The Stop the Violence Coalition is open to researchers, academics, policy-makers, and professionals in the legal and medical/public health fields. Members help in report generation, media outreach, and other supporting roles.
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NOTE: Coalition members are members of their own personal accord and on their own time. The views of the coalition and its members do not necessarily reflect those of their affiliate organization.
Coalition listing
Coalition listing
John Anderson, PhD
Former Correctional Officer, Nanaimo
Chair, Criminology Dept., Vancouver Island University
Vice President, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (Canada)
Werner Antweiler, PhD
Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia
Terri Betts, BScPharm, ACPR
Clinical Coordinator, Pharmacy, Lions Gate Hospital
Graeme Bowbrick, Q.C.
Attorney General of BC (2000-2001)
Neil Boyd, LLM
Professor & Associate Director, School of Criminology, SFU
David Bratzer
Police Officer
Board of Directors, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
Perry Bulwer
Retired Lawyer
Jane Buxton, MBBS, MRCGP, MHSc, FRCPC
Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health, UBC
Vince Cain
Retired RCMP Chief Superintendent
Former BC Chief Coroner
Larry Campbell
Senator, Canadian Senate
Former Mayor of Vancouver
John Carsley, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Medical Health Officer, Member of Health Officers’ Council of BC
Neil Chantler
Barrister & Solicitor, A. Cameron Ward & Co.
Jesse Coleman
Wits Reproductive Health & HIV Institute
John Conroy, QC
Barrister & Solicitor, Conroy & Co.
President, NORML Canada
Lawrence Cook, MD
Family Physician
Roger Cumming, MD
Retired surgeon
Yvon Dandurand
Criminologist, University of the Fraser Valley
Donna Deneumoustier
Transition house worker
Ujjal Dosanjh P.C. Q.C.
33rd Premier of BC and Attorney General (1995 – 2000)
Elizabeth Eakin
Health Care Worker, UBC Hospital
Caroline Ferris, MD, CCFP, FCFP
Physician, Creekside Withdrawal Management Centre
Clinical Instructor, Dept. of Family Practice, UBC
Christian Fibiger, PhD
Professor Emeritus, UBC
Benedikt Fischer, PhD
Professor & CIHR/PHAC Applied Public Health Chair, Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU
Director, Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction
Tom Foster
Social Worker / Therapist
Colin Gabelmann
Attorney General of BC (1991–1995)
Gwyllyn Goddard, MD
Physician
Jennifer Godwin-Ellis, BAH, LLB
Lawyer
Isabel Grant
Retired Principal
Mark Haden, MSW
Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing, UBC
Michael Harcourt
Former Mayor of Vancouver
Former Premier of British Columbia
Paul Hasselback, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Medical Health Officer, Member of Health Officers’ Council of BC
Clinical Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health, UBC
Debra Hay
Support Worker, WISH Drop-In Centre Society
Kash Heed
Member of the Legislative Assembly of B.C.
Jacob Hunter
Policy Director, Beyond Prohibition Foundation
Robert Jackson
Criminologist
David Kennedy, MD, FCCFP
Retired Physician
Thomas Kerr, PhD
Director, Urban Health Research Initiative, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, UBC
Douglas C. King, LLB
Lawyer, Pivot Legal Society
Bob Kronbauer
Publisher
Donna Kurtz
Professor, UBC Okanagan
Ross Lander
Retired Justice, BC Supreme Court
Josée Lavoie, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences, UNBC
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Research Affiliate, Manitoba First Nations Centre for Aboriginal Health Research
James Leslie
Retired Border Service Officer, Canadian Border Services Agency
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
Trevor Loke
Vancouver Parks Board Commissioner
Randie Long
Former Federal Prosecutor (Nanaimo)
Randy MacInnis
Retired RCMP
Donald MacPherson
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, SFU
Director, Canadian Drug Policy Coalition
Jolayne Marsh
Mental Health Worker, Living Room Drop-In
Richard Mathias, MHSc, MD, FRCPC
Professor and Public Health Program Head, School of Population and Public Health, UBC
Philip McCormack, MD
Retired physician
Walter McKay
Former Police Officer
Consultant, WM Consulting
Director of International Affairs and Founder, Asociación Mexicana de Reducción de Riesgos y Daños
Ian Mitchell, MD
Emergency Physician, Royal Inland Hospital
Julio Montaner, MD, FRCPC, FCCP, FACP, FRSC
Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Immediate Past President, International AIDS Society
Alice Newman
Mount Sinai, Princess Margaret Hospital
Bohdan Noysk, PhD
Health Economist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes, PhD
Assistant Professor, School of Population and Public Health, UBC
Research Scientist, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Services
Philip Owen
Former Mayor of Vancouver
Katrina Pacey, LLB
Partner, Ethos Law
Litigation Director, Pivot Legal Society
Heather Peters, MSW
Associate Professor, Social Work, UNBC
Geoff Plant Q.C.
Attorney General of BC (2001-2005)
George Plawski
Retired Pilot
Randy Puder
Systems Integration
Seascape Multi-Media
Dan Reist
Assistant Director, Knowledge Exchange, Centre for Addictions Research BC
Judith Renaud
Executive Director, Educators for Sensible Drug Policy
School Administrator (retired)
Chris Richardson, PhD
Assistant Professor & Michael Smith Foundation Scholar, School of Population and Public Health, UBC
Research Scientist, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Services
Ted Riecken
Professor, Department of Education, University of Victoria
Jean Shoveller, PhD
Professor & CIHR/PHAC Applied Public Health Chair, School of Population & Public Health, UBC
Senior Scholar, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
Christine Singh, MD
Vancouver Coastal Health harbourair
Sam Sullivan
Former Mayor of Vancouver
Timothy Temple, MBBS, CCFP, FRSA
Physician, Dept. of Family Practice, UBC
Kirk Tousaw, JD, LLM
Barrister, Law Office of Kirk Tousaw
Executive Director, Beyond Prohibition
Ian Tully-Barr
Crown Counsel, Attorney General of BC
Russell Uhler
Professor Emeritus, Economics, UBC
Franklin White, MD, CM, MSc, FRCPC, FFPH
President, Pacific Health & Development Sciences Inc.
Ken Wilson
Zoologist/Ecologist (retired)
Evan Wood, MD, PhD, ABIM, FRCPC
Director, Urban Health Research Initiative, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Professor, Dept. of Medicine, UBC
Cornelia Zeisser, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Addictions Research BC