Official Supporters

CoSA-Ottawa Official Supporters

We are grateful to our Supporters; distinguished community members, who lend their name in support of CoSA-Ottawa and provide advice and resources. 

Drury Allen: Criminologist, Former Senior Federal Corrections Official
Andrejs Berzins: Former Chief Crown Attorney of Ottawa
Lorraine Berzins: Former Community Chair of Justice, Church Council on Justice & Corrections
Charles Bordeleau: Former Chief, Ottawa Police Service
Robert Cormier: Psychologist, Member Ontario Review Board; Former CoSA Ottawa Board Member
John Edwards: Former Commissioner, Correctional Service Canada; Past President, John Howard Society Ottawa
Phil Firestone: Psychologist
James Foord: Defence Lawyer
Rick Goodwin: Managing Director, Men & Healing
Joel Harden: MPP, Ottawa Centre
Susan Haines: Executive Director, National Associations Active in Criminal Justice; Former Circle Volunteer
Diane Holmes: Former City of Ottawa Councillor
Heidi Illingworth: Executive Director, Ottawa Victim Services
Kimberly Mann: Executive Director, Collaborative Justice Program; Co-Chair, Ottawa Restorative Justice Network
Liam Marshall: Psychologist, Rockwood Psychotherapy & Consulting
Lisa Murphy: Forensic Psychometrist, Royal Ottawa; Former Circle Volunteer
James Scott: United Church Minister; Community Mediator
Geris Serran: Clinical/Forensic Psychologist
Jill Skinner: Former Deputy Chief, Ottawa Police Service
Donna Watson-Elliot: Manager Victim Crisis Unit, Ottawa Police Service

 

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