PREVNet's Patron PREVNet is delighted that Her Excellency, the Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada has agreed to serve as PREVNet's Patron. The importance of the PREVNet initiative to the lives of Canadian children and youth was highlighted by the Governor General’s eagerness to serve as the Patron of PREVNet. Her Excellency, Michaëlle Jean has made it clear that she will be participating actively with us because children and youth are a priority for her term in office. View Media ReleaseLetter of Support
PREVNet's PatronPREVNet is delighted that Her Excellency, the Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada has agreed to serve as PREVNet's Patron. The importance of the PREVNet initiative to the lives of Canadian children and youth was highlighted by the Governor General’s eagerness to serve as the Patron of PREVNet. Her Excellency, Michaëlle Jean has made it clear that she will be participating actively with us because children and youth are a priority for her term in office. View Media ReleaseLetter of Support
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PREVNet has established a Board of Directors comprising 10 members with the highest credentials from a broad range of corporate and not-for-profit endeavours. The Board of Directors is responsible for the governance and management of the Network.
PREVNet's Board of Directors includes:
Mr. David Sculthorpe (Heart and Stroke Foundation) who has agreed to serve as the Chair of the Board; Ms. Martha Tory (Ernst & Young), who has agreed to serve as Treasurer; Mr. John Bankes (Artemis Management Group Inc.) and Ms. Joanne Kates (Camp Arowhon). We have one member from the NGO partners, Ms. Shelley Cardinal from the Canadian Red Cross. Queen's and York Universities are represented on the board by Ms. Susan Marlin and Dr. David Dewitt, respectively. Ms. Sara Esam, the NCE representative is an ex officio member of the Board.
 Mr. David Sculthorpe
Chair
Updated bio coming soon!
Ms. Sara Esam
Ex Officio Member
Updated bio and picture coming soon!
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 Mr. John Bankes
John F. Bankes is Managing Director and Founder of Artemis Management Group Inc., a private investment bank. He works with corporate clients in North America, the UK and the Far East on a broad spectrum of M&A, valuation and private finance assignments and projects. John is a member of several corporate and non-profit boards, including York University, David Suzuki Foundation, Royal Life Saving Society, Fort Ticonderoga, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and CanStage. Mr. Bankes was Co-Chair of the successful York University capital campaign in the late 1990s and was a lead member of the fundraising team for the Brazilian Ball, the proceeds from which were directed to the prevention of violence in the lives of children and youth. For his cultural and philanthropic contributions, Mr. Bankes has been honoured with many awards including the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Centennial Medal. He is a graduate of Queen’s, York and Harvard universities and is an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School.
 Ms. Shelley Cardinal
Shelley Cardinal, National Aboriginal consultant to the Canadian Red Cross RespectED: Violence and Abuse Prevention program, is the driving force behind Walking the Prevention Circle, a program that focuses on prevention education for Aboriginal communities. With an understanding of the many issues facing Canadian Aboriginal people, Walking the Prevention Circle is designed to help communities gain awareness of prevention strategies that can be used to decrease the impact abuse and violence has in everyday life. A member of the Bigstone Cree Nation in northern Alberta and now based in Victoria, Cardinal works closely with Aboriginal people and communities across Canada.
In 2000, Cardinal was selected through the Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference to be one of the future leaders of the country and was told by Her Excellency, the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, “Your enthusiasm to contribute to Canada’s development, and to the well-being of all Canadians, gives me great confidence in our country’s future.” In 2002, Cardinal was presented the Golden Jubilee Medal of Honour for implementing prevention education in more than 50 Aboriginal communities across the country.
In recent years, Cardinal has delivered prevention workshops in more than 70 Aboriginal communities from coast to coast to coast and presented in National and International Conferences. Because the demand for such programming is far greater than she alone could meet, Cardinal has trained Aboriginal facilitators in the delivery of Walking the Prevention Circle. The program explores the roots of abuse and violence, the legacy of historical wrongs and the power found in traditional Aboriginal principles. The workshops empower participants to name and reclaim the past, and begin the transition from the cycle of violence to the circle of healing.
"Let us put our minds together and see what we can create for our children"
Sitting Bull (Tatanka Yotanka)
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 Dr. Wendy Craig
Scientific Co-Director
Dr. Craig is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Queen’s University. In 1993, Dr. Craig received her Ph.D. in Clinical-Developmental Psychology from York University. Her research program focuses on three areas. The first examines healthy relationships among children, adolescents, and adults. The second addresses the risk and protective factors associated with bullying and victimization in family, peer, individual, school, and social relationships. The third research program addresses the development of aggression in females as demonstrated in romantic relationships, dating violence and young girls with behavior problems.
In recognition of her work on bullying and victimization, Dr. Craig won an Investigator Award from the Canadian Institute of Health Research. Dr. Craig regularly speaks to parents and educators. She has published widely on topics of bullying and victimization, peer processes, sexual harassment and aggression in girls. She was editor of a volume on childhood social development. Dr. Craig has co-authored two books on Juvenile Delinquency and Social Development as well as numerous book chapters and articles. As a Canadian representative, Dr. Craig works with the World Health Organization and UNICEF conducting research and promoting healthy relationships. She recently wrote a chapter on bullying and fighting for the World Health International Report for the World Health Organization. She is an international leader in research on bullying.
Together with Dr. Debra Pepler, Dr. Craig is leading PREVNet (Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network), a Networks of Centres of Excellence – New Initiative. Drs. Craig and Pepler have worked together for 20 years addressing issues of bullying and aggression.
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 Dr. David Dewitt
David Dewitt (BA, UBC; MA & PhD, Stanford) is Associate Vice-President Research (Social Sciences & Humanities) and Professor of Political Science, York University. From 1988 until July 2006 he served as Director of the University’s Centre for International and Security Studies. He is author and/or editor of eleven books as well as over fifty articles and chapters and numerous commissioned papers on Canadian foreign, security, and defence policy, international and regional security and conflict management in Asia Pacific and the Middle East, arms control and proliferation, and human security. In the early 1990s he co-directed Foreign Affairs’ sponsored initiative, the North Pacific Cooperative Security Dialogue, which involved a mix of research and track two diplomacy. He continues to be involved in various track two initiatives on security in the Asia Pacific and in the Middle East. He has served as founding chair of the Canadian Consortium for Asia Pacific Security and co-chair of the Canadian Member Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific. Currently he co-directs the Canadian Consortium for Human Security and serves as chair of the Program for International Studies in Asia located at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. He has supervised 45 MA students and 15 PhD students, and has served on the supervisory committees of an additional 23 MAs, ten PhDs, and two LLMs.
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Ms. Joanne Kates
Since 1989 Joanne Kates has been Director of Camp Arowhon, a residential children’s summer camp in Algonquin Park, Ontario. Camp Arowhon has been home away from home for children since 1935; under Joanne’s leadership it is celebrated for pioneering achievements in creating social safety for children. Joanne developed the Camp Arowhon Social Safety Tool Kit, which includes anti-bullying prevention and intervention strategies that have made Arowhon a haven from bullying. Joanne speaks and writes frequently about her anti-bullying program and as well about girl bullying, the social exclusion that is so painful for girls – and how to reduce both overt and covert bullying.
Joanne volunteered for 10 years for Integra, a children's mental health centre that helps children with social, emotional and behavioural problems related to their learning disabilities. During her tenure as president of Integra’s board, Joanne was honoured with the Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Medal for her service to the community.
From 1971 until 1989 Joanne was a career freelance writer for magazines and newspapers, among them Toronto Star, Toronto Life, The New York Times, Maclean’s and Chatelaine. She was a regular radio commentator on CHUM-FM, CBC and CKFM. Her published books include: Exploring Algonquin Park, The Taste of Things, The Joanne Kates Cookbook and Joanne Kates Toronto Restaurant Guide. Joanne has been the restaurant critic of The Globe and Mail since 1975.
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 Ms. Susan Marlin
Susan Marlin is the Associate Vice-Principal (Research) at Queen’s University and in this role strives to enhance the research enterprise at Queen’s while ensuring integrity and compliance in research activities. Fostering the growth of multi-faceted research initiatives, securing funding for major initiatives and providing leadership in the delivery of high-quality services and support to researchers form are the primary foci of her position. Prior to serving in this role Susan was the Associate Director and Director of Research Services at Queen’s during which time she provided leadership and strategic management in the provision of research support services to the University Community.
Before joining Research Services Susan worked with the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group at Queen’s University initially, coordinating cancer clinical trials and subsequently the Ethics, Regulatory and Intergroup Office of the Group. Susan received a BSc (Hons) in Psychology from Dalhousie University and an MSc in Community Health and Epidemiology from Queen’s University. She has been significantly involved in research ethics issues over the years and is currently a member of the Ontario Cancer Research Ethics Board and Vice-President of the Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards.
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 Dr. Debra J. Pepler
Scientific Co-Director
Dr. Debra Pepler is one of PREVNet's Scientific Co-Directors and is a Full Professor of Psychology at York University and a Senior Executive Member of the LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence and Conflict Resolution. At the Hospital for Sick Children, Dr. Pepler is a Senior Associate Scientist. Dr. Pepler received her Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo in 1979. She conducts research on children at risk. Her major research program examines the antisocial behaviour of children and adolescents, particularly in the school and peer contexts. The seminal aspect of this research comprised naturalistic observations of interactions among school-aged peers with remote microphones and video cameras. Her current research in this area examines aggression and victimization among adolescents with a focus on the processes related to these problems over the lifespan. She has been honoured for this research with the Contribution to Knowledge Award from the Psychology Foundation of Canada, the Educator of the Year Award from Phi Delta Kappa (Toronto) and a Senior Research Fellowship from the Ontario Mental Health Foundation.
Dr. Pepler's clinical work is in the areas of family break-up and children with emotional and behavioural problems. She consults to the SNAP Girls Connection – a program for aggressive girls and their parents at the Child Development Institute and to Breaking the Cycle – a program for substance using mothers and their young children. Dr. Pepler is has served on several advisory committees related to parenting, antisocial behaviour, and safe school policies, within Canada and internationally.
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 Ms. Martha Tory
Ms. Tory is a senior partner at Ernst & Young specializing in serving not-for-profit organizations. She has extensive experience serving on charitable boards of directors. Ms. Tory has served as Chair of the Board of the United Way of Greater Toronto, President of Family Service Association of Toronto, and Chair of the Board of Trustees at Trinity College at the University of Toronto. Currently she is the Treasurer of the Board of the Institute of Competitiveness & Prosperity and is a Board member of The Learning Partnership.
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PREVNet has established a Board of Directors comprising 10 members with the highest credentials from a broad range of corporate and not-for-profit endeavours. The Board of Directors is responsible for the governance and management of the Network.
PREVNet's Board of Directors includes:
Mr. David Sculthorpe (Heart and Stroke Foundation) who has agreed to serve as the Chair of the Board; Ms. Martha Tory (Ernst & Young), who has agreed to serve as Treasurer; Mr. John Bankes (Artemis Management Group Inc.) and Ms. Joanne Kates (Camp Arowhon). We have one member from the NGO partners, Ms. Shelley Cardinal from the Canadian Red Cross. Queen's and York Universities are represented on the board by Ms. Susan Marlin and Dr. David Dewitt, respectively. Ms. Sara Esam, the NCE representative is an ex officio member of the Board.
Mr. David Sculthorpe
Chair
Updated bio coming soon!
Ms. Sara Esam
Ex Officio Member
Updated bio and picture coming soon!
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Mr. John Bankes
John F. Bankes is Managing Director and Founder of Artemis Management Group Inc., a private investment bank. He works with corporate clients in North America, the UK and the Far East on a broad spectrum of M&A, valuation and private finance assignments and projects. John is a member of several corporate and non-profit boards, including York University, David Suzuki Foundation, Royal Life Saving Society, Fort Ticonderoga, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and CanStage. Mr. Bankes was Co-Chair of the successful York University capital campaign in the late 1990s and was a lead member of the fundraising team for the Brazilian Ball, the proceeds from which were directed to the prevention of violence in the lives of children and youth. For his cultural and philanthropic contributions, Mr. Bankes has been honoured with many awards including the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Centennial Medal. He is a graduate of Queen’s, York and Harvard universities and is an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School.
Ms. Shelley Cardinal
Shelley Cardinal, National Aboriginal consultant to the Canadian Red Cross RespectED: Violence and Abuse Prevention program, is the driving force behind Walking the Prevention Circle, a program that focuses on prevention education for Aboriginal communities. With an understanding of the many issues facing Canadian Aboriginal people, Walking the Prevention Circle is designed to help communities gain awareness of prevention strategies that can be used to decrease the impact abuse and violence has in everyday life. A member of the Bigstone Cree Nation in northern Alberta and now based in Victoria, Cardinal works closely with Aboriginal people and communities across Canada.
In 2000, Cardinal was selected through the Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference to be one of the future leaders of the country and was told by Her Excellency, the Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, Governor General of Canada, “Your enthusiasm to contribute to Canada’s development, and to the well-being of all Canadians, gives me great confidence in our country’s future.” In 2002, Cardinal was presented the Golden Jubilee Medal of Honour for implementing prevention education in more than 50 Aboriginal communities across the country.
In recent years, Cardinal has delivered prevention workshops in more than 70 Aboriginal communities from coast to coast to coast and presented in National and International Conferences. Because the demand for such programming is far greater than she alone could meet, Cardinal has trained Aboriginal facilitators in the delivery of Walking the Prevention Circle. The program explores the roots of abuse and violence, the legacy of historical wrongs and the power found in traditional Aboriginal principles. The workshops empower participants to name and reclaim the past, and begin the transition from the cycle of violence to the circle of healing.
"Let us put our minds together and see what we can create for our children"
Sitting Bull (Tatanka Yotanka)
Visit Website
Dr. Wendy Craig
Scientific Co-Director
Dr. Craig is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Queen’s University. In 1993, Dr. Craig received her Ph.D. in Clinical-Developmental Psychology from York University. Her research program focuses on three areas. The first examines healthy relationships among children, adolescents, and adults. The second addresses the risk and protective factors associated with bullying and victimization in family, peer, individual, school, and social relationships. The third research program addresses the development of aggression in females as demonstrated in romantic relationships, dating violence and young girls with behavior problems.
In recognition of her work on bullying and victimization, Dr. Craig won an Investigator Award from the Canadian Institute of Health Research. Dr. Craig regularly speaks to parents and educators. She has published widely on topics of bullying and victimization, peer processes, sexual harassment and aggression in girls. She was editor of a volume on childhood social development. Dr. Craig has co-authored two books on Juvenile Delinquency and Social Development as well as numerous book chapters and articles. As a Canadian representative, Dr. Craig works with the World Health Organization and UNICEF conducting research and promoting healthy relationships. She recently wrote a chapter on bullying and fighting for the World Health International Report for the World Health Organization. She is an international leader in research on bullying.
Together with Dr. Debra Pepler, Dr. Craig is leading PREVNet (Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network), a Networks of Centres of Excellence – New Initiative. Drs. Craig and Pepler have worked together for 20 years addressing issues of bullying and aggression.
Visit Website
Dr. David Dewitt
David Dewitt (BA, UBC; MA & PhD, Stanford) is Associate Vice-President Research (Social Sciences & Humanities) and Professor of Political Science, York University. From 1988 until July 2006 he served as Director of the University’s Centre for International and Security Studies. He is author and/or editor of eleven books as well as over fifty articles and chapters and numerous commissioned papers on Canadian foreign, security, and defence policy, international and regional security and conflict management in Asia Pacific and the Middle East, arms control and proliferation, and human security. In the early 1990s he co-directed Foreign Affairs’ sponsored initiative, the North Pacific Cooperative Security Dialogue, which involved a mix of research and track two diplomacy. He continues to be involved in various track two initiatives on security in the Asia Pacific and in the Middle East. He has served as founding chair of the Canadian Consortium for Asia Pacific Security and co-chair of the Canadian Member Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in Asia Pacific. Currently he co-directs the Canadian Consortium for Human Security and serves as chair of the Program for International Studies in Asia located at the Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. He has supervised 45 MA students and 15 PhD students, and has served on the supervisory committees of an additional 23 MAs, ten PhDs, and two LLMs.
Visit Website
Ms. Joanne Kates
Since 1989 Joanne Kates has been Director of Camp Arowhon, a residential children’s summer camp in Algonquin Park, Ontario. Camp Arowhon has been home away from home for children since 1935; under Joanne’s leadership it is celebrated for pioneering achievements in creating social safety for children. Joanne developed the Camp Arowhon Social Safety Tool Kit, which includes anti-bullying prevention and intervention strategies that have made Arowhon a haven from bullying. Joanne speaks and writes frequently about her anti-bullying program and as well about girl bullying, the social exclusion that is so painful for girls – and how to reduce both overt and covert bullying.
Joanne volunteered for 10 years for Integra, a children's mental health centre that helps children with social, emotional and behavioural problems related to their learning disabilities. During her tenure as president of Integra’s board, Joanne was honoured with the Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Medal for her service to the community.
From 1971 until 1989 Joanne was a career freelance writer for magazines and newspapers, among them Toronto Star, Toronto Life, The New York Times, Maclean’s and Chatelaine. She was a regular radio commentator on CHUM-FM, CBC and CKFM. Her published books include: Exploring Algonquin Park, The Taste of Things, The Joanne Kates Cookbook and Joanne Kates Toronto Restaurant Guide. Joanne has been the restaurant critic of The Globe and Mail since 1975.
Visit Website
Ms. Susan Marlin
Susan Marlin is the Associate Vice-Principal (Research) at Queen’s University and in this role strives to enhance the research enterprise at Queen’s while ensuring integrity and compliance in research activities. Fostering the growth of multi-faceted research initiatives, securing funding for major initiatives and providing leadership in the delivery of high-quality services and support to researchers form are the primary foci of her position. Prior to serving in this role Susan was the Associate Director and Director of Research Services at Queen’s during which time she provided leadership and strategic management in the provision of research support services to the University Community.
Before joining Research Services Susan worked with the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group at Queen’s University initially, coordinating cancer clinical trials and subsequently the Ethics, Regulatory and Intergroup Office of the Group. Susan received a BSc (Hons) in Psychology from Dalhousie University and an MSc in Community Health and Epidemiology from Queen’s University. She has been significantly involved in research ethics issues over the years and is currently a member of the Ontario Cancer Research Ethics Board and Vice-President of the Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards.
Visit Website
Dr. Debra J. Pepler
Scientific Co-Director
Dr. Debra Pepler is one of PREVNet's Scientific Co-Directors and is a Full Professor of Psychology at York University and a Senior Executive Member of the LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence and Conflict Resolution. At the Hospital for Sick Children, Dr. Pepler is a Senior Associate Scientist. Dr. Pepler received her Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo in 1979. She conducts research on children at risk. Her major research program examines the antisocial behaviour of children and adolescents, particularly in the school and peer contexts. The seminal aspect of this research comprised naturalistic observations of interactions among school-aged peers with remote microphones and video cameras. Her current research in this area examines aggression and victimization among adolescents with a focus on the processes related to these problems over the lifespan. She has been honoured for this research with the Contribution to Knowledge Award from the Psychology Foundation of Canada, the Educator of the Year Award from Phi Delta Kappa (Toronto) and a Senior Research Fellowship from the Ontario Mental Health Foundation.
Dr. Pepler's clinical work is in the areas of family break-up and children with emotional and behavioural problems. She consults to the SNAP Girls Connection – a program for aggressive girls and their parents at the Child Development Institute and to Breaking the Cycle – a program for substance using mothers and their young children. Dr. Pepler is has served on several advisory committees related to parenting, antisocial behaviour, and safe school policies, within Canada and internationally.
Visit Website
Ms. Martha Tory
Ms. Tory is a senior partner at Ernst & Young specializing in serving not-for-profit organizations. She has extensive experience serving on charitable boards of directors. Ms. Tory has served as Chair of the Board of the United Way of Greater Toronto, President of Family Service Association of Toronto, and Chair of the Board of Trustees at Trinity College at the University of Toronto. Currently she is the Treasurer of the Board of the Institute of Competitiveness & Prosperity and is a Board member of The Learning Partnership.
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PREVNet is most pleased that Mr. Lloyd Cadsby, The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, Dr. Donald Michenbaum, The Honourable Landon Pearson, Dr. Richard Tremblay, and Dr. Douglas Wilms have agreed to serve as Advisory Board Members of PREVNet. Mr. Lloyd CadsbyMr. Cadsby's practice focuses on the resolution of commercial disputes. He is certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a specialist in civil litigation and construction law. Mr. Cadsby has, throughout his practice, acted as counsel in a broad range of commercial matters including construction, real estate, contract, surety, and professional negligence issues. As well as being a seasoned litigator, Lloyd has considerable experience in both mediation and arbitration. Mr. Cadsby is committed to achieving his clients' business objectives in an economic and expeditious manner. Mr. Cadsby is also a frequent lecturer on legal topics.
 The Honourable Margaret McCainThe Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain was born October 1, 1934, in northern Quebec. Her father was a prominent mining engineer in the early days of the Quebec gold mining industry and her mother was Senator Margaret Norrie of Truro, N.S. Mrs. McCain received her early education in public and private schools in Quebec, Nova Scotia and Ontario. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in History from Mount Allison University, Sackville, N.B., and a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Toronto. She was presented with Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from the University of New Brunswick (1993), Mount Allison University (1995), St. Thomas University, University of Moncton (1995) and University of Toronto (1996). In October, 1994 she was invested as Dame of Grace in the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Throughout her career, Mrs. McCain has been active in organizations that promote education, music and the arts at the provincial and national levels. She was a member of the Mount Allison University Board of Regents from 1974-1994 and served as Chancellor of the University from 1986-1994. She is a founding member of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Foundation in New Brunswick. Their mission is the elimination of family violence through public education and research. She chaired their capital campaign to endow a Family Violence Research Centre in partnership with the University of New Brunswick. In 1955 she married entrepreneur G. Wallace F. McCain of Florenceville, N.B. They have four children and nine grandchildren. On April 28, 1994, Margaret Norrie McCain was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of New Brunswick - the first female to hold this position. She served in that role until April, 1997. At that time she moved to Toronto to re-join her family. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the National Ballet School and is currently spearheading Project Grand Jete, a major fundraising campaign for the School. She is also Honourary Colonel of the Governor General’s Horseguards and serves on the Boards of the Canadian Policy Research Network, The Canadian Women’s Foundation, TVO Foundation, The Learning Partnership and the Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development. In April 1998 Mrs. McCain was appointed by the Secretariat for Children, Province of Ontario, co-chair of the “Early Years Study.” In 2002 she co-chaired a Commission on Early Learning and Child Development for the City of Toronto. She has participated in numerous early child development policy and programme initiatives in Canada and is frequently asked to speak at conferences, seminars and meetings across the country.
Dr. Donald MeichenbaumDr. Meichenbaum is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, and one of the founders of cognitive behavior modification. He has lectured worldwide on the impact of violence and has published the Clinical Handbook on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In a survey reported in the American Psychologist, he was voted "one of the 10 most influential psychotherapists of the century." He is also a founding member of The Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment.
The Honourable Landon Pearson Landon (Mackenzie) Pearson was born in Toronto in 1930. .She graduated from the University of Toronto in 1951 with a B.A. in Philosophy and English. In 1978, she earned her M.Ed. in Psychopedagogy from the University of Ottawa. Wilfrid Laurier University awarded her an honorary doctorate in 1995. Landon Pearson has been actively involved with children and issues associated with young people for more than 40 years. As the spouse of a Canadian diplomat, she worked with children's groups in France, Mexico, India and the Soviet Union. In addition to numerous articles on child development and policy questions, she has written Children of Glasnost: Growing up Soviet (1990). In 1979, Senator Pearson was Vice-Chairperson of the Canadian Commission for the International Year of the Child and Editor of the Commission's report, For Canada's Children: National Agenda for Action. During the period 1984 to 1990, she was President, then Chairperson, of the Canadian Council on Children and Youth. She was a founding member and Chairperson of the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children. She is co-founder and chair of "Children Learning for Living," a prevention program in children's mental health operating in the Ottawa Board of Education. Landon Pearson is Vice-Chair of the Centre for the Study of Children at Risk at McMaster University and a member of the Board of the Canadian Paediatric Foundation. She was a Canadian delegate to the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in September 1995 and to the First World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Stockholm in August 1996. Landon Pearson was summoned to the Senate in September 1994. In May 1996, she was appointed as Adviser on Children's Rights to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Visit Website
 Dr. Richard TremblayRichard Tremblay is professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Psychology at the University of Montréal, and Canada Research Chair in Child Development. For the past 25 years he has conducted a program of longitudinal studies on the physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of children from conception to adulthood. As director of an interdisciplinary research centre funded by three universities (Laval, McGill and Montréal), his main goal is to integrate genetic, environment, brain and behaviour research to understand the socialisation process. He is also director of the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development and the Early Childhood Learning Knowkedge Center which seek to disseminate the best available knowledge to policy makers and service providers. Professor Tremblay is a Fellow of the Academy of Experimental Criminology and of the Royal Society of Canada. He is a former member of the OJJDP Study Group on Very Young Offenders, and of the National Research Council Panel on Juvenile Crime Prevention, Treatment, and Control; and was Chair of the 2002 World Conference of the International Society for Research on Aggression.
 Dr. J. Douglas WillmsJ. Douglas Willms is a Professor and Director of the Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy at the University of New Brunswick (UNB). He holds the Canada Research Chair in Human Development at UNB and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Research Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Dr. Willms is the editor of Vulnerable Children: Findings from Canada's National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, (University of Alberta Press, 2002) which received the Canadian Policy Research Award in 2002, the author of Monitoring School Performance: A Guide for Educators (Falmer Press, 1992), and the co-editor of Schools, Classrooms, and Pupils: International Studies of Schooling from a Multilevel Perspective (Academic Press, 1991). He has also published nearly two hundred research articles and monographs pertaining to youth literacy, children's health, the accountability of schooling systems, and the assessment of national reforms. He has served on the technical advisory boards for Canada's National Longitudinal Study of Children and Youth and the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), and is known for the training of new scholars in the analysis of large and complex data sets. Current interests include the examination of family, school and community factors that contribute to the health and well-being of Canadian children and adolescents, and the use of continuous monitoring in the assessment of school reforms. Visit Website
PREVNet is most pleased that Mr. Lloyd Cadsby, The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, Dr. Donald Michenbaum, The Honourable Landon Pearson, Dr. Richard Tremblay, and Dr. Douglas Wilms have agreed to serve as Advisory Board Members of PREVNet. Mr. Lloyd CadsbyMr. Cadsby's practice focuses on the resolution of commercial disputes. He is certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a specialist in civil litigation and construction law. Mr. Cadsby has, throughout his practice, acted as counsel in a broad range of commercial matters including construction, real estate, contract, surety, and professional negligence issues. As well as being a seasoned litigator, Lloyd has considerable experience in both mediation and arbitration. Mr. Cadsby is committed to achieving his clients' business objectives in an economic and expeditious manner. Mr. Cadsby is also a frequent lecturer on legal topics.
The Honourable Margaret McCainThe Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain was born October 1, 1934, in northern Quebec. Her father was a prominent mining engineer in the early days of the Quebec gold mining industry and her mother was Senator Margaret Norrie of Truro, N.S. Mrs. McCain received her early education in public and private schools in Quebec, Nova Scotia and Ontario. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in History from Mount Allison University, Sackville, N.B., and a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Toronto. She was presented with Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from the University of New Brunswick (1993), Mount Allison University (1995), St. Thomas University, University of Moncton (1995) and University of Toronto (1996). In October, 1994 she was invested as Dame of Grace in the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. Throughout her career, Mrs. McCain has been active in organizations that promote education, music and the arts at the provincial and national levels. She was a member of the Mount Allison University Board of Regents from 1974-1994 and served as Chancellor of the University from 1986-1994. She is a founding member of the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Foundation in New Brunswick. Their mission is the elimination of family violence through public education and research. She chaired their capital campaign to endow a Family Violence Research Centre in partnership with the University of New Brunswick. In 1955 she married entrepreneur G. Wallace F. McCain of Florenceville, N.B. They have four children and nine grandchildren. On April 28, 1994, Margaret Norrie McCain was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of New Brunswick - the first female to hold this position. She served in that role until April, 1997. At that time she moved to Toronto to re-join her family. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the National Ballet School and is currently spearheading Project Grand Jete, a major fundraising campaign for the School. She is also Honourary Colonel of the Governor General’s Horseguards and serves on the Boards of the Canadian Policy Research Network, The Canadian Women’s Foundation, TVO Foundation, The Learning Partnership and the Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development. In April 1998 Mrs. McCain was appointed by the Secretariat for Children, Province of Ontario, co-chair of the “Early Years Study.” In 2002 she co-chaired a Commission on Early Learning and Child Development for the City of Toronto. She has participated in numerous early child development policy and programme initiatives in Canada and is frequently asked to speak at conferences, seminars and meetings across the country.
Dr. Donald MeichenbaumDr. Meichenbaum is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, and one of the founders of cognitive behavior modification. He has lectured worldwide on the impact of violence and has published the Clinical Handbook on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In a survey reported in the American Psychologist, he was voted "one of the 10 most influential psychotherapists of the century." He is also a founding member of The Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment.
The Honourable Landon Pearson Landon (Mackenzie) Pearson was born in Toronto in 1930. .She graduated from the University of Toronto in 1951 with a B.A. in Philosophy and English. In 1978, she earned her M.Ed. in Psychopedagogy from the University of Ottawa. Wilfrid Laurier University awarded her an honorary doctorate in 1995. Landon Pearson has been actively involved with children and issues associated with young people for more than 40 years. As the spouse of a Canadian diplomat, she worked with children's groups in France, Mexico, India and the Soviet Union. In addition to numerous articles on child development and policy questions, she has written Children of Glasnost: Growing up Soviet (1990). In 1979, Senator Pearson was Vice-Chairperson of the Canadian Commission for the International Year of the Child and Editor of the Commission's report, For Canada's Children: National Agenda for Action. During the period 1984 to 1990, she was President, then Chairperson, of the Canadian Council on Children and Youth. She was a founding member and Chairperson of the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children. She is co-founder and chair of "Children Learning for Living," a prevention program in children's mental health operating in the Ottawa Board of Education. Landon Pearson is Vice-Chair of the Centre for the Study of Children at Risk at McMaster University and a member of the Board of the Canadian Paediatric Foundation. She was a Canadian delegate to the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in September 1995 and to the First World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Stockholm in August 1996. Landon Pearson was summoned to the Senate in September 1994. In May 1996, she was appointed as Adviser on Children's Rights to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Visit Website
Dr. Richard TremblayRichard Tremblay is professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Psychology at the University of Montréal, and Canada Research Chair in Child Development. For the past 25 years he has conducted a program of longitudinal studies on the physical, cognitive, emotional and social development of children from conception to adulthood. As director of an interdisciplinary research centre funded by three universities (Laval, McGill and Montréal), his main goal is to integrate genetic, environment, brain and behaviour research to understand the socialisation process. He is also director of the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development and the Early Childhood Learning Knowkedge Center which seek to disseminate the best available knowledge to policy makers and service providers. Professor Tremblay is a Fellow of the Academy of Experimental Criminology and of the Royal Society of Canada. He is a former member of the OJJDP Study Group on Very Young Offenders, and of the National Research Council Panel on Juvenile Crime Prevention, Treatment, and Control; and was Chair of the 2002 World Conference of the International Society for Research on Aggression.
Dr. J. Douglas WillmsJ. Douglas Willms is a Professor and Director of the Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy at the University of New Brunswick (UNB). He holds the Canada Research Chair in Human Development at UNB and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Research Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Dr. Willms is the editor of Vulnerable Children: Findings from Canada's National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, (University of Alberta Press, 2002) which received the Canadian Policy Research Award in 2002, the author of Monitoring School Performance: A Guide for Educators (Falmer Press, 1992), and the co-editor of Schools, Classrooms, and Pupils: International Studies of Schooling from a Multilevel Perspective (Academic Press, 1991). He has also published nearly two hundred research articles and monographs pertaining to youth literacy, children's health, the accountability of schooling systems, and the assessment of national reforms. He has served on the technical advisory boards for Canada's National Longitudinal Study of Children and Youth and the OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), and is known for the training of new scholars in the analysis of large and complex data sets. Current interests include the examination of family, school and community factors that contribute to the health and well-being of Canadian children and adolescents, and the use of continuous monitoring in the assessment of school reforms. Visit Website
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