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June/July 1991

Shelley Rivkin recognized
for her commitment to
excellence

Shelley Rivkin has recently
been appointed as a Program Director within Educational Services. She is responsible for the
media centre, the faculty development program, and a portion oflnterdisciplinary Studies
(specifically, justice, family and
agency programs, and programs
related to technical enforcement,
management, residential care and
casino training for non-profits).
Shelley has been a JI staff
member for close to ten years as a
Program Co-ordinator with Interdisciplinary Studies. Initially,
she focused on providing pro-

by Paul Pershick

The Justice Institute will soon
have a Native Education Co-ordinator whose job will include planning and developing programs for
First Nations students in the
areas of justice and public safety.
A grant from the Ministry of Advanced Education, Training and
Technology will go towards the
salary, travel and administrative
costs of hiring Native Education
Co-ordinator. The grant covers
the 91/92 fiscal year only.

by Phil Crosby-Jones and Pat Ross

Members of the Excellence Committee have accepted the challenge
to seek out and profile in this
newsletter those individuals and
groups who, through their work or
special contribution to the JI,
have demonstrated a level of commitment to excellence that deserves our appreciation and
recognition. For our first such
achiever we have chosen Shelley
Rivkin. Pat Ross has prepared
this profile.

Grant received
for Native Justice
Co-ordinator

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grams for the public; then, increasingly, her skills were called
upon to develop new content
areas for interdisciplinary professionals. She has been responsible
for developing two of the certificate programs in high demand
throughout the province: Child
Sexual Abuse Intervention and
Working with Troubled and Troubling Adolescents. She pioneered
the Let's Talk About Touching
child sexual abuse prevention
program for pre-school children,
and the ongoing victim services
training program. She initiated
and managed many high profile
conferences - most recently a
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PEP Academy to
train Emergency
Social Services
volunteers
by Sam Meckbach

The Provincial Emergency Program Academy has signed a contract with the Ministry of Social
Services and Housing to provide
instruction and services to the
Emergency Social Services (ESS)
volunteers in the province. The
initial contract of$71,400 will be
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Fire Academy • Police Academy • Corrections Academy • Finance and Administration • Courts Academy
Educational Services and Interdisciplinary Studies • Paramedic Academy • Provincial Emergency Program Academy

Native Justice ... con'tfrom pg 1
The Justice Institute and the
Ministry of Advanced Education
have agreed to the following criteria: A First Nation's Advisory
Committee will be struck to provide regular advice regarding programs and services for First
Nations students; the Justice Institute will provide an annual report describing the activities
accomplished through the grant.
In consultation with all academy program directors, the Native Education Co-ordinator will
plan and develop programs and liaise with the First Nations Education A~visory Committee, Native
post-secondary institutions,
school districts and government
personnel, bands, tribal councils,
other post-secondary institutions,
and community organizations.
The co-ordinator will also be responsible for recruiting and training volunteers and facilitating
professional development activities.
It is hoped that the Native Education Co-ordinator can start his
or her duties at the Justice Institute in September. The successful
candidate will report to Paul Pershick, Chairperson, Program Directors Committee and Flora
MacLeod, Program Director, Educational Services and Interdisciplinary Studies.
Paul Pershick is a Program Director in Corrections Academy.
He chairs the Program Directors
Committee. 0

The JI News

is taking a break
for the rest of
the summer.
We'll be back in
September.
Deadline for the
next issue is
September 20.

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Tony Burrell retires from
Corrections Academy
On June 30, 1991, Tony
Burrell officially retired from
his duties as an Instructor in
the Corrections Academy.
Tony came to the Justice Institute in September 1978
after almost 18 years with
Corrections Branch. He
joined the Branch in February 1960 as an auxiliary security officer and served in a
variety of positions, including
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Correctional Centre, before
Tony Burrell (centre) with Corrections Academy
moving to the JI.
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Tony will continue to moniscribed him as being capable and
tor the self-defence module in the
calm, fair and firm, high on integCorrectional Officer recruit
rity and commitment, cheerful, a
course until December 1991.
natural leader, versatile and
When he is not presenting workimaginative. He has been an inshops he plans to ride his horse
spiration to many students and
and build a log house on his 165
has been a valuable, dependable
acre property near 108 Mile
and respected colleague in CorrecHouse.
tions Academy and throughout
Tony's career spanned over 30
the Justice Institute. 0
years. Evaluations of his work de-

Shelley Rivkin... con'tfrom pg 1
national conference on the use of
videotaped evidence in child sexual abuse cases; a conference on
AIDS co-sponsored with the
·
World Health Organization; and,
this past month, a conference on
abuse of the elderly and a series
on gang violence co-sponsored
with the Police Academy.
Over the years, Shelley has
tackled many of the tough social
issues which affect those of us
who work in the justice system including family violence, pornography, addictions, and crime
prevention. She has been on the
leading edge in identifying new social problems and extending the
boundaries and vi~ion of those of
us who work in the justice and
public safety field. Her contacts
with community groups and organizations have helped build the
JI's credibility as an organization
which is committed to working in
partnership with others. Each

year, she generates hundreds of
thousands of dollars through contracts with organizations for specific training related projects and
services. Recent examples include a major contract with the
Ministry of Health, Mental
Health Division, for 183 days of
training and consultation, and a
·contract with Health and Welfare
Canada to carry out a program
evaluation of the Let's Talk About
Touching program.
Shelley is innovative, creative,
and dynamic. She represents "excellence" in her commitment to
quality programs and services.
We salute her... and wish her
every success with her new position.
Phil Crosby-Jones, Director of
the Police Academy, Chairs the
Excellence Committee; Pat Ross
is Dean of Educational Services
and Interdisciplinary Studies. 0
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•••SPOTLIGHT•••
On Staff ...
Changes
Gerald van Stolk has completed his term as an instructor
in the Corrections Academy. He
will be working as a probation officer at the Surrey Probation Office.
The latest addition to the Corrections Academy faculty is Paul
De Roche, who began his duties
as an instructor, institutional programs, on June 17. He will serve
a three year term in the position.
Paul most recently worked at the
Holly Youth Open Custody Centre in Burnaby. Prior to that he
worked at the Vancouver PreTrial Services Centre and at the
Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre. Paul has a
bachelor's degree in recreation
and previously worked as a recre-

ation programmer and recreation
therapist in Ontario. He maintains an active interest in a variety of sports and will be a
primary instrµctor in the area of
self defence and fitness.
Because of health problems, library audiovisual booking clerk
Lydia Stewart will not be returning to work at the JI. She has
sent word that she enjoyed working with JI instructors and students and will miss her contact
with them. Lydia plans to continue with her creative writing.

Recognition
This time, the recognition is
not for an individual, but for the
Justice Institute. Derek White
was recently invited to the opening of the Office of the Public
Trustee where he mingled with
some influential guests, including

Chief Corner Vince Cain and Attorney General Russ Fraser.
Derek came away feeling proud to
be a member of the JI. "Many
people read my name tag and
stopped me to compliment the
quality of programs offered by the
JI," he said. "You know, most of
us at some time or other consider
what life would be like working
elsewhere. But when you get the
type of feedback I got that evening, it makes you feel good about
working at the JI." Derek was invited to the opening because of
his involvement in the government's Service Quality program.

Announcements
Angela Yannacopoulos, former audiovisual booking clerk in
the library, is the mother of an 8
pound, 5 ounce baby boy. Anthony Paul was born on June 5. 0

Conflict Resolution Certificate Program
graduation
by Nancy McPhee

graduates,
their families and
friends, and
staff and
trainers
withthe
i program.
f
The eve~
ninginz cluded a
demonstration mediaLeft to right: Sherry Newbold, Jagat Singh Parihar, David Lecomte
tion role
and Micliael Fogel at the Conflict Resolution graduation ceremony.·
play by students from
The day (miraculously) dawned
the Peer Mediation Program at
bright and sunny for the 5th AnFrank Hirt Secondary School in
nual Conflict Resolution CertifiSurrey. The Peer Mediation Procate Program graduation
gram has been very successful at
ceremonies. Held at the Justice
the school and the four students
Institute on the evening of June
did an excellent demonstration.
26, the event was attended by
Our thanks to mediators Traci

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Salinger, Angie Dyck and disputants Gennie Wiens and Frank
Pederson of the Frank Hirt Program.
The 1991 graduates are: Keith
Barker, Janice Bateman, Donna
Bond-Christianson, Alan
Bramley, Mykie Brown, Sandy
Dunlop, Rick Ellis, David Eyles,
Linda Fraser, Kelly Grittner,
Gary Harper, John Harper,
David Lecomte, Donna Macinnis,
Laura Matsuda, Charles
McLaughlin; Barbara
McWilliams, Trudy Merritt,
Eli Mina, Carol Myers, Sherry
Newbold, Thomas Northcott,
J agat M. Singh Parihar, Attn
Rose, Pamela Smith, Rachel
Treloar and Jane Whyte.
Nancy McPhee is a Program
Planner with Interdisciplinary
Studies. 0
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Police Academy tribal police officer
graduation
by Phil Crosby-Jones and Bob Hull

On June 8, Deputy Director Bob
Hull, Sgt. Warne Lynd and Cpl.
Steve Watt of the Police Academy
sat down in a church hall on the
Westbank Reserve to a meal of
venison stew and bannock. They
were there to mark the graduation of the first recruit class of
the First Nations Tribal Justice
Institute. Earlier, a hunting
party consisting of graduates had
'bagged' several suitable venison
for the festive pot..
Graduation ceremonies lasted
for two days and included traditional drumming, dancing and
singing as well as an Indian stick
game. The formal presentation of
badges marked the successful
completion of eight months of
basic recruit training, much of
which was provided under contract by the Police Academy. Bob
Hull was co-opted as Master of
Ceremonies and guest speaker at
the final banquet.
Recruits have now gone on to a
ten-week field practicum with

An eagle feather ceremony at theJlraduation of the first recruit class of the
First Nations Tribal Justice Institute.

both RCMP detachments and municipal police, and will eventually
return to their own bands to take
up policing duties.

Phil Crosby-Jones is Director
and Bob Hull is Deputy Director
of the Police Academy. 0

Constable Lizette Peters (left) presents a gift to Jim Maloney, Director of the First
Nations Tribal Justice Institute, on behalf of the recruit class. Police Academy
Deputy Director Bob Hull is in the background (right).

Extension
Programs
changes its
name
Over the past months, Extension Programs staff have identified a need to change the title
of their unit and have been exploring alternatives. The new
name selected is Interdisciplinary Studies.
As part of implementing the
name change, the Divisional
title will be expanded to Educational Services and Interdisciplinary Studies. 0
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Changes in
Educational
Services
by Pat Ross

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The Honourable Bruce Strachan, Minister of Health, addressing
the luncheon session of the Abuse of the Elderly conference held
at the Justice Institute on June 6. The purpose of the conference
was to develop an appropriate response to the abuse of the
elderly. Over 120 people attended from the criminal justice, law
enforcement and human services fields. Funding for the
conference was provided by the Ministry of Solicitor General,
Crime Prevention Programs, and Ministry of Health.

Law enforcement torch
run raises $110,000
by Phil Crosby-Jones

Co-ordinated through the Justice
Institute, this year's Law Enforcement Torch Run for BC Special
Olympics spanned the entire province - from Kimberly to Prince
Rupert, and from Campbell River
to Sicamous. The run came to a
triumphal conclusion on July 4 at
BC Place Stadium when a group
of runners, consisting primarily of
recruits from the Police Academy,
carried the torch onto centre field
and passed it to a Special Olympics athlete.
The final ceremony took place
before a crowd of several thousand spectators on hand for the
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BC Lions' first home game of the
season. Torch Run co-chairs Assistant Commissioner Frank
Palmer, RCMP, and Deputy Chief
Hank Starek, Vancouver Police
Department, presented a
$110,000 cheque to JI Board
Chair Bob Stewart, who was wearing his hat as BC Special Olympics board member. The cheque
for $110,000 represents an estimate of donations to date.
JI staff are invited to contribute to this worthy organization by
purchasing lapel pins and Tshirts from Robyn Towle at the
Police Academy. D

With Paul Dampier's resignation
as Program Director, Instructional
Services, we took the opportunity
to examine our existing divisional
structure and reorganize responsibilities at the Program Director
level. Once the Program
Directors' positions had been redefined, the vacant position was advertised and Shelley Rivkin,
previously a co-ordinator with Extension Programs, was the successful candidate.
Under the new structure, Flora
MacLeod is responsible for a portion of Extension Programs (specifically conflict resolution, academy
co-sponsored courses for PEP and
Fire, plus the new native education initiative funded by the Ministry of Advanced Education). As
well, she has responsibility for the
registration office, library and program services. Shelley Rivkin will
supervise programs related to justice, family and agency courses,
technical enforcement, management, and casino volunteer training. In addition, she has
responsibility for the media centre
and the Institute's faculty development program.
Pat Ross is Dean of Educational
Services and Interdisciplinary
Studies. D

The Justice Institute
of B.C.
is dedicated to
improving the quality of
justice and public
safety by developing
and delivering training
programs and offering
educational services
to professionals
and the public.

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JI barbecue heats up
Getting
your cake ••• June cold wave
and eating
it too!

by Kathryn Reid

by Sam Meckbach

Bernie Astles provides white
glove service to Sally McMurray,
co-chair of the 1992 United Way
committee for the JI. During last
year's United Way auction Bernie
provided white linen continental
breakfasts as his contribution to
the auction fundraiser. The highest bidder for this service was
Sam Meckbach, co-chair for this
year's campaign. Sam organized
Bernie's service to open this
year's activities and to welcome
the 1992 team.
In addition to the co-chairs, the
1992 representatives are: Paula
Connolly, Debbie Watts, Tim Lancaster, Barbara Hunter, Pat Abercrombie and Christine Babec.
They ask you to mark your calendars for Thursday, October 17, for
a Pub Night (co-hosted by the Social Committee) and the United
Way auction which will be open to
all students, staff and guests.
This is where we can all put fun
into fundraising. 0
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Despite the less than optimum
weather, optimistic and exuberant JI Social Committee members
hosted a barbecue June 14. The
event was hot enough to light up
the cloudiest of days. Part of the
fuel for the festive fire was supplied by Will Mah's suicide
chicken wings. Will's skill with a
bottle of tabasco and a pair of
tongs made those wings take
flight to become the most popular
item at the event. (Next to the "refreshments" of course.)
Up to 70 patrons at the barbecue enjoyed a safe evening thanks
to the "enforcer" security team of
Kathryn Reid and Robin Towle.
They were obtrusive and effective.
Madame Olga (a.k.a. Pat Abercrombie), world renowned for her
amazing psychic prowess, kept
spirits alive (in more ways than
one) with her private readings
under the sacred cloth of the sky.
At times, the entrance to the
cloth was lined five deep - which
lends truth to the saying "there is
money in the future." (Madame
Olga's future we presume.)
Bob Walker, the man with the

biggest boom box this side of Harlem, supplied the music for our
listening, carousing, dancing and
lipsyncing pleasure; Klutzy the
Clown made a big impression on
the children with his balloon animals and even managed to oblige
some adults with anatomically
correct balloon persons; and
Ernie Gaudet was terrific as the
event paramedic, making sure no
one burned themselves on those
dangerously hot barbecues.
John Laverock gave an eloquent send-off to Tony Burrell,
who is retiring from full-time service with the Corrections Academy (see story page 2).
Thanks to all who participated
in making the summer '91 barbecue a success. Stay tuned to your
social rep for information on upcoming events and remember to
keep your ears open for the next
chance to make a 50/50 donation.
Have a great summer!
Kathryn Reid is Travel Accounts Clerk, Paramedic Academy, and an enthusiastic member
of the Social Committee. 0
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Madame Olga (a.k.a. Pat Abercrombie) and
Kathryn Reid at the JI Barbeque.

Paul Dampier, former Program
Director, Extension Programs, at
one of his farewell parties. Paul is
now the Registrar and Director of
Educational Support ServicN at
Northern Lights College in
Dawson Creek.

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• • • NOTES & NOTICES • • •
Police Academy secondee
returns
While it is customary to second
operational personnel to the Justice Institute, it is unusual for the
reverse process to occur. Two
years ago, however, Program Developer Ingrid Pipke was sec-

onded from the Police Academy to
work for the federal government
in Ottawa. She spent the first
year with the federal Solicitor
General's ministry helping to
design and develop a series of
training programs for federal law
enforcement personnel; she spent
the second year with the Public

Service Commission.
Ingrid will return to the JI
on August 7, where her considerable talents will be put to good
use. For those who have not met
Ingrid, she is a marathon runner
and also has the distinction of
being the person who sewed together the first JI flag. 0

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Emergency Social Services volunteers... con'tfrom pg 1
used to hire an ESS instructor, administer the function, and deliver
courses for Emergency Social Services directors and the component
parts of reception centres: emergency lodging, feeding, clothing
and removal services. The successful applicant for the instruction position will design courses,
develop manuals and support material, and instruct at the JI as
well as in communities throughout BC.
In the past, the training has
been provided by several individual contracts. With this new contract, the PEP Academy can
provide continuity and standards
in training for registered volunteers. Approximately 2500 ESS
volunteers are registered within
PEP's 8000 volunteers. Most vol-

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unteers are registered within
their own communities and are
the unsung heros who work in the
background to ensure that social
services are provided during an
emergency. Most recently, the
volunteers responded to the
mudslides at Squamish and during the recent floods in Sayward
on Vancouver Island.
As part of the contract, the
PEP Academy will also assist in
the administration of federal
vacancies for Emergency Social
Services and Health and
Welfare courses conducted in
Arnprior, Ontario at the Canadian Emergency preparedness
College.

Sam Meckbach is Director of
PEP Academy. O

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