JUST Committee Report
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Appendix A: List of Witnesses
The following table lists the witnesses who appeared before the committee at its meetings related to this report. Transcripts of all public meetings related to this report are available on the committee’s webpage for this study.
Organizations and Individuals |
Date |
Meeting |
As an individual Carolyn Botting, Sergeant, Ottawa Police Service |
2022/02/08 |
2 |
Department of Justice Nathalie Levman, Senior Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section Carole Morency, Director General and Senior General Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Policy Sector |
2022/02/08 |
2 |
Stella, l'amie de Maimie Sandra Wesley, Executive Director |
2022/02/08 |
2 |
As an individual Dr. Claudyne Chevrier, Ph.D., Community Health Sciences Cathy Peters, Educator |
2022/02/11 |
3 |
EVE Trisha Baptie, Founding Member and Community Engagement Coordinator |
2022/02/11 |
3 |
HIV Legal Network Sandra Ka Hon Chu, Co-Executive Director |
2022/02/11 |
3 |
London Abused Women's Centre Jennifer Dunn, Executive Director |
2022/02/11 |
3 |
Québec Trans Health Action Daphne Barile, Coordinator |
2022/02/11 |
3 |
Butterfly (Asian and Migrant Sex Workers Support Network) Elene Lam, Executive Director |
2022/02/15 |
4 |
Joy Smith Foundation Inc. Joy Smith, Founder and President |
2022/02/15 |
4 |
Vancouver Collective Against Sexual Exploitation Lynne Kent, Chair |
2022/02/15 |
4 |
YWCA Halifax Temitope Abiagom, Manager, Nova Scotia Transition and Advocacy for Youth (NSTAY) Charlene Gagnon, Manager, Advocacy, Research and New Initiatives Miia Suokonautio, Executive Director |
2022/02/15 |
4 |
As an individual Gwendoline Allison, Barton Thaney Law Paul Brandt |
2022/03/01 |
5 |
Aboriginal Legal Services Christa Big Canoe, Legal Advocacy Director |
2022/03/01 |
5 |
Courage for Freedom Kelly Tallon Franklin, Chief Executive Director |
2022/03/01 |
5 |
Pivot Legal Society Kerry Porth, Sex Work Policy Consultant Lyndsay Watson, Legal Director |
2022/03/01 |
5 |
As an individual Alexandra Stevenson (Ford), Speaker, Survivor and Prevention Specialist |
2022/03/04 |
6 |
Asian Women for Equality Suzanne Jay, Collective Member |
2022/03/04 |
6 |
Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform Jenn Clamen, National Coordinator |
2022/03/04 |
6 |
Maggie's: Toronto Sex Workers Action Project Jenny Duffy, Board Chair |
2022/03/04 |
6 |
Peers Victoria Resources Society Sophia Ciavarella, Operations Manager Sarah Smith, Small Business and Indoor Workers Group Coordinator |
2022/03/04 |
6 |
SafeSpace London Amber Lindstrom, Program Coordinator |
2022/03/04 |
6 |
SWAN Vancouver Society Alison Clancey, Executive Director |
2022/03/04 |
6 |
As an individual Andrea Heinz |
2022/03/22 |
7 |
Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police Supt Lisa Byrne, Member, Law Amendments Committee |
2022/03/22 |
7 |
Concertation des luttes contre l'exploitation sexuelle Diane Matte, Co-coordinator |
2022/03/22 |
7 |
Defend Dignity Glendyne Gerrard, Director |
2022/03/22 |
7 |
The Canadian Bar Association Jeneane S. Grundberg, Chair, Municipal Law Section Kevin B. Westell, Secretary, Criminal Justice Section |
2022/03/22 |
7 |
As an individual Melissa Lukings, Juris Doctor, Author and Researcher Naomi Sayers, Lawyer Kelsey Smith, Neuroscience and Mental Health Student, Carleton University |
2022/04/01 |
9 |
BC Coalition of Experiential Communities Susan Davis, Director |
2022/04/01 |
9 |
Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity Dr. Shira Goldenberg, Director of Research, Education and Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Simon Fraser University Dr. Andrea Krüsi, Faculty Member and Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia |
2022/04/01 |
9 |
Women’s Studies Online Cherry Smiley, Founder |
2022/04/01 |
9 |
As an individual Dr. Gillian Abel, Professor, Department of Population Health, University of Otago Dr. Lynzi Armstrong, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Criminology, Victoria University of Wellington Prof. Janine Benedet, Professor of Law, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia Nadia Guo, Criminal Defence Lawyer |
2022/04/05 |
10 |
Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation Kathleen Quinn, Executive Director |
2022/04/05 |
10 |