SADIG RASHEED, Ph.D. Director, Program Division Unicef

NICOLE LEBRUN, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Education, University of Quebec in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

LOUISE MORLEY & JIM IFE, Ph.D. Professor And Head, School Of Social Work & Social Policy Curtin University Of Technology Perth, Western Australia, Australia

KRISTIN M. FERGUSON, M.S.W. Social Work Department, University Of Texas, Arlington Social Work Faculty, The Autonomous University Of Nuevo Leon, Dual Degree Doctoral Program In Comparative Social Welfare Policy And Social Work, Annandale, Virginia, U.S.A.

MICHELINE MAYER, Ph.D. Senior Researcher, Institute for the Social Development of Children, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

PIERRE NOLIN, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Group Psychology for the Development of Children, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada

SARAH DUFOUR, Ph.D. Research Coordinator, Excellence Center for the Protection of Youth and the Well-Being of Children, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

MARIA STERGIOU, M.A. Doctoral Candidate Department Of Educational And Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

JOHN MOULD, M.S.W, R,S.W., Children’s Advocate, Northern Alberta Director, Alberta Family Social Services, President, The Canadian Association of Social Workers, Co-Chair of the Honour Committee

LIZ O'NEILL, Executive Director, Big Sisters arid Big Brothers Society, Co-Chair of the Honour Committee

HARATA H. BAUCKE, President, Aotearoa New Zealand, Association of Social Workers

FRANK CARBONE, President, Rosmar Litho Inc.

ANDRE-H. DANDAVINO, M.D., President, Association des médecins de langue française du Canada

LINDA KISLOWICZ, Executive Director, Jewish Family Services

The Right Honorable ANTONIO LAMER, Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Special Advisor, Stikeman, Elliott

LOUISE LANDRY, President, Ordre des coniseillers et conseilleres d’orientation et des psychoéducateurs et psychoéducatrices du Québec

JACK W. LEE, G.M., F.I.B.A., Member, Order of Canada

HENRI MASSE, President, Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ)

PAT MINICUCCI, Senior Vice-President, Retail and SME Banking, Quebec Region, Scotia Bank

EUGENIA REPETUR MORENO, M.S.W.(Equlv), Executive Director, Canadian Association of Social Workers

BRIAN F. O'NEILL, Consultant, National Hockey League

MONIQUE COTÉ PETIT, President, Executive Director, Association des puéricultrices de la Province de Québec

AILSON PALIN, Director General, Hilton Montreal Airport Hotel

JOHN RUGGIERI, Principal, Di Caprio Ruggieri Inc., Member of the Board of Directors, Indemnity Fund of Bureau des services financiers

MICHELE THIBODEAU-DEGUIRE, President and Executive Director, Centraide of Greater Montreal

PETER B. YEOMANS, Mayor of City of Dorval

Honorable HERBERT MARX, Justice Quebec Superior Court Legal Department, Co-Chair of the Scientific Committee

WILLIAM ROWE, D.S.W., Director, School of Social Work, McGill University, Co-Chair of the Scientific Committee

EDGAR A. MACLEOD, B.A., Vice-President, Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, Chief of Police, Cape Breton Regional Police Service, Co-President of the Scientific Committee

PETER ALLIK-PETERSENN, B.A., LL,B, Lawyer and Family Mediator, Director, O.P.C.R, British Columbia

ADRIAN BERCOVICI, Executive Director, Generations Foundation

DORIVAL C. BRUNI, Ph.D., Professor, University of Rio de Janeiro

RICHARD CLOUTIER, Ph.D., Professor, Psychology, Université Laval à Québec

KATHERINE COVELL, Ph.D., Professor, Psychology, University College Cape Breton, Director, Children’s Rights Center

DOMINIC D'ABATE, Ph.D., Accredited Family Mediator, Director, Consensus Mediation Center

RICAARDOE DI DONE, Founding President, O.P.C.R., President of the 5th international conference

ANTONIO DISCEPOLA, E.A., B.C.L., Judge, Municipal Court in Montreal

Me ANGELA FICCA, B.A., LL.L., LL.M., Lawyer, O.P.C.R.

BERNARD FORTIN, B.A., L.L., L. Péd., Responsible for the Organizing Committee

Me RICHARD GOLDMAN, B.A., B,C.L., LL.B., Legal Clinic Supervisor, Project Genesis

DONALD HORNE, Executive Director, Kahnawake Community Services

BRIAN R. HOWE, Ph.D., Professor, Political Science, University College Cape Breton, Director, Children’s Rights Centre

CARL LACHARITÉ, PhD., Professor, Psychology and Director of GREDEF, Université du Québec a Trois-Rivieres

FRANCE LAURENDEAU, Director, Research Department, Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec

Me HUGUES LETOURNEAU, LL.M., Legal Department, Youth Centers of Montreal

JUSTIN LÉVESQUE, Ph.D., Professor, School of Social Work, University of Montreal

Me TONY MANGLAVITI, B.A., LL.L., Commissioner, Immigration and Refugee Board

RASHMI MAYUR, Ph.D., Director, International Institute for Sustainable Future, President, People’s Global Assembly, United Nations, Mumbai, India

ALDO MORRONE, B.A., Family Mediator, Family Mediation Service of Youth Centers of Montreal

ARTHUR NEUMANN, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, Director, O.P.C.R. Alberta

GODWIN O. OHIWEREI, Ph.D., Chairman, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, New Jersey City University

JEAN PANET-RAYMOND, LL.L., M.Sc., Professor, School of Social Work, University of Montreal

LAUREL ROTHMAN, M.S.W., National Coordinator, Campaign 2000, Director of Social Action, Family Service Association, Judge, Municipal Court in Montreal of Toronto

JOANNE ROULSTON, M.S.W., Director, National Council of Welfare

FRANÇOIS RUEGG, Ph.D., Anthropologist, Lecturer and Director of Research, Institute of Ethnology of the University of Fribourg, Switzerland

KATHERINE SCOTT, MES, Senior Policy Associate, Canadian Council on Social Development

PHILIP SHAPOSNICK, BA., B.C,L., Lawyer and Family Mediator, Interlex Group of Canada

Father JOE SULLIVAN, B.Th., St. Aloyslus Parish

Father JOHN WALSH, B.Ph,, S.S.L., S,T.L, St. John Brebeuf

CINDY WIGGINS, B.A., Senior Researcher, Canadian Labor Congress