Board of Directors

Born October 9th, 1956 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Michael Allen was educated at the University of Manitoba and obtained degrees in Arts (Political Science – 1978) and Law (1984). Mr. Allen served as Executive Assistant to the Attorney-General of Manitoba between 1977–1981.

Mr. Allen was admitted to the Manitoba Bar in 1985 and practiced criminal and civil litigation, administrative and labour law before being appointed Executive Assistant to the Federal Minister of State (Tourism), then Minister of State (Fitness and Amateur Sport). In 1991, Mr. Allen was appointed Chief of Staff to the Federal Minister of Labour, then  in 1993, the Minister of Industry and Science and Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada.

From 1994 to 1998, Mr. Allen served as National Director of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada where he successfully organized and managed the plan to restructure and rebuild the Party as a force in Canadian politics – including two national conventions and the 1998 federal election.

In 1998, Mr., Allen joined United Way/Centraide Ottawa as its President and Chief Executive Officer. During his tenure Mr. Allen has directed a transformation of the organization from a fundraiser and allocator to a “community-builder and investor”. Building a consensus among stakeholders and confidence with the public for a new mandate, the result has been reflected in a doubling of its campaign achievement to now $26 million, the expansion of United Way’s resource development work and his personal engagement in a number of important community endeavours including in a lead role with the Council of Partners for “Success by Six”, as “Community Champion” for the Provincial Government’s investment in Early Years Centres, the Board of Directors for Crime Prevention Ottawa, as Co-Chair for the Community Coalition to Save the Ottawa Senators,  and the Council of the Mayor’s Integrated Drug and Addiction Strategy. In addition, he has led the United Way into a number of community leadership roles in areas concerning Internationally Trained Workers, Successful Ageing, Middle Childhood Matters and the Dis-Abilities Coalition. 

Married and a parent of 3 active children, Mr. Allen is active as a volunteer in minor hockey, soccer and the public school system.

Chantal Bernier was appointed Assistant Privacy Commissioner of Canada with primary responsibility for the Privacy Act, the federal public sector privacy law. The appointment is effective December 8, 2008.

Prior to this, Ms Bernier was Assistant Deputy Minister, Community Safety and Partnerships Branch, at Public Safety Canada. Previously, she had served as Assistant Deputy Minister, Socio-Economic Policy and Programs, at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada from 1999 to 2002 and Director of Operations, Machinery of Government Secretariat, at the Privy Council Office from 1998 to 1999.

Ms. Bernier is a lawyer who specializes in public law. She started her career in the federal government in the Department of Justice Canada.

She holds a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Sherbrooke and a Masters in Public International Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Born and raised in Ottawa, Charles Bordeleau began his policing career in 1984 and was sworn in as Chief of the Ottawa Police Service on March 5, 2012.

Chief Bordeleau has served on the boards of numerous community organizations as well as co-chairing the Community Police Action Committee, which has provided him with an excellent understanding and rapport with Ottawa’s diverse communities.  Chief Bordeleau also has well-established, strong relationships with our public safety partners, including key strategic partners at the City of Ottawa. 

He sits on the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) Emergency Management Committee, he is Director for Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police’s (OACP) Zone 2 and he co-chairs the “Operation INTERSECT” Steering Committee – an integrated readiness and response framework designed to mitigate, prevent, respond to, and recover from, emergencies and disasters in the national capital region.  He is also co-chair of the CACP’s International Committee.

Chief Bordeleau is a member of United Way Ottawa’s task force on the Critical Hours initiative which works to develop programs in the community for children and youth in the critical hours outside of school. In 2011, he received the Dean’s Philos Award from the University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of Management. This award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding philanthropic achievement and social commitment.

He is fluently bilingual, holds a Masters in Disaster and Emergency Management from Royal Roads University (in B.C.) and a Bachelor of Administration Degree from the University of Ottawa.  He is co-chair of the Ottawa Police Service COMPAC committee which is a city-wide community-police advisory and coordinating body representing a partnership between police and visible minority and Aboriginal communities in Ottawa. He is an active volunteer in the community and is the current Chair of the Youth Services Bureau Charitable Foundation.  His wife Lynda is a lawyer who specializes in police labour law and they have one daughter.

David Chernushenko was elected in 2010 to serve Capital Ward. He serves on the City of Ottawa’s Transportation Committee and the Environment Committee, as well as the newly formed Board of Health, Crime Prevention Ottawa, and the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority. He was born in 1963 in Calgary, and he has lived, worked or studied on every continent, yet he has called Ottawa home for most of his life. He is fluently bilingual.

David holds a B.A. in Political Studies from Queen’s University and a Master’s in International Relations from Cambridge University. He is a “green building” professional accredited by the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification program. As owner of the consulting firm Green & Gold Inc. starting in 1998, David advised public, private, and non-profit organizations on adopting more sustainable and socially responsible practices.

He served as Vice Chair of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) and was an appointed member from 2006 to 2009.

From 1998 to 2004, David served on the International Olympic Committee’s commission on Sport and the Environment. In 2001, he co-founded Clean Air Champions, a national charity that engages athletes in raising awareness about air pollution, climate change and the benefits of physical activity.

An active and dedicated community volunteer, David has served as a director of the Sustainable Ottawa Energy Co-operative, and as a community ambassador for the Ottawa Sustainability Fund. He is a founding board member of Conservation Co-operative Housing Inc. in Sandy Hill, and a founding supporter of the 1,000 Solar Rooftops campaign. Ottawa’s Social Planning Council honoured him with the Marion Dewar Defender of the Public Good Award in 2010.

David established the Living Lightly Project in 2007 to share the stories and solutions of people working to build a rich future for all on a healthy planet. He has directed and produced two Living Lightly films: Be the Change (2008) and Powerful: Energy for Everyone (2010).

He has written several books on sustainable management practices, including Sustainable Sport Management, Greening Our Games: Running Sports Events & Facilities that Won’t Cost the Earth and Greening Campuses and their Communities.

David lives in Old Ottawa South with his wife and three children. He is an avid cyclist, cross-country skier, hockey player and speed skater. He enjoys photography, live theatre, and singing.

Janet L. Crupi is a Coordinator and professor of Algonquin College's Community & Justice Services Program (formerly the Correctional Worker Program). She is a 1979 graduate of Algonquin"s Developmental Services Worker Program and holds a Bachelors degree in Sociology with a concentration in Criminology from Carleton University where she was awarded a Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement. She worked over 8 years for the Ottawa Children’s Aid Society in a variety of youth programs, before being employed full-time in teaching at Algonquin. As the Coordinator of the Community & Justice Services Program, Janet is responsible for overseeing the placement of students in over 52 local adult and youth justice agencies and services in addition to coordinating part-time faculty and managing program related matters. Janet has also served as a member of the college’s Tragic Response Team for over ten years.

In 1992 Janet was seconded from Algonquin College to the Ministry of Community and Social Services to develop training standards for workers in young offender custody facilities. From 1995 to 1997, she served as Chair for the Correctional Worker Programs of Ontario’s Coordinators’ Subgroup and was a participant in the development of the Correctional Worker Provincial Program Standard. Janet has been the recipient of an Excellence in Teaching Award by the Algonquin College Student’s Association and was nominated in 2000 for an Ontario Premiers Award. In 2004 she was the recipient of a NISOD award in recognition of her commitment to teaching. This is an international teaching award sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin.

Janet has been an active volunteer in the community for over ten years.  From 1996-2000, she established and mentored front-line workers in facilitating a social skills group with an adolescent sex offender population residing in a residential program in Ottawa. She has also been a facilitator for staff training in several youth justice programs including the William Hay Centre and Project DARE.

As well as being a volunteer in the field of youth justice, Janet has been a long-time volunteer with community football.  She has served as the Vice-President of the Bel-Air Lions Football Club since 1995 to present and was awarded the Floyd Bell Award for her volunteerism in 1999. Janet also served two years as the Vice-President of the National Capital Amateur Football Association and received the Volunteer of the Year Award in 2003.

In 1999 Janet was invited to be a member of a Transitions Committee by the Youth Services Bureau. The Committee’s mandate was to provide input for the transition of the William Hay Centre from public to private operation. As an outcome of a recommendation made by this committee, the Ottawa Youth Justice Services Network was developed and Janet has served as the Chair for this group since its inception in 2000.  In 2005 Janet was appointed by Ottawa City Council to serve as a Board member for the newly founded Crime Prevention Ottawa and was also invited to serve on the Mayor’s Integrated Drug Strategy Task Force. She was elected Vice-Chair of Crime Prevention Ottawa and continues in this role.

Most recently, in May 2006, Janet was awarded the Laurent Isabelle Award for recognition of teaching excellence by Algonquin College. In January 2007 she was presented with an Award of Excellence by the Ottawa Youth Justice Services Network in recognition of her dedication, commitment, and long-time service as an acknowledged leader in the field of youth justice and youth crime prevention.

In 2012, Jim Devoe became the Chief Operating Officer for the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP). CAP is the national Aboriginal organization that represents and advocates for the rights and interests of off-reserve status and non-status Indians and Métis Aboriginal peoples living in urban, rural, remote and isolated areas throughout Canada.

Mr. Devoe holds a Master of Business Administration from St. Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He began his career as a social worker in Alberta on a First NationReserve working with Child and Family Services. He also served as the Regional Director of Child Protection for Child and Family Services in Canmore, Alberta. These positions provided him with a breadth of experience in child protection, clinical assessment, case management, community development and mental health crisis programming.

In 2003, he moved to Ottawa to take the position of Program Manager for the Nepean Community Resource Centre where he managed an interdisciplinary team focusing on partnership and community development and outreach.

In 2009, Mr. Devoe assumed the position of Executive Director of Caldwell Family Centre. Under his leadership, the Centre worked to enhance its program and service delivery as well as to improve the physical structure and business operations while building on community and government partnerships.

Mr. Devoe currently sits on the Ottawa Food Bank Board of Directors as well serving as the President of the Board of Mothercraft Ottawa.

After graduating from university, Mr. Gingras began his career as an administrator. In 1980, he became one of the founders of the firm Ginsberg, Gingras et Associés. At the time, this small business had only two employees. Today, under Mr. Gingras guidance, the firm is present in 21 cities in Quebec and Ontario, and has 13 associated trustees and at least 90 employees. As the person in charge of insolvency services, Mr. Gingras is also associated with the accounting firm of Ginzberg, Gluzman & Levitz.

This excellent manager contributes to the development of the Greater Outaouais Region. He is President of the Fondation Franco-Ontarienne, which provides financial assistance to initiatives that promote the French culture in Ontario.

Through his determination and involvement, Mr. Gingras has received several honorary titles and has been or is currently involved in several organizations, including:

   1. Recipient of the Prix Excelor (2006) from the Chambre de Commerce de Gatineau in the "Responsabilité sociale et développement durable” category [social responsibility and sustainable development];
   2. Member of the Board of Directors of Crime Prevention Ottawa (2006)
   3. Member of the Regroupement des gens d'affaires (2006)
       
   4. Nominated as a “Sponsor” (2005) of the  “HEMEROCALLIS” flower in honour of Viola Léger
       
   5. Member of the Board of Directors of Cité Collégiale (2005)
       
   6. Member of the Law Commission of Canada (2005)
   7. Person of the Month in March 2003 of the Chambre de Commerce de Gatineau
   8. Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Medal (2002)
       
   9. Inducted as a Chevalier of the Ordre de la Pléiade (2002)
       
  10. Recipient of the Government of  Canada Medal, International Year of Volunteers (2001)
  11. Honorary Chairman of the wine and cheese sponsored by the Maison Mathieu-Froment-Savoie (2005-2006)
       
  12. President of the 2004 fundraising campaign of Maison Mathieu-Froment-Savoie
       
  13. Member of the fundraising committee (2003) for the Fondation du CHVO
       
  14. Chairperson of the Research Gala for the Ottawa Hospital Group (2001-2002);
       
  15. Member of the Board of Directors of the Ottawa Hospital Foundation (2001).
       
  16. Chairperson of the United Way Outaouais fundraising campaign (2000)
       
  17. Member of the Cercle Canadien de Toronto (1997)
  18. Participant in a trade mission to Benin (1995)  
  19. Member of the Forget Commission on reform of the Unemployment Insurance Act (1986)  
  20. President of the Clinique juridique populaire de Hull (1984-1990)  
  21. President and founding member of the Groupe d"entraide de Hull (1982)

Michael has been intimately involved with crime prevention initiatives in his career. As the Director of Services and Development at the Canadian Association of Independent Living Centresfrom 1995-2006, he was involved in a partnership between the City of Ottawa and disability organizations to explore solutions to family violence issues. He was also involved in program design in the Niagara region to develop coordinated approaches to violence prevention of vulnerable people living in institutional settings.

In 2006, Michael completed a Master’s degree in Leadership and Training which included the development and completion of all aspects of a participatory action research project. His research topic was safety in Ottawa schools for GLBT youth with the Centretown Community Health Centre serving as sponsor.

Michael has worked closely with Crime Prevention Ottawa (CPO) as a volunteer with Together for Vanier which helped to ignite the development of a resident-led steering committee for which he served as Chairperson. He also served three terms as President of the Vanier Community Association once it was formed and worked to ensure its organizational infrastructure was developed. 

Michael believes that CPO serves as important catalyst for change and empowerment of people and communities and has a positive impact on people’s lives.

Steve Kanellakos is the Deputy City Manager for Community and Protective Services for the City of Ottawa. In this role, he is responsible for parks and recreation, libraries, public health, housing, culture and heritage, community funding, employment and financial assistance, long-term care, fire, paramedic, by-law services and the office of emergency management.

Mr. Kanellakos was Acting City Manager from March 2003 to March 2004 and prior to that was the General Manager for Emergency and Protective Services.

Steve served in several senior management positions for the Gloucester Police Service before he was named Director General of Corporate Services with the amalgamated Ottawa-Carleton Regional Police Service (OCRPS) in 1995.

Steve has a Masters of Public Administration from Carleton University.

Ms. MacKinnon has served the Ottawa community for over twenty-five years and currently is the Executive Director of Children's Aid Society of Ottawa. 

Previously she has been the Executive Director of Community Health and Resource Centre and ran two mental health agencies.  During her tenure in Ottawa Barbara has been a leader in community planning and systems design projects.  She has been instrumental in the development of a number of local services.  Her work with multicultural communities has given her first-hand experience responding to the changing demographics of Ottawa. 

Walter is the Associate Director of Education with the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. Along with being responsible for school operations across the city, he is also responsible for portfolios including: Safe Schools, Equity and Inclusion, Urban and High Priority Schools, School as Community Hub and Early Learning.   He is currently a member of the City of Ottawa’s Community Development Framework Roundtable as well as being a member of “Growing Up Great” Partners Council and the Ottawa Leadership Immigrant Partnerships Advisory Group.  He has also served as a member of the City of Ottawa’s Poverty Reduction Committee, Crime Prevention Ottawa’s Gangs Reference Group and its Education Sub-Committee, as well as the Ottawa Youth Justice Network and on the Board of Directors for The Ottawa Boys and Girls Club, and Southeast Ottawa Community and Health.

Throughout his career as a teacher, school principal and now school board leader, Walter has promoted idea that school communities should work collaboratively with social agencies to better meet the needs of underserved youth.  He works tirelessly in establishing community partnerships to better serve students within our community.

Chief Executive Officer of the Ottawa Community Housing Corporation.  From 2003 to 2008 she was employed by United Way/Centraide Ottawa as Vice-President, Resource Development and CEO of the Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign. From 2000 to 2003, she was First Vice-President, Business Development for MBNA Canada Bank. From 1993 to 2000, she worked as Deputy City Manager, Corporate Services with the City of Gloucester. Prior to 1993, Ms. Poirier worked for 15 years in both the private sector and regional government in increasingly senior positions.  Jo-Anne’s community involvement has included, acting as a Special Advisor with the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, Ottawa Chapter.  She served on the Board of Directors for the Regroupement des gens d’affaires de la capitale nationale (RGA). From 1999 to 2003, she served as a senior volunteer on the United Way/Centraide Ottawa Campaign Cabinet. Jo-Anne has been a member of the Champlain Local Health Integration Network Board of Directors since 2005.  She has been reappointed June 2, 2008 for a three-year term.  In 2009, Jo-Anne was appointed to the Crime Prevention Ottawa Board of Directors.

Shad Qadri has been a community leader, friend and successful businessperson in Ward 6 for nearly 20 years. Over that time, he has been instrumental in the preservation of Stittsville’s ‘village’ feel while at the same time encouraging and guiding the many positive changes that the community has experienced. Shad has held many volunteer positions and played a major role in many fundraising efforts and other initiatives in Stittsville.

Over the years Shad has represented the community on local school parent councils including A. Lorne Cassidy Elementary School, Sacred Hearth Catholic High School, Guardian Angels Catholic Elementary School and Holy Spirit Catholic School. From 2000-2003 Shad proudly served as Treasurer and Director of the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre.

Shad attended Carleton University studying Urban Economics and Urban Geography. The Councillor was employed with a major food retailer chain for over twenty years in a variety of increasingly senior positions. During this time, he gained valuable business experience in management and supervisory roles both in the stores and in the head office in Toronto. Since 1989, Shad has successfully operated both franchised and independent small businesses. Until May of 2007 Shad and his wife Theresa owned and operated Showbiz Entertainment and Gifts, which was a community mainstay and effectively the Stittsville ‘village store’ for 14 years. The Councillor was nominated for Business of the Year and Business Person of the Year by the Kanata Chamber of Commerce in 2005 and 2006. He was also nominated for Volunteer of the Year for 2006.

Shad was instrumental in establishing the Rotary Club of Ottawa-Goulbourn in 2004 and he was elected its first President. Shad was also one of the founders of the Stittsville Village Association in 2001 and was elected its first Vice-President, a position he held until 2003 when he became the Association’s President. He remained in that capacity until he took a leave of absence in April 2006 to run for Ward 6 Councillor in the municipal election. His tireless efforts, both before and during his tenure with the Stittsville Village Association, have enabled him to contribute significantly to the community through various events and activities.

Shad has been working with, and for, the community for almost two decades. The Councillor is honoured to be representing residents of Stittsville at City Hall. He has an incredible passion for the community and he knows very well that by working together we will accomplish those things that will continue to make Stittsville a great place within the City of Ottawa.

Mr. Bernard Roy has been the Director of Education of the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE) since April 1, 2010. With 30 years’ experience in teaching and educational administration, Bernard Roy has solid credentials to take on the challenges involved in managing a school board. In 1981, he began moving up in the CECCE, where he has held the positions of teacher, educational consultant, assistant principal and principal of secondary schools. He took over the position of Superintendent of Education in 2005, and in November 2009, he was appointed Executive Superintendent of Education.

Bernard Roy gained further expertise as the Superintendent of Ottawa West elementary and secondary schools. He headed up cases to consolidate communities with very small minority populations. The effects were felt in the region, where he worked closely with this educational community for the Centre scolaire catholique Jeanne-Lajoie, a rapidly growing school facility that serves elementary and secondary students under the same roof.

As Superintendent of Education, Mr. Roy was responsible for many programs designed to support student success, including the development and implementation of the new technological vision for the Board’s secondary schools. This initiative contributed to the overarching goal of helping students discover their passions by taking a different approach to education

Executive Director of Immigrant Women Services Ottawa (IWSO) a community-based agency in Ottawa providing services to women and children of diverse cultural background including those who are victims/survivors of violence.

Lucya has demonstrated outstanding leadership in advancing the issues that affect the lives of immigrant, visible minority and refugee women.   Her focus on violence against women in the wider context of settlement and integration issues, health and education is reflected in her work and her involvement on several boards and committees.

A tireless worker, Lucya currently  serves as President  of LASI/World Skills.  Some of her previous involvement includes  Past Chair of the Ontario Government’s Outstanding Achievement Award for Voluntarism - Selection Committee;  Guest Editorial Board - Canadian Women Studies;   President,  Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa; P resident,  Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants and the National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women of Canada.

Lucya’s work has been recognized by many testimonials and awards including: The Woman of Excellence Award, the Ontario Government Volunteer Service Award, the Phenomenal Woman Award, the Life Time Achievement Award, the OCASI  Award of  Excellence  the United Way Ottawa Community Builder Award, and the Femmy Award.

Irvin Waller is Full Professor of Criminology (since 1982) and Director of the Institute for the Prevention of Crime at the University of Ottawa (www.prevention-crime.ca).  He is a widely sought after public speaker and consults to governments across the world on how to reduce crime and protect victims.

He was the founding executive director of the International Centre for the Prevention of Crime affiliated with the United Nations.  He developed the Safer Cities program with UN Habitat and has participated with the World Health Organisation in the implementation of their Health and Violence report.  He was a key adviser to the group of experts that prepared the UN Guidelines for the Prevention of Crime accepted in 2002.  He has worked on national commissions in Canada, South Africa and the USA.    His achievements for crime prevention across the world have been recognised by Belgium, Canada, England, France and The Netherlands.

Dr. Waller has been President and Secretary General of the World Society of Victimology.  He was on the Board of the International Bureau of Children´s Rights when it spearheaded the adoption of UN Guidelines on Justice for Child Victims and Witnesses in 2005.  He has received awards from the US National Organisation for Victim Assistance (NOVA) for his work leading to the UN adoption of the Declaration on Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power as well as his contributions to victim protection through research.

He served as a senior official in the Ministry of the Solicitor General of Canada in the 1970´s to provide evidence to support the abolition of the death penalty and improve gun control, dangerous offender legislation and prevention of violence against women.

He has published extensively on victim issues, crime prevention and correctional policy in English, French and Spanish with translations in many other languages.  His Ph.D. in criminology as well as his MA in Economics is from the University of Cambridge in England.

Among his most important publications are:

Waller, Irvin, 2006. Less Law, More Order:  The Truth about Reducing Crime. Westport: Praeger. www.lesslawmoreorder.com

Waller, Irvin, 2003. Crime Victims:  Doing Justice to their Support and Protection. Helsinki: HEUNI.

Waller, Irvin, Daniel Sansfaçon, 2000. Investing Wisely in Prevention:  International Experiences. Washington, DC: US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Monograph, Crime Prevention Series #1

Waller, Irvin and N. Okihiro (1978) Burglary: The Victim and the Public.  Toronto:  University of Toronto Press.

Waller, Irvin (1974)/(paperback 1979) Men Released from Prison.  Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Waller, Irvin & J. Chan, "Prison Use: A Canadian and International comparison," Chapter in L. T. Wilkins and D. Glazer, Eds., Correctional Institutions, 2nd. edition, J. B. Lippincott, 1976, p. 41-60.