Selected Professional and Community Service
ADR Institute of Ontario (ADRIO): Member. Committees: Advocacy, Regulatory. Sections: Workplace, Technology and Intellectual Property, Construction, Restorative Justice, Public Conflict.
ADR Institute of Canada (ADRIC): Member.
Friends of Restorative Justice (FORJ) Working Group: Convenor.
Conflict Mediation Services of Downsview (CMS-D): Member and Volunteer. Restorative Justice Department: Mediator and Mentor, vet mediation feasibility and co-mediate cases referred to CMS-D by diverse sources and stages in the justice system. Member, Youth Justice Committee, 2201 Finch (Toronto) Court. Volunteer, Private Information Court: case screening support to Crowns regarding feasibility for diversion to mediation, 1000 Finch Court.
Ontario Bar Association (OBA): Formerly, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section: Section Affiliate Member; Executive Member-at-Large: legislative and policy advocacy; Section Lead, Watching Brief ADR/Restorative Justice Policy; Section Lead and Section Representative to OBA Ontario Mining Act Modernization Working Group, 2008 legislation - drafting submission; ADR Newsletter Editor: design, transition to e-newsletter; Technology Representative to OBA. Previously, Aboriginal Law Section: Section Affiliate Member; Executive Member: Newsletter Editor: resumed publication, e-newsletter designer; legislative and policy advocacy; Technology Representative to OBA.
St. Michael's Hospital (SMH) Community Advisory Committee: Formerly, Member and Patient Representative; Sub-Committee reports to Academic and Quality Committee, Board of Directors.
Listening to the City: Port Authority of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and the City of New York. Focus: the future of the 9/11 World Trade Centre site as well as rebuilding Lower Manhattan's Financial District, neighbourhoods and economy. One of 500 Volunteer Facilitators selected internationally to assist 5000 participants from New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut, invited through the media, to report impacts and needs and make recommendations for action - submitted electronically in real time, analyzed and presented to the sponsoring authorities who were present. A few months before, "Facilitator of national gathering of diverse leaders from a middle eastern ethnic community on the impact of 9/11 on their community in Canada..." (engagements section)
Louisiana Recovery and Rebuilding Conference Governor of Louisiana and the American Institute of Architects. Volunteer Facilitator among 50 volunteers selected from North America to assist 500 diverse professional participants to initiate plans for the Katrina/Rita hurricane flooding recovery and rebuilding effort.
Association for Creative Change in Organizational Renewal and Development (ACCORD): Formerly Member, Board Member and Editorial Team Member.
EthicsCentre.ca/The Canadian Centre for Ethics & Corporate Policy: Member, Founding Board of Directors. 0rganized national conference on business, ethics and environment; liaison to other ethics centres; established first office, collaborated in hiring first Executive Director.
Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO): (On Leave) Aboriginal Services Division: Volunteer Adviser; (on-reserve/First Nation; urban/Metis): community leadership, direction and vision; strategic governance and strategic management; Indigenous vs. European contexts; implementation; monitoring and coordination. CESO: Progress Assessment of outsourced contract for Aboriginal governance curriculum development; CESO strategic issue identification; CESO Regional Managers' Workshop Session - strategic needs assessment, planning, management. Member, Campaigns and Coalitions Working Group.
Canadian Artists Representation (CARFAC) and CARFAC Copyright Collective (CARCC) - visual artists' organizations: Member (Photography).
Metis Artists' Collective (MAC): Honorary Member (Photography); Photographer, Metis Arts Festival documentary images; Exhibitor, Contact 2008 International Photography Festival/"MAC and Friends". Resource Person.
Association for Native Development in the Visual and Performing Arts (ANDPVA): Formerly: Resource Person to community-driven visioning and Elder-led strategic planning process, Resource Person to Board.
St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Association (SLNA): Formerly: Delegate from condominium of residence. Executive Committee: Member; Public Affairs Advocacy; Convenor, St. Lawrence Neighbourhood Vision Working Group re: neighbourhood development; Toronto Waterfront Liaison including waterfront community organization Steering Committee.
Toronto Centre City Airport Community Advisory Committee (TCCACAC): Formerly: Member, SLNA Representative. Committee facilitated community input to and advised Toronto City Council and Toronto Port Authority.
Downtown (Toronto) Elder Abuse (EA) Network (DEAN): One of the emerging local EA networks across Ontario of community agencies involved in elder abuse prevention, education, action, coordination and advocacy. Former Acting Chair. Facilitated Terms of Reference development process. Initiated process for, drafted and submitted Greater Toronto Area regional EA Networks' Chairs' recommendations to Ontario EA association and government re: Local Network development and Ontario-Local Network working relationships.
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