CTV Morning Live Interview
On May 7, 2013 CoSA-Ottawa Program Coordinator Susan Love was interviewed by CTV Morning Live as part of a two-hour program on sexual offending against children.
The other interviewees were:
o Sheldon Kennedy (via satellite, from Calgary)
o Child Protection Consultant Ron Ensom
o Noni Classen of the Canadian Centre for Child Protection
o Sgt. Jeff Webster from Sexual Assault/Child Abuse unit Ottawa Police Service
o Mariana Balla, President of Adlerian Counselling Centre; youth psychotherapist
o Conservative MP Shelley Glover
o Rick Goodwin, Executive Director of The Men’s Project
o Dr Fedoroff, co-director, Sexual Behaviours Clinic at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre (and facilitator of treatment groups that many of our core members attend)
Response to Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak’s Changebook
Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak created a changebook for his political platform. His proposal for registered sex offenders can be found on page 31. CoSa Ottawa responsed to this ‘changebook’ by asking PC leader to reconsider with the following letter.
In addition, Andrew McWhinnie, National Advisor to The Associate Director General Chaplaincy writes the following e-mail in response to a radio interview with Dr. Robin J. Wilson on ‘Sex Offending and Communities of Support and Accountability.’
Dear friends in the Canadian CoSA community: I want to congratulate Dr. Robin Wilson [who conducted much research on CoSA] on his superb performance on San Francisco Public Radio recently (see the link below). CoSA features prominently in this interview. It is a “model” interview for us to listen to and take guidance from in terms of how, whether in the context of CoSA or not, to address the very delicate issues of sexual assault in the face of a sensational story, in this case a story about the abduction of a young girl (Jaycee Dugard) who was then held in captivity and abused over the course of eighteen years. It was a tough assignment carried off with knowledge, aplomb and, as I said compassion. This is probably the most concise, compassionate, and effective interview I have heard, and highly recommend it to anyone who may have to field media enquiries or requests for interview. By Andrew McWhinnie, National Advisor to The Associate Director General Chaplaincy Circles of Support and Accountability Correctional Service of Canada Click on the following link (or cut and paste it into your browser) to hear Robin’s interview. http://www.pushinglimits.i941.net/audio/2011.07.12robinwilson.sex.offender.treatment.wavClick on the following link to view the article ‘Hudak Mulls Expanding GPS Program’ in the Metro Ottawa: http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/local/article/921411–hudak-mulls-expanding-gps-program
Click on the following link to view the article ‘ Sex Offender Registry Shouldn’t Be Public‘ in the Ottawa Sun: http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/07/20/sex-offender-registry-shouldnt-be-public
Dr. Robin J. Wilson, a board certified clinical psychologist, researcher and educator, has worked with persons with sexual and behaviour problems for more than 25 years. Click on the following links to read about his involvement with CoSA:
http://www.robinjwilson.com COSA Schwartz Handbook JSA Article March 2011 Wilson COSA 2001Correctional Service of Canada information: http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/prgrm/chap/docs-eng.shtml#4
