Speakers

Elizabeth E. Marshall (BETH) is currently a Canadian Senator, having previously spent 30 years with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Since 1979, Beth has occupied a number of positions in provincial public service including Deputy Minister of Transportation and Works, Deputy Minister of Social Services, as well as a number of positions in the Department of Finance. She was appointed Auditor General of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1992 and served in that position until 2002. In 2003 she was elected MHA for the district of Topsail and was re-elected in 2007. She served as Minister of Health and Community Services from 2003-2004. She was appointed to the Canadian Senate in January 2010. Beth graduated from Memorial University with a Bachelor of Science degree and qualified as a CA in 1978 and was admitted to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1979. In April, 2011, Beth received her FCA designation, which is the highest honor one can receive as a Chartered Accountant.

Beth is married to Stan Marshall and they reside in the Town of Paradise.

Born in Newfoundland and Labrador, General Rick Hillier joined the Canadian Forces as soon as he could. Having enrolled in the Canadian Forces in 1973 through the Regular Officer Training Plan program, he graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. After completing his armour officer classification training, he joined his first regiment, the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's) in Petawawa, Ontario. Subsequently, he served with, and later commanded, the Royal Canadian Dragoons in Canada and Germany.

Throughout his career, General Hillier has had the privilege and pleasure of commanding troops from the platoon to multi-national formation level within Canada, Europe, Asia and the United States. He has worked as a staff officer in several headquarters, first at the Army level in Montreal and later at the strategic level in Ottawa.

In 1998 General Hillier was appointed as the first Canadian Deputy Commanding General of III Corps, US Army in Fort Hood, Texas. In 2000 he took command of NATO's Stabilization Force's (SFOR) Multinational Division (Southwest) in Bosnia-Herzegovina.

In May 2003 General Hillier was appointed as Commander of the Army and subsequently, in October 2003, he was selected as the Commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan.

General Hillier was promoted to his present rank and assumed duties as the Chief of the Defence Staff on 4 February 2005.

General Hillier and his wife have two sons, a daughter-in-law, and a new grandson. General Hillier enjoys most recreational pursuits but, in particular, runs slowly, plays hockey poorly and golf’s not well at all.

He retired from the Canadian Forces in July 2008.

Biographical Sketch: Roméo Dallaire is a Canadian Senator and retired Canadian Army Lieutenant-General. A devoted humanitarian, Lieutenant General (LGen) Dallaire is President of the Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire Foundation; founder of the Child Soldiers Initiative, a project aimed at eradicating the use of child soldiers; an outspoken advocate for Human Rights, particularly War-Affected Children, Women, the Canadian First Nations, and Military Veterans; a respected champion of Genocide Prevention initiatives, the Responsibility to Protect doctrine, and Nuclear Non-Proliferation, as well as a best-selling author.

A former Fellow of the Carr Centre for Human Right Policy, the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, he was named, in September 2006, The Senior Fellow of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies at Concordia University and co-directed its Will to Intervene project. He is a co-author of Mobilizing the Will to Intervene: Leadership to Prevent Mass Atrocities (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2011), the book that resulted from that project, and continues in his role as MIGS Senior Fellow.

Most notably, LGen Dallaire was appointed Force Commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda (UNAMIR) prior to and during the 1994 genocide. LGen Dallaire provided the United Nations with information about the planned massacre, which ultimately took more than 800,000 lives in less than 100 days yet permission to intervene was denied and the UN withdrew its peacekeeping forces. LGen Dallaire, along with a small contingent of Ghanaian soldiers and military observers, disobeyed the command to withdraw and remained in Rwanda to fulfill their ethical obligation to protect those who sought refuge with the UN forces.

His courage and leadership during this mission earned him the Meritorious Service Cross, the United States Legion of Merit, the Aegis Award on Genocide Prevention, and the affection and admiration of people around the globe. His defiant dedication to humanity during that mission is well-documented (e.g. The Last Just Man, Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire, The Lion, The Fox, and The Eagle), as are the personal consequences he continues to suffer and his subsequent commitment to fellow victims of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Upon being medically released from the Canadian Army in 2000, LGen Dallaire has served on the UN Advisory Committee on Genocide Prevention, as Special Advisor to the Minister of Veterans Affairs Canada, as Advisor to the Minister of National Defense, and as Special Advisor to the Minister responsible for the Canadian International Development Agency on matters relating to War Affected Children.

LGen Dallaire was born in Denekamp, Holland, on 25 June 1946, to Canadian Army Sergeant Roméo Louis Dallaire and Catherine Johanna Dallaire. He was raised and educated in Canada, joining le Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean in 1964 (later assuming command of this institution as Brigadier-General in 1989), and graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree from the Royal Military College in 1969. He also attended the Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College, the United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College in Virginia, and the United Kingdom Higher Command & Staff Course. LGen Dallaire holds honorary doctorates and fellowships from over two dozen universities in Canada and the United States.

LGen Dallaire is an Officer of the Order of Canada, a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec, and a Commander of the Order of Military Merit. He is the recipient of the United Nations Association of Canada’s Pearson Peace Medal, the Arthur Kroeger College Award for Ethics in Public Affairs from Carleton University, the Laureate of Excellence from the Manitoba Health Sciences Centre, and the Harvard University Humanist Award.

He is author of two best-selling books. His harrowing experiences in Rwanda are detailed in Shake Hands with the Devil – the Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, which won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction in 2004 and the “Shaughnessy Cohen Prize” for political writing awarded by the Writers' Trust of Canada. It provided the basis for an Emmy Award-winning documentary as well as a major motion picture of the same name; it has also been entered into evidence in war crimes tribunals trying the perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide. LGen Dallaire’s most recent book, They Fight Like Soldiers; They Die Like Children – the Global Quest to Eradicate the Use of Child Soldiers, introduces the Child Soldier phenomenon and solutions to eradicate it: a mission to which LGen Dallaire has committed the rest of his life.

Andy joined the Metropolitan Police in July 1975, serving the majority of his 30 years as a detective in the Criminal Investigation Department at Scotland Yard. When promoted to chief police officer in ACPO, he held the portfolios for all homicide investigations in London, the drugs directorate, prevention of serious crime and the New Scotland Yard Crime Academy. On the national / international platform, he was the vice-chairman of the ACPO National Homicide Working Group and held the ACPO portfolios for Honour Based Violence, Family Liaison and Europol.

He has held both investigative and strategic responsibilities for many complicated and high profile investigations. He worked as an intelligence officer, was a manager on the Bexley project for child sexual abuse (the forerunner of the national child protection team programme) and he also designed the first rape crisis centre in London and the Home Counties. He was the team leader on the SID project; designing intelligence led policing in the MPS – the first such proactive intelligence system combining community intelligence and support with covert methodologies in the world. He is a trained Hostage Negotiator.

In January 2006, Andy joined the Serious Organised Crime Agency, UK. He held the position of Deputy Director, Intelligence Directorate Surveillance for the first three years. From 1st April 2009, he became the DD in the Intervention Headquarters department where he retained responsibilities for strategic partnerships with the HQ functions. From April 2011, he was appointed head of the newly formed Prevention department; this included working with both the private and public sectors tackling matters of Fraud, OIC, drugs and Cyber Crime. He also led for the UK on tackling Intellectual Property Crime. From October 2011 he was transferred as the Deputy CEO and Chief Operating Officer for CEOP, the UK’s national agency tackling child (sexual) exploitation.

He has an honours degree in Laws, a diploma in Applied Criminal Psychology (Cambridge) and is an Associate of Kings College London. In 1994 he graduated from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, USA.

In the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2005, Andy was awarded a Queen’s Police Medal for services to policing.

Dr. Gilmartin is a behavioral sciences and management consultant specializing in the law enforcement and public safety areas. He formerly spent twenty years in law enforcement in Tucson, Arizona. During his tenure, he supervised the Behavioral Sciences Unit and the Hostage Negotiations Team. He is a former recipient of the IACP-Parade Magazine National Police Officer Service Award for contributions during hostage negotiations. He presently maintains a consulting relationship with law enforcement agencies nationally in the U.S. and in Canada. He holds adjunct faculty positions with The University of Massachusetts Police Leadership Institute, and The Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas at Sam Houston State University. He is a guest instructor at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia and a faculty member of the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Institute (LEEDS, EDI and the National Executive Development Institute). He is retained by several Federal law enforcement agency critical incident response teams. He is a charter member of the IACP: Psychological Services Section and former vice-president of the Society of Police and Criminal Psychology. He holds a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Arizona. In addition to being the author of the book Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement, he is the author of numerous articles published by the Dept. of Justice, the IACP, and the FBI. He is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and resides in Portland, Oregon and Tucson, Arizona.

Anne Marie Hagan is a motivational speaker who tells an amazing true story that inspires hope, and invigorates the human spirit.

Born and raised in Kingman’s Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, at the age of nineteen Anne Marie saw her father being murdered with an axe. Years later she met with her father’s killer and forgave him. Since then, she has been a strong advocate of restorative justice.

She travels extensively sharing her journey, wanting to make a difference in the lives of others. She has been showcased by numerous media outlets across Canada. Anne Marie was also profiled in the award-winning television documentary, Forgiveness: Stories For Our Time.

Anne Marie’s work has been recognized internationally. Her story is part of The Forgiveness Project; a UK-based charitable organization whose vision it is to build a better future by healing the wounds of the past.

Anne Marie’s book, Forgiven: Embracing the Man Who Murdered My Father is scheduled for release in 2012.

Anne Marie now resides in the community of Aquaforte, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Will O’Reilly retired from the Metropolitan Police in 2009 after 32 years service. A career detective postings including the Regional Crime Squad, Anti-Terrorist Branch, Serious Crime Squad Task Force as well as various London borough’s. Rising to the rank of Detective Chief Inspector he was one of Scotland Yard’s most experienced senior investigating officers responsible for investigating murders and other serious crimes. These included some of London’s most high profile murders, such as the infamous ‘Adam’ torso in the Thames enquiry; the murder of a young child whose dismembered body was found floating in the river Thames. This investigation led to groundbreaking forensic and investigative enquiries in Nigeria, Germany, Holland, USA, Ireland and South Africa. He is now recognised as a principle global authority on ritual and sacrificial murders. He has also lectured on murder investigation generally and forensic developments in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and various African and European countries.

On leaving the Metropolitan Police Will created and secured UK government funding for a project into human provenance techniques to trace the origins and recent movement of individuals. Managing the project he used groundbreaking forensic disciplines personally pioneered in a successful policing career to detect fraud in the asylum system, protect the UK’s borders and to safeguard vulnerable children at risk of abuse. Working particularly in Africa he has constructed isotopic and ancestral DNA databases for the forensic use of law enforcement agencies worldwide.

More recently he has worked for a large tobacco manufacturer scoping the prevalence of illicit and smuggled tobacco in the UK and their links to organised crime. This criminal trade is costing the UK government £2.2 billion every year in lost revenue.

MP Joy Smith holds a Bachelor's Degree (B.Ed.) and a Master's Degree (M.Ed.) in education and was a teacher for 23 years devoted to educating high school students in mathematics and science.

Mrs. Smith is also a best-selling author and a recipient of the Hedley Award for Excellence in Research. She was nominated as Manitoba's Woman Entrepreneur of the Year. She is also a wife and mother of six children.

Before becoming Member of Parliament for Kildonan - St. Paul, Mrs. Smith was the Member of the Manitoba Legislature (MLA) for Fort Garry and served as critic for Justice, Education, and Intergovernmental (Urban) Affairs. She also led the Manitoba Task Force for Building Sustainable Communities.

PARLIAMENT HILL

Mrs. Smith was first elected to the House of Commons in 2004 and was re-elected in 2006 and 2008. In November 2007, Mrs. Smith was appointed Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health and was reappointed in 2008. The health of Canadians is of utmost concern to Mrs. Smith and as the Chair of the Health Committee she is diligently working to ensure Canadian health issues are effectively addressed.

HUMAN TRAFFICKING EFFORTS

Mrs. Smith has been recognized as one of Canada's leading anti-trafficking activists. Since being elected, Mrs. Smith has led the discussion on human trafficking at a national level which has resulted important changes in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Her continued efforts to raise the issue of human trafficking on the Status of Women Committee resulted in an intensive study of the issue by the committee and the release of highly regarded report on human trafficking in 2007 called Turning Outrage Into Action.

One of her major achievements was the unanimous passing by the House of Commons in 2007 of her Private Members Motion M-153 on human trafficking which called on Parliament to condemn the trafficking of women and children across international borders for the purposes of sexual exploitation and to immediately adopt a comprehensive strategy to combat the trafficking of persons worldwide. Over the past few years, Mrs. Smith has worked with federal Ministers on key legislation to further combat human trafficking and protect its victims.

Mrs. Smith has also been acknowledged for securing federal funding to fight the trafficking of aboriginal women and children from First Nations communities from across Canada.

In September 2010, Mrs. Smith released a proposal for a National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking called Connecting the Dots. This proposal has been strongly endorsed by law enforcement, agencies and victims groups across Canada and adopted by the Conservative election platform in the recent election.

CHILD TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION

In 2009, Mrs. Smith introduced Bill C-268, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (minimum sentence for offences involving trafficking of persons under the age of eighteen years). This Bill amended Section 279.01 of Canada’s Criminal Code to create a new offence for child trafficking with a five year mandatory penalty.

Bill C-268 has received broad support from stakeholders in the fight against human trafficking including law enforcement, victims’ services, First Nations representatives, and religious and secular non-governmental organizations.

Mrs. Smith has worked with her colleagues across party lines to gain support for this important legislation. On September 30, 2009, Bill C-268 received near unanimous support from Conservative, Liberal and NDP parties and was passed by the House of Commons in spite of opposition by the Bloc Quebecois.

On June 29, 2010, Bill C-268 was granted Royal Assent and became law. The successful passage of a Private Members Bill is rare and it is only the 15th time in the history of the Canada that a Private Members Bill amended the Criminal Code.

NEW LEGISLATION - BILL C-310

On October 3, 2011, MP Joy Smith introduced Bill C-310, An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (trafficking in persons). Bill C-310 will amend the Criminal Code of Canada to make two important changes regarding human trafficking. First, Bill C-310 will amend the Criminal Code to add the current trafficking in persons offences [s.279.01 and s.279.011] to the list of offences which, if committed outside Canada by a Canadian or permanent resident, could be prosecuted in Canada. The second amendment will enhance the current definition of exploitation in the trafficking in persons offence [s.279.04 of the Criminal Code].

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Originally from Perth, Australia, Dr Spalding received her PhD from the University of Western Australia, the School of Anatomy and Human Biology, in the field of Neuroscience.

In 2002 Dr. Spalding moved to Stockholm, Sweden as an Ambassadorial Academic Scholar for one year. This was followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at the Karolinska Institute (KI). Since 2006 Dr. Spalding has been an Assistant Professor at the Karolinska Institute. During her postdoctoral training Dr. Spalding developed a technique using carbon dating and above-ground bomb-testing to study cell turnover in humans. She subsequently adapted this strategy to study enamel turnover in humans as a means of establishing the date of birth of an individual. This technique is now used as a tool in forensics to help make person identification/s.

Caroline is currently Professor of Craniofacial Identification in the Centre for Anatomy & Human Identification at the University of Dundee, Scotland. She specialises in craniofacial identification, facial image analysis, depiction of the dead and facial recognition for identification.

Caroline has a BSc Hons in Physiology & Anatomy, an MPhil in Medical Art and a PhD in Facial Anthropology. She has trained professionals in craniofacial identification from all over the world, including Australia, Korea, Malaysia, USA, Canada, Europe, China, Japan, India and South Africa.

She is associate member on the Facial Identification Scientific Working Group (FISWG) sponsored by the FBI Academy and Department of Defence Central Identification Laboratory, USA and is involved in the creation of international standards for the use of Facial Image Comparison in Law Enforcement.

She is author of Forensic Facial Reconstruction, was the first woman President of the International Association of Craniofacial identification (IACI) in 2008 and is currently Chair of the International Craniofacial Approximation/Reconstruction Committee.

Caroline has been involved in many archaeological investigations and her work is exhibited in museums around the world, and her research team have reconstructed the faces of key historical figures, such as J.S. Bach, St Nicolas and Arsinoe, sister of Cleopatra.