Counselling and Community Safety,
Family Justice Counselling, and
Adult and Youth Probation

hroughout its history, the JIBC has earned a repu-

tation for being in the forefront of the develop-

ment of interdisciplinary programs that address
social issues and provide practitioners with critical skills
and tools to assist them in their work. It was in that
spirit that Patricia Ross, now the JIBC’s Vice President,
Education and Student Services, was hired by the JIBC
in 1979 as Program Director, Community Programs
to respond to this aspect of the JIBC’s mandate. Ross
came to the JIBC with a Master of Science Degree in
Business Administration, strong experience managing
interdisciplinary teams working in community settings,
and having just organized B.C’s first interdisciplinary
conference on family violence that brought together
representatives from police departments and probation
services with social workers and coordinators of transi-
tion houses.

“In the early years,’ she said, “we tackled emerging issues such as
family violence, sexual abuse, juvenile prostitution, mental health and
post-traumatic stress. We found there was strong demand not only from
police, corrections and courts staff, but also from social workers, teachers,

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