SUSAN ADAIR-WOLF
Susan Adair-Wolf has been a Victim Advocate with the Edmonton Police Service, Victim Services Unit for more than 20 years. She is an experienced Crisis Intervention Advocate and trainer. In addition to completing the Alberta Solicitor General & Public Safety Victim Advocate Core Training, Susan holds a Certificate of Specialized Training – Spiritual Care In Crisis Intervention (CISM). Susan is passionate about developing increased victim services supports for Victims of Homicide.

LAURIE BURNOUF
Laurie began her career with the federal government at the Parole Board of Canada (formerly National Parole Board) in 1991. While at the Parole Board, Laurie was employed in various Case Management positions and then for a period of 2 years, worked in the Communications Unit and was responsible for the victim and outreach portfolios.

In September 2007, Correctional Service Canada (CSC) created five centralized Regional Victim Services Units across Canada. Laurie transferred to the Prairie regional unit as a Victim Services Officer in September of 2007. In June of 2008, Laurie was appointed to the Regional Victim Services Manager position.

During her employment with the Victim Services Unit, Laurie has travelled throughout the region presenting at conferences and attending meetings; establishing partnerships with communities, Provincial Victim Programs and regional CSC facilities to create awareness of the services offered to victims of federally sentenced offenders.

STEVIE CAMERON
Stevie Cameron, who did her degree at the University of British Columbia, is a Toronto-based journalist who has worked for several newspapers including the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail, and for the CBC as a host of The Fifth Estate. She founded a national magazine called Elm Street and has written three books about political corruption, including On the Take: Crime, Corruption and Greed in the Mulroney Years, and two books about Vancouver’s Missing Women including the award-winning On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver’s Missing Women.

This year Cameron is living in Washington, DC and commuting to Kingston, Ontario to work on a book on the Kingston Penitentiary as it is about to close for good. Cameron was recently appointed to the Order of Canada for her investigative journalism and for more than twenty years of community service with homeless and hungry people in Toronto.

Ms. Cameron holds an honourary degree from the Vancouver School of Theology at UBC for her work with the homeless across Canada.

She also has a diploma (her pride and joy) from the Cordon Bleu in Paris where she studied cooking for a year -- which is how she became the food editor at the Toronto Star and how she learned to cook for huge groups of hungry and homeless people in her church's kitchen. She was on the board of Second Harvest in Toronto for about ten years, an agency that distributes food to about 250 agencies in the city; she is the vice-president of a beautiful new church-owned board apartment building that takes care of people who were homeless.
 

MIKE DANYLUIK
Mike is the managing partner of the law firm Davidson Gregory Danyluik. Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, he received his bachelor of arts [honors] from the University of Western Ontario and his bachelor of Law degree from the University of Alberta. Mike was called to the Alberta bar in 1994.

Prior to practicing with Davidson Gregory Danyluik, Mr. Danyluik was with the Attorney General of Alberta and gained extensive experience with all major criminal prosecutions including murder, armed robberies, motor vehicle fatalities, young offender transfer hearings and government services prosecutions.

Since joining the firm in September 2001, Mike has built on this foundation in his criminal trial practice developing extensive experience handling all manner of criminal and narcotics matters. He has successfully defended clients charged with murder, robbery, sexual assault, fraud, trafficking, proceeds, breach of trust all manner of serious and complex offences. His practice also extends to providing representation and advice to members of professional associations including police who are either under investigation for, or charged with administrative or criminal offences. With respect to Homicide, Mike has been involved in the range of 30 such prosecutions and numerous Criminal Motor vehicle Fatalities.

As an extension of his practice Mike continues to be involved in the legal community both through continuing education and volunteer work. From 2005-2011, he was been a member of the Edmonton Regional Legal Aid Committee which reviews appeals from persons denied coverage for all categories of legal services and served as Chair from 2008-2011. Since then he has moved on to the Northern Appeals Committee which represents the highest level of Appeal or request for provision of legal services for individuals or special coverage and disbursements to counsel. In addition to his committee work, each year Mike is invited to host a first-year law school student for their Job Shadowing program and to participate in the career fair at the University of Alberta law school. He volunteered for the inaugural law camp for high school students in the summer of 2008 and has been both a principal and a mentor for articling students and young lawyers and continues to provide advice and opinions for other counsel with respect to criminal matters. He has both lectured at and continues to attend and participate in law, forensic science and advocacy related conferences and seminars.

REV. BOB GLASGOW

• Bob has been a pastor at churches in Edmonton and Montreal
• He was the former coordinator of counselling at the Pastoral Institute of Calgary
• In 1985 he became the first non-denominational chaplain of the Rockyview Hospital in Calgary.
• He founded the AHS Grief Support Program in 1986.
• In 2012 he resigned as the manager of the grief support program and is now in private practise as a counsellor and speaker.
• Bob has been awarded many honours for his work including the award for meritorious service from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2008.
• Bob has been a resource for media in efforts for a community to cope with violent crime.

GAYLE HANSCOM
Gayle Hanscom has been a member of Victims of Homicide for 5 years and serves on the board. Her husband Don Hanscom was murdered July 30, 2004.

KELLY HARTLE
Ms. Hartle successfully completed her Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Ottawa majoring in Psychology. Following University she worked in various private sector capacities including assisting women in crisis, young offenders and Aboriginal communities.

Ms. Hartle joined the Correctional Service of Canada in 1998 as a Primary Worker at the Edmonton Institution for Women, a federal penitentiary for female offenders located in Edmonton, Alberta. She remained at EIFW, working in a variety of positions over a nine year period including Primary Worker; Correctional Supervisor; and Coordinator of Management. During two years of her employment at EIFW, she had the opportunity as part of her portfolio to provide Victim Services on behalf of the Edmonton Institution for Women to registered victims of the inmates incarcerated at that site.

In 2006, Ms. Hartle accepted a nine month assignment as Deputy Director at Pe Sakastew Healing Lodge, a minimum security men’s federal facility located in Hobbema, Alberta. Following completion of this assignment in September 2006, Ms. Hartle returned to Edmonton Institution for Women as a Team Leader until April 2007 when she was appointed Deputy Warden at Drumheller Institution, a medium security with minimum security annex men’s federal institution in Drumheller, Alberta.

During her career, Ms. Hartle has had the opportunity to contribute to staff learning and development through development and facilitation of Parole Officer Continuous Development Curriculum and Parole Officer Orientation Programs. She also facilitates the Crisis Management course to Correctional Service of Canada employees. Ms. Hartle served as a member of the EIFW Emergency Response Team for seven years. In addition, Ms. Hartle served for seven years as a member of the Honor Guard, proudly representing CSC at various ceremonies and events.

In June 2011, Ms. Hartle was assigned as Acting Warden at Edmonton Institution, a maximum security men’s institution in Edmonton, Alberta. She was indeterminately appointed to this same position in May 2012 and remains there today.

DAN JONES
Biography TBA.

SCOTT JONES
Biography TBA.

JACQUELINE LINDER
Jacqui Linder is a PhD candidate, registered psychologist, and certified Clinical Traumatologist trained in a range of therapeutic modalities. She is an experienced facilitator and has conducted numerous workshops on the neurobiology of PTSD, trauma recovery, stress management, burnout, grief & loss, psychological first aid and therapeutic breathwork. Jacqui has worked with a wide range of populations and is the founder and CEO of the Spiral Phoenix Trauma Centre in Edmonton, specializing in the treatment of complex PTSD.

Jacqui is the founder and Executive/Clinical Director of the Chrysalis Anti-Human Trafficking Network, which offers a national 24-7 trauma counselling line for survivors of human trafficking and exploitation. She consults for a number of organizations across Canada on the psychology of human trafficking. She is also an associate professor of psychology and senior administrator at City University in Edmonton.

CORPORAL WAYNE OAKES
Having served in the RCMP in the past five decades: 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's and 10's, retired Corporal Wayne Oakes has provided Canadians and others around the world with dedicated law enforcement related services for the entire 33 years of his policing career.

While interacting with the media had always been both challenging and rewarding Cpl. Oakes stepped into several specific roles that resulted in a more direct hands-on perspective. From 1993 through 2000 he served as the Media Liaison Officer for Stony Plain Detachment and frequently assisted the "K" Division Media & Communications Unit. He further served as the RCMP "K" Division Media Relations Officer (MRO) from 2004 through 2010. During this later tenure he provided oversight was responsible for all media services throughout the province of Alberta that included more than 250 homicides.

In 2005 Cpl. Oakes was tasked with three very significant media challenges that certainly tested his communication skills: in March the murder of four RCMP members at Mayerthorpe, in September the labour dispute at Lakeside Packers in Brooks and in November he was seconded to serve as Press Officer for Interpol at the Thai Tsunami Victim Identification Project in Phuket, Thailand.

Wayne fully understands and respects both the limitations faced by law enforcement in how they collect, store, handle and release information along with the public's need and right to know which has an even greater emphasis when reflecting on the families of victims of homicides. He will share collective aspects of his police-media experiences to better enhance the awareness of this very difficult and often troubling process...

JANE ORYDZUK
Jane Orydzuk lost her only son, Tim, in an unsolved murder on October 1st, 1994. In the past eighteen years, Jane has presented twice in Ottawa during Restorative Justice Week; presented in Kelowna, B.C. She has participated in Victim Advocates training sessions; has spoken at the Edmonton Women's Prison; met with lifers through Lifeline on three occasions, and she sits on the Citizens Advisory Committee at the Edmonton Maximum Institution. Jane is currently the President of the Victims of Homicide Support Society. She has four daughters and eleven grandchildren and one great-grand baby, who all bring great joy to her life.

SUE O’SULLIVAN
Sue O’Sullivan has worked with and advocated for victims of crime since her career in policing began in May, 1981. Throughout her career she has served in a variety of areas such as: Patrol, Criminal Investigative Services and Operations Support. For the past four years, Sue has served as Deputy Chief of Police in the Ottawa Police Service.

Throughout her career, Sue has continually advocated to increase the efficiency of services to victims, recently working with stakeholders from the victim services community representing all three levels of government to develop the “Coordinated Victim Assistance Program.”

Sue is a dynamic member of the community, participating on the Council for Advancement of Big Sisters Big Brothers Ottawa, the Board of the Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre, Success by Six and the Children’s Wish Foundation Ottawa Chapter. Sue is the recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, the YMCA-YWCA Women of Distinction Award (Public Sector Award) and the House of Commons Ottawa-Centre Community Leadership Award. In 2006, her Excellency the Governor General of Canada appointed her an Officer of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces.

Sue holds a B.A. in Law and Sociology with a subtitle in Criminology and Corrections from Carleton University and is a graduate of the Police Leadership Program (OACP and the University of Toronto). Sue is the proud mother of two children, Katie and Jonathan. She is proficient in French as a second language.

WAYNE PETHERBRIDGE
Two years ago on March 2, 2011 our son Cameron James Petherbridge was murdered. It will be a day forever etched in our hearts and minds as the most devastating event that can happen to a person, losing one of your children through the hands of someone else. You read and hear about it all the time, never thinking it could ever happen to you, but when it does your life is altered forever. The family continues to struggle on a daily basis, but with so much support surrounding us, and Cameron shining down on us, we try to make the best of everyday without him. Although, it will never be the same again.

DR. GREG PICKERING
Biography TBA.

DENIS PREECE
We were an average family living in an average house living in the town we grew up in - high school sweethearts, raised two boys and had two grandchildren. Just average folks with a normal life. Little did we know just how fortunate we were.

I was leaving for work the morning of August 7, 2010 and was met by an RCMP “You’d better sit down Mr. Preece”. From that moment on our lives changed – our world spun out of control. “Our youngest son Scott at the age of 28, had been fatally stabbed outside a 7/11 by an unknown assailant. As we sat in shock, our lives were not our own - between friends, flowers, pastors, cards, visitors, meals, face book posts, media interviews we were indeed front-page news!

We are now 2 ½ years in our grief journey. No one who has not been there can tell you just how intense and severe this grief work is. Along the way, we have the joy of our two grandsons (Scott’s nephews), Victims of Homicide support, other counselling, family, friends and even many strangers who have tried to help us mend our broken hearts and find hope for the future.
My wife and I struggle every day – she prefers to spend quiet time alone whereas I seek out the company of others. We struggle with our faith finding we find it hard to believe this is part of God’s so-called plan.

JANA PRUDEN
Jana G. Pruden is the Crime Bureau Chief at the Edmonton Journal, and an award-winning crime reporter and true crime writer. Jana is the co-author of the best-selling Canadian true crime collections Sour Milk and Paper Cows, and is contributing to a third collection to be released in 2013. Her work is also featured in the e-books ‘How Could a Whole Town Burn?’ Slave Lake One Year After the Fire, and Homicide: Beyond the Numbers, published by Harper Collins Canada in 2012. She is currently working on a historical true crime biography.

DR. ANNY SAUVAGEAU
Dr. Sauvageau received her medical degree from the University of Montreal in 1996, a master degree in neurosciences in 1997, and was board certified in anatomical pathology in 2002. She then started her career as forensic pathologist in Montreal. In 2009, she moved to Alberta where she was named Deputy Chief Medical Examiner in 2010 and Chief Medical Examiner in 2011. She is Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary, and a well known world expert on asphyxia. She has a founder designation in forensic pathology from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in recognition of her significant contribution to the development of this new specialty in Canada. From 2007 to 2012, she has been vice president of the Forensic Pathology Examination Board of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. She is also one of the founders and the program director of the residency program in forensic pathology at the University of Alberta. She is the author of more than 75 papers in peer-reviewed forensic journals and is the founder of the Working Group on Human Asphyxia and the co-founder of the International Network for Forensic Research. Her innovative approach towards forensic research has significantly improved the understanding of the pathophysiology of hanging and other types of strangulation.

GARY SAWATZKY
Biography TBA.

GARY SEARS
Gary Sears is Deputy Regional Director General in the Prairie Region of the Parole Board of Canada. Reporting directly to the Regional Director General, Gary is responsible for Communications, Board Member training, and Victim services. Gary was appointed to the position of Deputy Regional Director General in September of 2011.

Prior to joining the Board, Gary worked with the Correctional Service of Canada. Starting in 1996, Gary was first involved in corrections when he accepted a contract teaching position at Edmonton Institution. Gary was responsible for education, employment, and learning disability assessments conducted with offenders engaged in the intake process. At this time, Gary also provided the Employment and Employability Skills program and Breaking Barriers program to general population offenders. Gary was subsequently promoted within the private company he was contracted with to the position of Teacher Coordinator at Edmonton Institution which gave him responsibility for the supervision of all contract teachers at the facility.

In 2000, Gary became the Edmonton Institution Education Counsellor and shortly afterwards the Chief of Education (school Principal). His experiences were punctuated by numerous acting assignments as Assistant Warden Correctional Programs. In 2004, Gary became Assistant Warden Management Services at Edmonton Institution for Women.

In addition to his core duties, Gary has been a speaker, presenter, and contributor on behalf of his department. These have included presentation at the Prairie Region 2006 Strategic Planning Session, opening address speaker at the 2001 Regional Wellness Conference, and presenter at the Literacy 2000 Conference. He has also been a delegate at the International Symposium on Correctional Education and a member of the Edmonton & Central/Northern Alberta Coordinating Committee on the Culture of Peace – UNESCO.

DARCIE D. SIMS
Darcie D. Sims, Ph.D., CHT, CT. GMS is president and co-founder of Grief Inc., a national grief consulting business in Seattle WA. She is a bereaved parent and child, a grief management specialist, a nationally certified thanatologist, a certified pastoral bereavement specialist and a licensed psychotherapist and hypnotherapist. She is the author of Why Are the Casseroles Always Tuna?, Footsteps Through the Valley, Touchstones and If I Could Just See Hope. She co-authored A Place For Me: A Healing Journey for Grieving Kids, Footsteps Through Grief, The Other Side of Grief and Finding Your Way Through Grief with her daughter, Alicia Sims Franklin. Darcie co-authored The Crying HandBook, In the Midst of Caregiving and Exploring the Heart, Soul, and Challenges of Caregiving with Bob Baugher. She also wrote and produced the videos Handling the Holidays and What Color is Dead: Death From A Child’s View as well as authored numerous chapters in professional books and textbooks. Darcie is featured in the award-winning video series “Good Grief” produced by Iowa Public Television and the “Walking Through Grief Series” by the Grief Toolbox. She has been featured in several other videos as well. She has written 6 Care Notes for Abbey Press.

She is an internationally recognized speaker and was Coping Editor for Bereavement magazine for 15 years. She now writes for Grief Digest. She served on the national board of directors for The Compassionate Friends, the national board of directors for the Association of Death Education and Counseling and the board of trustees for the National Catholic Ministry to the Bereaved. She co-chaired the 1991,1996 and 2005 World Gathering on Bereavement, and keynoted at all 4 World Gatherings.

Darcie is the Director of the American Grief Academy in Seattle, Washington and the Director of Training and Certification for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. She is a Board Certified Professional Counselor (APA), a Fellow in the American Psychotherapy Association, a Certified Diplomat in Clinical Hypnotherapy and is listed in Who’s Who in America, The World Who's Who of Women and The International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women.

DR. SAM STESKO
Biography TBA.

DR. SUSAN TASKER
Dr. Susan Tasker is Assistant Professor in the UVic Counselling Psychology Program. Her doctoral research investigated the role of joint attention in the social/emotional development of deaf toddlers with hearing mothers. Her primary research interests focuses on looking at how people live and cope with the unplanned life events of a brain injury and the violent death of family member. Currently Susan is investigating the effects of murder on the siblings of young murder victims in Canada. The study is one of the first Canadian studies to examine the immediate needs and longer-term experiences of the brothers and sisters of young murder victims. In 2008 Susan completed specialized training in Compassion Fatigue and has a strong interest in what factors contribute to and protect against its development in caregivers and helping professionals.

ALLAN WACHOWICH
Biography TBA.

JOHN WATSON
John has been a member of the Alberta Bar for the past 32 years. He started his career as a defence counsel but just over 13 years ago he moved over to Alberta Justice where he has prosecuted many high profile cases. For the past seven years he has been involved in a number of homicide prosecutions. The latest case took just over 7 years to complete and involved 5 different accused.

For the past 20 years John has been a volunteer Board member on the Bosco Homes board of directors and for the majority of those years has been their President.

In addition for the past 20 years John has operated a Karate school where he teaches self-defence to adults and children.

DAVE ZIMMERMAN
Dave Zimmerman is the Victim Services Program Coordinator for Cold Lake and area. He has over 20 years experience working in the Human Services field, including Child and Youth Care work along with his Victim Services experience. He has devoted himself to assisting victims of crime and tragedy in his community and has developed strong partnerships with the Cold Lake RCMP, the local Crown Prosecutors and other interagency support services. He has assisted in initiating services to his rural community including: Sexual Assault counselling, “A Better Way” Family Violence programming, and Aboriginal Outreach programming, which includes Restorative Justice, to the First Nation and Métis Settlement communities. Dave shares his knowledge and expertise in this field to help and guide others who may be working through the painful and complex issues of assisting victims of homicide in rural Alberta.

SUSAN ADAIR-WOLF
Susan Adair-Wolf has been a Victim Advocate with the Edmonton Police Service, Victim Services Unit for more than 20 years. She is an experienced Crisis Intervention Advocate and trainer. In addition to completing the Alberta Solicitor General & Public Safety Victim Advocate Core Training, Susan holds a Certificate of Specialized Training – Spiritual Care In Crisis Intervention (CISM). Susan is passionate about developing increased victim services supports for Victims of Homicide.

LAURIE BURNOUF
Laurie began her career with the federal government at the Parole Board of Canada (formerly National Parole Board) in 1991. While at the Parole Board, Laurie was employed in various Case Management positions and then for a period of 2 years, worked in the Communications Unit and was responsible for the victim and outreach portfolios.

In September 2007, Correctional Service Canada (CSC) created five centralized Regional Victim Services Units across Canada. Laurie transferred to the Prairie regional unit as a Victim Services Officer in September of 2007. In June of 2008, Laurie was appointed to the Regional Victim Services Manager position.

During her employment with the Victim Services Unit, Laurie has travelled throughout the region presenting at conferences and attending meetings; establishing partnerships with communities, Provincial Victim Programs and regional CSC facilities to create awareness of the services offered to victims of federally sentenced offenders.

STEVIE CAMERON
Stevie Cameron, who did her degree at the University of British Columbia, is a Toronto-based journalist who has worked for several newspapers including the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail, and for the CBC as a host of The Fifth Estate. She founded a national magazine called Elm Street and has written three books about political corruption, including On the Take: Crime, Corruption and Greed in the Mulroney Years, and two books about Vancouver’s Missing Women including the award-winning On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver’s Missing Women.

This year Cameron is living in Washington, DC and commuting to Kingston, Ontario to work on a book on the Kingston Penitentiary as it is about to close for good. Cameron was recently appointed to the Order of Canada for her investigative journalism and for more than twenty years of community service with homeless and hungry people in Toronto.

Ms. Cameron holds an honourary degree from the Vancouver School of Theology at UBC for her work with the homeless across Canada.

She also has a diploma (her pride and joy) from the Cordon Bleu in Paris where she studied cooking for a year -- which is how she became the food editor at the Toronto Star and how she learned to cook for huge groups of hungry and homeless people in her church's kitchen. She was on the board of Second Harvest in Toronto for about ten years, an agency that distributes food to about 250 agencies in the city; she is the vice-president of a beautiful new church-owned board apartment building that takes care of people who were homeless.
 

MIKE DANYLUIK
Mike is the managing partner of the law firm Davidson Gregory Danyluik. Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, he received his bachelor of arts [honors] from the University of Western Ontario and his bachelor of Law degree from the University of Alberta. Mike was called to the Alberta bar in 1994.

Prior to practicing with Davidson Gregory Danyluik, Mr. Danyluik was with the Attorney General of Alberta and gained extensive experience with all major criminal prosecutions including murder, armed robberies, motor vehicle fatalities, young offender transfer hearings and government services prosecutions.

Since joining the firm in September 2001, Mike has built on this foundation in his criminal trial practice developing extensive experience handling all manner of criminal and narcotics matters. He has successfully defended clients charged with murder, robbery, sexual assault, fraud, trafficking, proceeds, breach of trust all manner of serious and complex offences. His practice also extends to providing representation and advice to members of professional associations including police who are either under investigation for, or charged with administrative or criminal offences. With respect to Homicide, Mike has been involved in the range of 30 such prosecutions and numerous Criminal Motor vehicle Fatalities.

As an extension of his practice Mike continues to be involved in the legal community both through continuing education and volunteer work. From 2005-2011, he was been a member of the Edmonton Regional Legal Aid Committee which reviews appeals from persons denied coverage for all categories of legal services and served as Chair from 2008-2011. Since then he has moved on to the Northern Appeals Committee which represents the highest level of Appeal or request for provision of legal services for individuals or special coverage and disbursements to counsel. In addition to his committee work, each year Mike is invited to host a first-year law school student for their Job Shadowing program and to participate in the career fair at the University of Alberta law school. He volunteered for the inaugural law camp for high school students in the summer of 2008 and has been both a principal and a mentor for articling students and young lawyers and continues to provide advice and opinions for other counsel with respect to criminal matters. He has both lectured at and continues to attend and participate in law, forensic science and advocacy related conferences and seminars.

REV. BOB GLASGOW

• Bob has been a pastor at churches in Edmonton and Montreal
• He was the former coordinator of counselling at the Pastoral Institute of Calgary
• In 1985 he became the first non-denominational chaplain of the Rockyview Hospital in Calgary.
• He founded the AHS Grief Support Program in 1986.
• In 2012 he resigned as the manager of the grief support program and is now in private practise as a counsellor and speaker.
• Bob has been awarded many honours for his work including the award for meritorious service from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2008.
• Bob has been a resource for media in efforts for a community to cope with violent crime.

GAYLE HANSCOM
Gayle Hanscom has been a member of Victims of Homicide for 5 years and serves on the board. Her husband Don Hanscom was murdered July 30, 2004.

KELLY HARTLE
Ms. Hartle successfully completed her Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Ottawa majoring in Psychology. Following University she worked in various private sector capacities including assisting women in crisis, young offenders and Aboriginal communities.

Ms. Hartle joined the Correctional Service of Canada in 1998 as a Primary Worker at the Edmonton Institution for Women, a federal penitentiary for female offenders located in Edmonton, Alberta. She remained at EIFW, working in a variety of positions over a nine year period including Primary Worker; Correctional Supervisor; and Coordinator of Management. During two years of her employment at EIFW, she had the opportunity as part of her portfolio to provide Victim Services on behalf of the Edmonton Institution for Women to registered victims of the inmates incarcerated at that site.

In 2006, Ms. Hartle accepted a nine month assignment as Deputy Director at Pe Sakastew Healing Lodge, a minimum security men’s federal facility located in Hobbema, Alberta. Following completion of this assignment in September 2006, Ms. Hartle returned to Edmonton Institution for Women as a Team Leader until April 2007 when she was appointed Deputy Warden at Drumheller Institution, a medium security with minimum security annex men’s federal institution in Drumheller, Alberta.

During her career, Ms. Hartle has had the opportunity to contribute to staff learning and development through development and facilitation of Parole Officer Continuous Development Curriculum and Parole Officer Orientation Programs. She also facilitates the Crisis Management course to Correctional Service of Canada employees. Ms. Hartle served as a member of the EIFW Emergency Response Team for seven years. In addition, Ms. Hartle served for seven years as a member of the Honor Guard, proudly representing CSC at various ceremonies and events.

In June 2011, Ms. Hartle was assigned as Acting Warden at Edmonton Institution, a maximum security men’s institution in Edmonton, Alberta. She was indeterminately appointed to this same position in May 2012 and remains there today.

DAN JONES
Biography TBA.

SCOTT JONES
Biography TBA.

JACQUELINE LINDER
Jacqui Linder is a PhD candidate, registered psychologist, and certified Clinical Traumatologist trained in a range of therapeutic modalities. She is an experienced facilitator and has conducted numerous workshops on the neurobiology of PTSD, trauma recovery, stress management, burnout, grief & loss, psychological first aid and therapeutic breathwork. Jacqui has worked with a wide range of populations and is the founder and CEO of the Spiral Phoenix Trauma Centre in Edmonton, specializing in the treatment of complex PTSD.

Jacqui is the founder and Executive/Clinical Director of the Chrysalis Anti-Human Trafficking Network, which offers a national 24-7 trauma counselling line for survivors of human trafficking and exploitation. She consults for a number of organizations across Canada on the psychology of human trafficking. She is also an associate professor of psychology and senior administrator at City University in Edmonton.

CORPORAL WAYNE OAKES
Having served in the RCMP in the past five decades: 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's and 10's, retired Corporal Wayne Oakes has provided Canadians and others around the world with dedicated law enforcement related services for the entire 33 years of his policing career.

While interacting with the media had always been both challenging and rewarding Cpl. Oakes stepped into several specific roles that resulted in a more direct hands-on perspective. From 1993 through 2000 he served as the Media Liaison Officer for Stony Plain Detachment and frequently assisted the "K" Division Media & Communications Unit. He further served as the RCMP "K" Division Media Relations Officer (MRO) from 2004 through 2010. During this later tenure he provided oversight was responsible for all media services throughout the province of Alberta that included more than 250 homicides.

In 2005 Cpl. Oakes was tasked with three very significant media challenges that certainly tested his communication skills: in March the murder of four RCMP members at Mayerthorpe, in September the labour dispute at Lakeside Packers in Brooks and in November he was seconded to serve as Press Officer for Interpol at the Thai Tsunami Victim Identification Project in Phuket, Thailand.

Wayne fully understands and respects both the limitations faced by law enforcement in how they collect, store, handle and release information along with the public's need and right to know which has an even greater emphasis when reflecting on the families of victims of homicides. He will share collective aspects of his police-media experiences to better enhance the awareness of this very difficult and often troubling process...

JANE ORYDZUK
Jane Orydzuk lost her only son, Tim, in an unsolved murder on October 1st, 1994. In the past eighteen years, Jane has presented twice in Ottawa during Restorative Justice Week; presented in Kelowna, B.C. She has participated in Victim Advocates training sessions; has spoken at the Edmonton Women's Prison; met with lifers through Lifeline on three occasions, and she sits on the Citizens Advisory Committee at the Edmonton Maximum Institution. Jane is currently the President of the Victims of Homicide Support Society. She has four daughters and eleven grandchildren and one great-grand baby, who all bring great joy to her life.

SUE O’SULLIVAN
Sue O’Sullivan has worked with and advocated for victims of crime since her career in policing began in May, 1981. Throughout her career she has served in a variety of areas such as: Patrol, Criminal Investigative Services and Operations Support. For the past four years, Sue has served as Deputy Chief of Police in the Ottawa Police Service.

Throughout her career, Sue has continually advocated to increase the efficiency of services to victims, recently working with stakeholders from the victim services community representing all three levels of government to develop the “Coordinated Victim Assistance Program.”

Sue is a dynamic member of the community, participating on the Council for Advancement of Big Sisters Big Brothers Ottawa, the Board of the Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre, Success by Six and the Children’s Wish Foundation Ottawa Chapter. Sue is the recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal, the YMCA-YWCA Women of Distinction Award (Public Sector Award) and the House of Commons Ottawa-Centre Community Leadership Award. In 2006, her Excellency the Governor General of Canada appointed her an Officer of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces.

Sue holds a B.A. in Law and Sociology with a subtitle in Criminology and Corrections from Carleton University and is a graduate of the Police Leadership Program (OACP and the University of Toronto). Sue is the proud mother of two children, Katie and Jonathan. She is proficient in French as a second language.

WAYNE PETHERBRIDGE
Two years ago on March 2, 2011 our son Cameron James Petherbridge was murdered. It will be a day forever etched in our hearts and minds as the most devastating event that can happen to a person, losing one of your children through the hands of someone else. You read and hear about it all the time, never thinking it could ever happen to you, but when it does your life is altered forever. The family continues to struggle on a daily basis, but with so much support surrounding us, and Cameron shining down on us, we try to make the best of everyday without him. Although, it will never be the same again.

DR. GREG PICKERING
Biography TBA.

DENIS PREECE
We were an average family living in an average house living in the town we grew up in - high school sweethearts, raised two boys and had two grandchildren. Just average folks with a normal life. Little did we know just how fortunate we were.

I was leaving for work the morning of August 7, 2010 and was met by an RCMP “You’d better sit down Mr. Preece”. From that moment on our lives changed – our world spun out of control. “Our youngest son Scott at the age of 28, had been fatally stabbed outside a 7/11 by an unknown assailant. As we sat in shock, our lives were not our own - between friends, flowers, pastors, cards, visitors, meals, face book posts, media interviews we were indeed front-page news!

We are now 2 ½ years in our grief journey. No one who has not been there can tell you just how intense and severe this grief work is. Along the way, we have the joy of our two grandsons (Scott’s nephews), Victims of Homicide support, other counselling, family, friends and even many strangers who have tried to help us mend our broken hearts and find hope for the future.
My wife and I struggle every day – she prefers to spend quiet time alone whereas I seek out the company of others. We struggle with our faith finding we find it hard to believe this is part of God’s so-called plan.

JANA PRUDEN
Jana G. Pruden is the Crime Bureau Chief at the Edmonton Journal, and an award-winning crime reporter and true crime writer. Jana is the co-author of the best-selling Canadian true crime collections Sour Milk and Paper Cows, and is contributing to a third collection to be released in 2013. Her work is also featured in the e-books ‘How Could a Whole Town Burn?’ Slave Lake One Year After the Fire, and Homicide: Beyond the Numbers, published by Harper Collins Canada in 2012. She is currently working on a historical true crime biography.

DR. ANNY SAUVAGEAU
Dr. Sauvageau received her medical degree from the University of Montreal in 1996, a master degree in neurosciences in 1997, and was board certified in anatomical pathology in 2002. She then started her career as forensic pathologist in Montreal. In 2009, she moved to Alberta where she was named Deputy Chief Medical Examiner in 2010 and Chief Medical Examiner in 2011. She is Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary, and a well known world expert on asphyxia. She has a founder designation in forensic pathology from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in recognition of her significant contribution to the development of this new specialty in Canada. From 2007 to 2012, she has been vice president of the Forensic Pathology Examination Board of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. She is also one of the founders and the program director of the residency program in forensic pathology at the University of Alberta. She is the author of more than 75 papers in peer-reviewed forensic journals and is the founder of the Working Group on Human Asphyxia and the co-founder of the International Network for Forensic Research. Her innovative approach towards forensic research has significantly improved the understanding of the pathophysiology of hanging and other types of strangulation.

GARY SAWATZKY
Biography TBA.

GARY SEARS
Gary Sears is Deputy Regional Director General in the Prairie Region of the Parole Board of Canada. Reporting directly to the Regional Director General, Gary is responsible for Communications, Board Member training, and Victim services. Gary was appointed to the position of Deputy Regional Director General in September of 2011.

Prior to joining the Board, Gary worked with the Correctional Service of Canada. Starting in 1996, Gary was first involved in corrections when he accepted a contract teaching position at Edmonton Institution. Gary was responsible for education, employment, and learning disability assessments conducted with offenders engaged in the intake process. At this time, Gary also provided the Employment and Employability Skills program and Breaking Barriers program to general population offenders. Gary was subsequently promoted within the private company he was contracted with to the position of Teacher Coordinator at Edmonton Institution which gave him responsibility for the supervision of all contract teachers at the facility.

In 2000, Gary became the Edmonton Institution Education Counsellor and shortly afterwards the Chief of Education (school Principal). His experiences were punctuated by numerous acting assignments as Assistant Warden Correctional Programs. In 2004, Gary became Assistant Warden Management Services at Edmonton Institution for Women.

In addition to his core duties, Gary has been a speaker, presenter, and contributor on behalf of his department. These have included presentation at the Prairie Region 2006 Strategic Planning Session, opening address speaker at the 2001 Regional Wellness Conference, and presenter at the Literacy 2000 Conference. He has also been a delegate at the International Symposium on Correctional Education and a member of the Edmonton & Central/Northern Alberta Coordinating Committee on the Culture of Peace – UNESCO.

DARCIE D. SIMS
Darcie D. Sims, Ph.D., CHT, CT. GMS is president and co-founder of Grief Inc., a national grief consulting business in Seattle WA. She is a bereaved parent and child, a grief management specialist, a nationally certified thanatologist, a certified pastoral bereavement specialist and a licensed psychotherapist and hypnotherapist. She is the author of Why Are the Casseroles Always Tuna?, Footsteps Through the Valley, Touchstones and If I Could Just See Hope. She co-authored A Place For Me: A Healing Journey for Grieving Kids, Footsteps Through Grief, The Other Side of Grief and Finding Your Way Through Grief with her daughter, Alicia Sims Franklin. Darcie co-authored The Crying HandBook, In the Midst of Caregiving and Exploring the Heart, Soul, and Challenges of Caregiving with Bob Baugher. She also wrote and produced the videos Handling the Holidays and What Color is Dead: Death From A Child’s View as well as authored numerous chapters in professional books and textbooks. Darcie is featured in the award-winning video series “Good Grief” produced by Iowa Public Television and the “Walking Through Grief Series” by the Grief Toolbox. She has been featured in several other videos as well. She has written 6 Care Notes for Abbey Press.

She is an internationally recognized speaker and was Coping Editor for Bereavement magazine for 15 years. She now writes for Grief Digest. She served on the national board of directors for The Compassionate Friends, the national board of directors for the Association of Death Education and Counseling and the board of trustees for the National Catholic Ministry to the Bereaved. She co-chaired the 1991,1996 and 2005 World Gathering on Bereavement, and keynoted at all 4 World Gatherings.

Darcie is the Director of the American Grief Academy in Seattle, Washington and the Director of Training and Certification for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. She is a Board Certified Professional Counselor (APA), a Fellow in the American Psychotherapy Association, a Certified Diplomat in Clinical Hypnotherapy and is listed in Who’s Who in America, The World Who's Who of Women and The International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women.

DR. SAM STESKO
Biography TBA.

DR. SUSAN TASKER
Dr. Susan Tasker is Assistant Professor in the UVic Counselling Psychology Program. Her doctoral research investigated the role of joint attention in the social/emotional development of deaf toddlers with hearing mothers. Her primary research interests focuses on looking at how people live and cope with the unplanned life events of a brain injury and the violent death of family member. Currently Susan is investigating the effects of murder on the siblings of young murder victims in Canada. The study is one of the first Canadian studies to examine the immediate needs and longer-term experiences of the brothers and sisters of young murder victims. In 2008 Susan completed specialized training in Compassion Fatigue and has a strong interest in what factors contribute to and protect against its development in caregivers and helping professionals.

ALLAN WACHOWICH
Biography TBA.

JOHN WATSON
John has been a member of the Alberta Bar for the past 32 years. He started his career as a defence counsel but just over 13 years ago he moved over to Alberta Justice where he has prosecuted many high profile cases. For the past seven years he has been involved in a number of homicide prosecutions. The latest case took just over 7 years to complete and involved 5 different accused.

For the past 20 years John has been a volunteer Board member on the Bosco Homes board of directors and for the majority of those years has been their President.

In addition for the past 20 years John has operated a Karate school where he teaches self-defence to adults and children.

DAVE ZIMMERMAN
Dave Zimmerman is the Victim Services Program Coordinator for Cold Lake and area. He has over 20 years experience working in the Human Services field, including Child and Youth Care work along with his Victim Services experience. He has devoted himself to assisting victims of crime and tragedy in his community and has developed strong partnerships with the Cold Lake RCMP, the local Crown Prosecutors and other interagency support services. He has assisted in initiating services to his rural community including: Sexual Assault counselling, “A Better Way” Family Violence programming, and Aboriginal Outreach programming, which includes Restorative Justice, to the First Nation and Métis Settlement communities. Dave shares his knowledge and expertise in this field to help and guide others who may be working through the painful and complex issues of assisting victims of homicide in rural Alberta.