14 November 1995:   Professor of desire 

Hannon was eventually dismissed.   

Gender bias and exclusion of the boy child

In 2000 the Middlesex-London Health Unit released Task Force on the Health Effcts of Woman Abuse. 

September 2000: Task Force Health Effects Woman Abuse (pdf file)   

The Task Force chaired by former Ontario NDP Attorney General Marion Boyd set about to establish gender-biased screening protocols which blatantly discriminate against men and the boy child.

Boyd, a Londoner, feminist and gay rights advocate, had perviously served as Executive Director of the Battered Women’s Advocacy Centre from 1984 to 1990.

Dr. Peter Jaffe served with the Task Force ("provided encouragement and advice.") 

John Liston was a member.

Amazing indeed that on the heels of Mount Cashel, and Alfred, and Uxbridge, and the media buzz on Cornwall, and sex abuse scandal in their own backyards, and the two-years thinking and probing and analyzing for their  government-funded “research” project (Project “Guardian”...) a London-based task force chose to discrimate against men and the boy child.

Was there ample evidence to show the Task Force that boys were/are sorely in need of protection and assistance?  Indeed.

Did Task Force members know that man/boy sexual abuse is seriously under-reported, hence the numbers of male victims who come forward is miniscule in relation to the numbers who have been and are molested? Absolutely.

Did Task Force members know that advocates of “intergenerational sex”/”man-boy-love” were getting bolder in their advocacy? How could they not?

Yet, according to it's Final Report:

"The Task Force felt strongly that the London model needed to be a Routine, Universal, Comprehensive Screening (RUCS) Protocol, in which all women over the age of 12 would be screened for any form of physical, sexual or emotional abuse occurring in childhood, adolescence or adulthood."

All "women" - not females! - age 12 and over, to be screened for, amongst other abuses, sexual abuse.

A 12-year-old female child: a "woman."

No screening for 12-year-old "men." "Men" excluded. 

Females only. Twelve-year-old "women."  Thirteen-year-old "women." Gender specific and gender exclusively "woman abuse"

The Task Force was 'manned' predominantly by Londoners.  The resultant protocols were piloted in London, Ontario. RUCS are now being implemented as a "best practice" by the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario. In 2003 the Ontario Public Health Unit endorsed and adopted RUCS.  They are now in use in at least 25 health departments across the province.

Was the exclusion of the boy child deliberate?  Absolutely.

Marion Boyd rationalized the discrimination and exclusion thus:

"There is little point in screening for a health condition when no referral resources are available to serve the needs of those identified or when the health condition itself may be uncommon."

Boyd further noted that the Task Force members recognized that men “may” also be victims of abuse, that they have taken no political or social action to get services for themselves, and  “the nature and consequences of spousal violence were more for severe for women”.

Isn’t that the ultimate in loving and caring your fellow man when he’s too beaten to fight for himself ?

And “may”?  May?  Men “may” be victims of abuse? 

As for the nature and consequences of “spousal violence” being more severe for women, well, that’s an old familiar feminist chestnut, but even if it were fact, what does that have to do with little boys being sexually abused?

Violating the provincial Duty to Report

Now, bearing in mind that Perry Dunlop went to the Children's Aid Society to fulfill his legal  obligation to report that children were potentially at risk, look what the Task Force has to say about reporting child abuse and/or children at risk:

* Many professionals may worry that asking questions about and documenting abuse in the patient’s record will increase their likelihood of being embroiled in legal actions. In Ontario, there is no requirement for health care professionals to report abuse of adult women (i.e. women over age 16) as long as abuse and neglect of children under 16 is not suspected or known. 

* One of the most contentious issues in the abused women’s service network is the issue of mandatory reporting. Given some very high profile cases that identified failures to report child abuse and the consequent increased legislative pressure on professionals to report knowledge or suspicion of child abuse, it is not surprising that some might believe mandatory reporting of woman abuse should also be instituted to protect vulnerable women and/or to detect crime. 

* The Task Force did not discuss the issue of mandatory reporting at any length, although the justice representatives would have liked to consider the pros and cons in more detail. The majority of the Task Force expressed the concern that implementing the Routine Universal Comprehensive Screening (RUCS) Protocol would be much more difficult, even impossible, if mandatory reporting were the law in Ontario.  

What happened to Section 72 of the "Duty to Report" - Ontario Child and Family Services Act? The "duty to report" children at risk is mandatory.  It's the law. 

What about the duty to report if a 12-year-old "woman" is "screened" and tells a health careworker her step-father has been molesting her for years, and she has three little sisters?

What if a  24-year-old who is "screened" discloses that she was molested by her high school teacher? and he's still teaching?

What am I missing?  Dr. Jaffe and John Liston can call a 12-year-girl a "woman" all they want  She's still a child. But, "woman" or child, if she has says she has been sexually abused mandatory reporting IS the law in Ontario.

[December 2007: RUCs at Cornwall hospital]

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 CURRICULUM VITAE 

Peter G. Jaffe, Ph.D., C. Psych.

(information as found on Cornwall Public Inquiry website) 

POSITION:  

Professor, Faculty of Education, Academic Director, Research Centre on Violence Against Women & Children University of Western Ontario pjaffe@uwo.ca 519-661-2018  

Director Emeritus Centre for Children & Families in the Justice System Of the London Family Court Clinic Suite 200, 254 Pall Mall Street London, ON N6A 5P6 mailto:peter@lfcc.on.ca  

Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology University of Western Ontario  Professor (Part Time), Department of Psychiatry University of Western Ontario  

EDUCATION:     

Degree                         University                                Department                 Year 

Ph.D.               University of Western Ontario              Clinical Psychology        1974  

M.A.                University of Western Ontario                Clinical Psychology      1971  

B.Sc.                McGill University Psychology                                                   1970  

Clinical Internships                                Institution                                         Year

University of Western Ontario         St. Thomas Psychiatric Hospital                    71-73

                                                      Out-Patient/In-Patient

                                                     Psychology & Psychiatry  

Family Consultant Service               London Police Services                                73-74

                                                      Crisis Intervention

                                                      Domestic Violence  

PROFESSIONAL STATUS:

Registered Psychologist       College of Psychologists,

                                         Province of Ontario

                                         Certificate No. 973 1974 - present    

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: 

Date                    Position                 Department                         Institution  

1976 -            Adjunct Professor            Psychology              University of Western Ontario 

1999 -            Professor (Part Time)       Psychiatry               University of Western Ontario 

1980 - 1999      Associate Professor        Psychiatry               University of Western

                                                                                             (Part Time) Ontario  

1974 - 1975      Assistant Professor         Psychology              University of Western

                                                                                           Ontario  

1998 - 1999   Committee Member                                         Joint Committee on

                                                                                             Domestic Violence 

                                                                                             (May/Iles Inquest

                                                                                             Recommendations  

1991 - 1993    Panel Member                                              Canadian Panel on Violence

                                                                                         Against Women

                                                                                         & Children  

1973 -1975    Director                                                        Family Consultant Service

                                                                                         London Police Services  

1975 - 2001   Executive Director                                       London Family Court Clinic  

2002 -            Special Advisor                                             London Family Court Clinic

                                                                                          on Violence Prevention 

                                                                                          Founding Director 

 ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONOURS  

Violence Against Women Symposium 2002 Award to honour seven individuals and their work, activism and advocacy at the local, provincial and national levels. Their dedication in ending violence against women and children significantly contributed to the safety of women and children experiencing violence. BC Institute on the Violence Prevention. (2002) 

 Lamp of Learning Award (Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation) for his initiatives with anti-violence programs for high schools. (2002)  

Meritous Award (Ontario Public School Teachers’ Federation London District) for outstanding service to education (1998)  

Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Professional Award. This is the most prestigious Professional Award the discipline confers in Canada. (1998)  

Muriel McQueen Fergusson Award for tremendous contributions in the area of reducing family violence. (1994)  

The Colonel Watson Award for significant contributions to education in Ontario. (1994) Dr. B. Wickett Fund Award for research advocacy and organizational efforts on behalf of victims of family violence and youth in conflict with the law. (1993)  

Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada for dedication and contributions to the community and to all fellow Canadians. (1993)  

Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association for exceptional service and contribution to the provincial association. (1992) Page 3 of 23  

 President’s Award (Council for Exceptional Children), Ontario Provincial Federation. (1991) John H. Robinson Award for significant contribution in the area of domestic violence for the London community. (1989)  

Community Service Award (Ontario Psychological Association). (1988).  

Citizen of the Year (Byron Optimists) for community contribution. (1989)  

Outstanding Young Londoner (Jaycees). (1987)  

Scarlet Key Honour Society (McGill University, Montreal). (1969)  

 GOVERNMENT INQUIRIES AND TESTIMONY:   

1. Wife Battering: Standing Committee on Health, Welfare & Social Affairs (Federal Government Committee). (1982).  

2. Family Violence Study: Standing Committee on Social Development (Provincial Government Committee). (1982).  

3. Publicity of Young Persons under the Young Offenders Act. Southam News v. The Federal Ministry of Justice. (1984).  

4. Health, Welfare and Social Affairs: Sub Committee on the Status of Women Standing Committee, House of Commons, Ottawa. ON. (1991).  

5. Canadian Panel on Violence Against Women. (Federal Government Committee). (1991-1993). 

 6. May/Iles Inquest and Coroner’s Recommendations. (1998).  

7. Justice S. Robin’s Review to examine sexual abuse in schools. (Provincial Government Committee). (1999).  

8. Upper Canada College review of policies and procedures related to sexual abuse by teachers, students, and administrative staff. (2000 - 2001).  

 9. Domestic Violence Death Review Committee, Chief Coroner’s Office, Toronto, ON. (2002 - 2004).   

EXPERT WITNESS:  

Expert Witness in the following areas:  

• Impact of sexual abuse  

• Adult survivors of sexual abuse  

• Abuse within community institutions  

• Long-term sequalae of sexual abuse  

• Economic costs of sexual abuse  

• Assessment and treatment of young offenders  

• Custody and access disputes  

• Battered wife syndrome  

• Domestic violence against women  

• Exposure to domestic violence  

• Sentencing  

• Prediction of dangerousness and lethal violence  

• Treatment of violent offenders  

• Impact of violence on victims and child witnesses  

• Patterns of abuse by batterers  

• Delayed disclosure  

• Effects of trauma on memory  

• Recantation  

EXPERT WITNESS:  

Expert Witness in the following courts:  

• Provincial Court  

• District Court  

• Supreme Court  

• Probate and Family Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts   

RESEARCH FUNDING  

Grants Over $500,000  

The London Co-ordinating Committee to End Woman Abuse, Fanshawe College and the University of Western Ontario co-operatively developed a proposal to Health and Welfare Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for a Family Violence and Violence Against Women Research Centre in London. This is in response to a federal government initiative to develop five “Centres of Excellence” in Canada. (1993-1998)  

Ongoing project development and dissemination of four ‘user friendly’ handbooks on childhood exposure to domestic violence for educators, youth justice workers, probation officers, police, and early childhood workers. David and Lucile Packard Foundation. (2000 - 2002) (with Dr. L. Baker) 

 Controlled longitudinal evaluation of a school-based program to prevent adolescent dating violence and related risk behaviours. Canadian Institutes of Health Research Randomized Controlled Trial, $2,156,000. (2003-2008) (with D. Wolfe and C. Crooks).  

A resource for implementing a paradigmatic approach to violence prevention. Ontario Trillium Foundation. (2004-2008) (with C. Crooks).  

Grants Over $250,000  

A.S.A.P.: A School-based Anti-violence Program. A primary prevention program for adolescents in London secondary schools dealing with violence in relationships to develop dissemination strategies, regional seminars, a video and a training manual. Health Canada. (1994-1995). (with Dr. M. Sudermann)  

Evaluation and monitoring the Family Service Centre of Ottawa-Carleton and the John Howard Society of Ottawa-Carleton Children Who Witness Violence Project, and to develop a program model for use in Canada. The project will be in collaboration with the Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children, and the Children’s Aid Society of London/Middlesex. Department of Justice (National Crime Prevention Centre). (2000-2003) (with Dr. L. Baker, & A. Cunningham)  

 Grants Over $100,000  

Police family crisis Intervention. Solicitor General of Canada. (1974-1980)

The response of the Criminal Justice System to Wife Abuse. Solicitor General of Canada. (1979-1981).  

The impact of police laying charges in cases of wife assault. Ontario Justice Secretariat. (1984-1985).  

 Impact and effectiveness of the policy directive that police lay charges in all wife abuse incidents where reasonable and probably grounds exist. Ministry of Justice, Solicitor General of Canada, Solicitor General of Ontario. (1989-1990). 

 “Access Denied”, Poverty and Woman Abuse: The Double Disadvantage. A research grant to explore the double disadvantage experienced by women and children when poverty and woman abuse are features of relationships and their aftermath. Atkinson Charitable Foundation. (1998-2001).  

Grants $50,000 - $100,000  

The impact of exposure to marital violence on children. Ontario Mental Health Foundation. (1983-1985).  

Impact of the Young Offenders Act on young offenders with special needs (with Dr. Alan Leschied). (1986-1987).  

Project to develop a “user friendly” handbook on childhood exposure to domestic violence for educators, youth justice workers, probation officers, police, and early childhood workers. David and Lucile Packard Foundation. (1999 - 2000)  

Building Healthy Non-Violent Relationships Among At Risk Youth. A grant to develop new grade nine curriculum on violence prevention based on feedback from secondary school students and community agencies. Community Mobilization Fund, National Crime Prevention Centre. (2000 - 2001) (2001 - 2002)  

Grants $25,000 - $50,000  

Wife assault versus stranger assault: a comparison of sentencing in criminal court. (Ontario Women’s Directorate). (1989-1990).  

Preventing violence in intimate relationships: A school-based program for adolescents in four secondary schools. To educate adolescents grade 9-13 on the topic of violence in relationships focussing on wife assault. Ontario Ministry of Community & Social Services. (1990-1991).  

Expansion of the Violence Prevention Program with the Board of Education for the City of London, Middlesex County Board of Education and the London & Middlesex County Roman Catholic Separate School Board. The Donner Canadian Foundation. (1992-1994).  

Project to develop a Handbook for health, social services and child care professionals on the issue of the effects on children exposed to woman abuse, for distribution by the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence. Health Canada. (1997-1998).  

Child Abuse in Community Institutions and Organizations: Improving Public and Professional Understanding. A grant to review the impact of institutional abuse on children and adolescents.  The final report highlights the unique impact when abuse jeopardizes the safety of youths in educational, recreational, and religious settings. Law Commission of Canada. (2000 - 2001).  

Grants Under $25,000  

Matching juvenile offenders to differential levels of security of detention homes. Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services. (1979-1980)  

Direct and indirect exposure to family violence: Impact on children’s social problem-solving skills. Institute for the Prevention of Child Abuse. (1989-1990).  

Family Violence Prevention Newsletter #4. Samuel & Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation. (1994-1995).  

A.S.A.P.: A School-based Anti-violence Program (Edition II). Including three new resource chapters related to Bullying, Dating Violence and Sexual Harassment, and Media Violence. Ontario Hydro 

Citizenship Program and the London Free Press C.A.R.E. Program. (1995-1996).  

Evaluation of Groups for children who have witnessed violence. A pilot study on CAS/Community based groups for children. Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children. (1995-1996).  

A project to study the “Severity and Course of Abuse Sequelae: An Expansion of the PTSD Formulation”. National Institute of Mental Health. (1996-1997). 

 “Youth in the Downtown Project”. Consultative project for the Community and Protective Services Committee of the City of London, in collaboration with Whitehead Research Consultant Ltd. City of London. (1998-1999).  

A project to provide Canadians with a meaning full dollar estimate of some of the major economic costs directly associated with child abuse. Law Commission of Canada. In collaboration with the University of Western Ontario and the Research Centre on Violence Against Women and Children. (2000 - 2001).  

CONSULTATIONS/EVALUATIONS  

Identifying the needs of adolescents requiring secure treatment programs. (Thistletown Regional Children’s Centre. (1981-1983). ($6500)  

Feasibility study on secure treatment programs for adolescents. Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services. (1978-1980). ($36,000)  

Children and families in transition at the London Family Court Clinic over a twelve year period: Historical, theoretical and empirical considerations. Ontario Ministry of Community & Social Services. ($50,000)  

Preventing violence in intimate relationships. A primary prevention program for adolescents in London Secondary Schools. Dissemination strategies, regional seminars, and a training manual. Health & Welfare Canada. (1992-1994). ($10,000)  

Expansion of the violence prevention program with the Board of Education for the City of London, Middlesex County Board of Education, and the London & Middlesex County Roman Catholic Separate School Board. The Donner Canadian Foundation. (1992-1994). ($20,000)  

Update fact sheet on Wife Abuse - The Impact on Children. Health Canada. (1995-1996). ($20,000) 

 Position paper regarding Ways to reduce general violence and to decrease the incidence of violence against women. National Forum on Health. (1995-1996). ($10,000)  

Accountability Protocol. London Co-ordinating Committee to End Woman Abuse. (1995-1996). ($10,000)  

Development of an evaluation framework for the School-based Services Grant program. Ministry of Education & Training. (1996-1997). ($5,000)  

Project to develop and test ASAP: A School-based Anti-violence Program for American schools. Family Violence Prevention Fund, San Francisco, CA, in co-operation with the Musser Fund, Minnesota. (1997-1998). ($15,000)  

Co-host of the II International Conference on Children Exposed to Family Violence (June 1997). London, ON. (1997). The Trillium Foundation. ($25,000).  

Review the theoretical research related to family violence models and determine if the feminist and social learning model continues to be supported by research. Correctional Services Canada. (1997-1998). ($25,000)  

Review the theoretical research related to family violence models and determine if the feminist and social learning model continues to be supported by research related to minority groups, developmentally challenged, and aboriginal groups. Correctional Services Canada. (1998-1999) ($10,000) 

 “No to Bullying: Early Intervention for Youth Crime”, in co-operation with Madame Vanier Children’s Services. (1997-1998). ($25,000)  

A comprehensive literature review on the long-term impact of institutional abuse and to ensure that key information is communicated both to the general public and to professional groups who work with survivors. Law Commission of Canada. (2000 - 2004). ($30,000)  Evaluation of the Ontario Unified Family Courts. Ministry of the Attorney General (2005-2006) (with A. Mamo and others). ($190,000).  

Literature review on family violence and parenting arrangements after violence. Canadian Department of Justice. (with C. Crooks) ($23,500).  

PROGRAM RESOURCES & TECHNICAL REPORTS  

Understanding the impact of wife assault on child witnesses: An integrated approach to training and program development in children’s services. Ontario Ministry of Community & Social Services. (1987-1989). ($15,000)  

Development of counselling programs for children exposed to marital violence. Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services. (1985-1987). ($50,000)  

Preventing violence in intimate relationships: A school-based program for adolescents. A modified pilot study in five secondary schools in London. Ontario Ministry of Community & Social Services. (1989-1990). ( $75,000)  

Multicultural Issues vis a vis assaulted women: A conference for service providers. Ministry of the Solicitor General. (1991-1992). ($10,000)  

Child witness protocol development. Ontario Ministry of Education. (1989-1990). ($25,000)  

Child witness protocol development follow-up. (1990-1991). ($25,000)  

Rewrite of an edition of Domestic Violence Awareness Handbook. TCI Public Relations and  Promotional Services for Police and Fire Organizations. (1996-1997). ($5,000)  

Mediation pilot program to facilitate parental planning for child care following marital breakdown. The Richard & Jean Ivey Fund. (1998-1999) ($75,000)  

Canadian Family Violence Statistics 2002 - Fact Sheet. National Clearinghouse on Family Violence. (2001-2002) ($5,000).  

Canadian Family Violence Statistical Inventory - 1996-2002. National Clearinghouse on Family Violence. (2001-2002) ($5000). 

VIOLENCE PREVENTION WORKSHOPS FOR THE FOLLOWING BOARDS OF EDUCATION:  

• Thames Valley District School Board  
• City of York Board of Education 
•  Durham Region Roman Catholic Separate School Board  �œ Elgin County Board of Education  
• Essex County Board of Education 
• Frontenac County Board of Education  
• Grey County Board of Education 
• Haldimand Norfolk Roman Catholic Separate School Board  
• Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board  
• Huron County Board of Education  
• Kent County Board of Education  
• Kent County Roman Catholic Separate School Board  
• Lambton County Roman Catholic Separate School Board  
• Metropolitan Separate School Board  
• Middlesex County Board of Education  
• Ministry of Education, Southwestern Region 
• Ottawa Board of Education  
• Ottawa Roman Catholic School Board  
• Oxford County Board of Education  
• Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry County Roman Catholic School Board  
• Timiskaming Board of Education  
• Timmins Board of Education  
• Waterloo County Board of Education  
• Waterloo Region Roman Catholic Separate School Board  �œ Welland Roman Catholic Separate School Board  
• Wentworth County Board of Education  
• Windsor Board of Education, Windsor  
• York Region Board of Education

COMMITTEE/COMMUNITY WORK  

2002 - Domestic Violence Death Review Committee Chief Coroner’s Office of Ontario  

1999 - 2000 Chairperson Thames Valley District School Board  

1987 - 1988 Chairperson Board of Education for the City of London  1980 - present Trustee Thames Valley District School Board  1995 - 1999 Chairperson, Board of Directors Centre for Research on Violence Against Women & Children  

1993 - 2004 Board Member Centre for Research on Violence Against Women & Children  

1997 - 2002 Young Offender Services Restructuring Committee Ministry of Community, Family & Children’s Services  

1997 - present Editorial Board Member Journal of Emotional Abuse  1997 - present Family Violence Prevention Fund Advisory Committee San Francisco, California  

1980 - 2001 London Co-ordinating Committee to End Woman Abuse  

 1987 - 1989 Attorney General’s Advisory Committee on Mediation in Family Law  

1976 - 1993 London Co-ordinating Council for Children & Youth  1976 -

1983 Juvenile Justice Committee Ministry of Community & Social Services  

1981 - 1985 Child Abuse Council for London & Middlesex County  

1976 - 1996 Management Committee Family Consultant Services, London Police Services  

1983 - 1985 Founding Board Member Battered Women’s Advocacy Centre  

1989 - 1990 President Ontario Association of Court-related Clinical Services Association  

1995 - 1996 London Police School Program Committee  1995 - 1996 Citizen’s Advisory Committee for the Chief of Police London Police Services  

1997 - 1998 Ontario Disciplinary Association of Custody/Access Assessors