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The Conference Organizers do not warrant or make any other representations regarding the use, accuracy, timelines, applicability, performance, security, availability or reliability of this website or any sites linked to this site, or the results from the use of this website or any sites linked to this website, or otherwise respecting the materials on this website or any sites linked to this website.   Wednesday March 12, 2008 Evening 6:00—9:00  Reception & Registration 7:30—8:00 Welcome, Introductions & Keynote Wayne Renke Social Development IS Crime Prevention: Lasting Solutions to Safer Communities Wayne Renke, Professor and Vice-Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta and Laurie Blakeman, MLA, Edmonton Centre Thursday, March 13, 2008 Morning 8:00—8:30 Networking (registration continues all day) 8:30—12:00  Keynote Presentations Setting the Stage: Crime Prevention Through Social Development Statistical Reality of Crime In Canada Craig Jones, Ph.D., Executive Director, The John Howard Society of Canada Who Exactly Are in Our Prisons and What are the Challenes of Transitioning them into our Communities? Paul Urmson  Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Institutional Operations  Correctional Service of Canada Building A Safer Canada Irvin Waller, Author, Less Law, More Order and Director, Institute for Crime Prevention, University of Ottawa Building Safe Communities: Safe Growth Model Gregory Saville, Ph.D. University of New Haven Howard Sapers At The Prison Gate:  Barriers to Safe Re-Entry Howard Sapers, Correctional Investigator of Canada Afternoon 12:00—1:30  Hosted Lunch Keynote:  If the U.S. Sneezes? Must Canada Catch the Cold? Franklin E. Zimring, J.D., University of California, Berkley 1:30—3:00 Concurrent Sessions: Working Through the Issues~Part 1 (pre-selection required) These 90 minute breakout sessions will allow participants to hear evidence based approaches to particular target populations. Each session will have 3 – 4 presentations by leading practitioners in their field. You will have the opportunity to hear, learn, and share in area of your interest.   A.1—Understanding Why Kids Turn To Crime and New Response Strategies The Honourable Judge Ross Green, Provincial Court of Saskatchewan and Doug Borch, City of Calgary, and  Leslie MacRae, Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family Kate Gunn, Safedmonton A.2—Harnessing Social Capital to Build Safer Communities Kate Gunn, Coordinator, Safedmonton, Gregory Saville, Ph.D. University of New Haven and  Irvin Waller, Author, Less Law, More Order and Director, Institute for Crime Prevention, University of Ottawa Robert Cormier A.3—Offenders and Social Development: From Prison to Community Robert Cormier Ph.D., Executive Director, National Crime Prevention Centre,  Craig Jones, Ph.D., Executive Director, The John Howard Society of Canada, Bernard Pitre – Regional Director, National Parole Board of Canada and  Jan Fox, District Director, AB/NWT Parole District, Correctional Services Canada Sandy Prokopiw A.4—New Trends in Restorative and Therapeutic Justice Susan Sharpe, Ph.D. Consultant,  Sandy Prokopiw, Alberta Solicitor General & Public Security, and  Sharlene Yanitsky, Mediation and Restorative Justice Committee A.5—Ethno-Cultural Diversity and the Criminal Justice Process Jim Gurnett, Director, Helen Rusich, Manager and Delmy Garcia-Hoyt,  Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers, and Joseph Luri, Youth Worker, Sudanese Community 3:30—5:00  Concurrent Sessions: Working Through the Issues~Part 2  (pre-selection required) Allan Aubry & June Clark Doug Brady Philip Naude B.1—Mental Health, Addictions and Delinquency Allan Aubry, Executive Director, Prevention and Outpatient Services Branch Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission  June Clark, Capital Health Region, and Ann Marie Dewhurst, Ph.D. Clinical & Forensic Psychologist, Valerian Consulting Ltd.,  Doug Brady, Executive Director, Edmonton Drug Treatment & Community Restoration Court,  and Philip Naude, M.Psych, Alberta Hospital Supt. Ward Clapham Michelle Fillion Sgt. Steve Young and Supt. David Veitch B.2—Police Services and Communities Working Together Superintendent Ward Clapham, RCMP Richmond Detachment,  Michelle Fillion, President, Neighbourhood Empowerment Team (NET),  Sgt. Steve Young and Superintendent David Veitch, Edmonton Police Service   B.3—Social Development: Building Housing Security Shelley Williams, Executive Director, Bissell Centre and Jim Gurnett, Director, Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers   B.4—Transitioning from Barriers to Solutions: Re-habilitating Aboriginal Offenders Sue Languedoc, Aboriginal Consulting Services, Claire Carefoot, Director, Stan Daniels Healing Centre, Richard Higgins, Former Inmate and and Kathy Louis, Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society Evening 6:00—9:00 Reception & Banquet Terry Matchett, Q.C. Guest Speaker Terry Matchett, Q.C. Deputy Minister and Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Deputy Minister, Alberta Justice and Attorney General  Friday, March 14, 2008 Morning 8:00—8:30  Networking  9:00—10:30 Thematic Solutions (pre-selection required) These 90 minutes participatory sessions will build on the learnings gained on Thursday. Participants will have the opportunity to share and contribute to developing strategies and action plans to action to take back to their home environments to build safer and more inclusive communities. C.1—Engaging Youth positively in our communities C.2—The Role of the Policing Agencies and Community Groups in Building Safe Communities  C.3—Overcoming Systematic Barriers to Reintegration to our communities C.4—Community Sensitivity to Aboriginal and other Cultural Issues C.5—Rethinking the Court System C.6—Dealing with Addictions:  Sometimes Love is Tough 10:30—12:00 Panel Discussions ~ End of the Line: A View from the Bench The Honourable Judge Ross Green, Provincial Court of Saskatchewan, the Honourable Judge Darlene Wong, Provincial Court of Alberta, and the Honourable Judge Peter Ayotte, Provincial Court of Alberta Afternoon 12:00—1:30  Hosted Lunch Keynote:  Psychology of Decision-Making Within The Context of Our Criminal Justice System Dan Gardner, Columnist and Senior Writer, The Ottawa Citizen 1:30—2:15 Closing Remarks: What We've Learned and Where Do We Go From Here?