B.A. from University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (French language and literature)

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1 Temporarily on leave of absence and currently located in Freetown, Sierra Leone as a trial attorney at the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) at the Special Court of Sierra Leone. FORMAL EDUCATION Ontario Bar Admission Courses British Columbia Bar Admission Courses LL.B. from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario B.A. from University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia (French language and literature) Diploma in French Language - from l'université de Montréal, 1972 WORK EXPERIENCE Transition House Worker, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, E.S.L. Teaching Assistant, University of British Columbia Centre for Continuing Education, Vancouver, British Columbia, (Summer employment). Lecturer, Criminal Law to Prison Guards, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Police woman, Victoria City Police, British Columbia 1975 and RCMP, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, 1976 (Summer Law Student Program). Legal Aid Lawyer, Legal Aid Society, Cranbrook, British Columbia,

2 Crown Counsel, Ministry of the Attorney General, British Columbia, 1980 present , Burnaby Provincial Court Crown Supervisor, R. Lemiski, Administrative Crown , New Westminster Provincial and Supreme Court Crown Supervisor, B. Sullivan, Regional Crown , Port Coquitlam Administrative Crown Supervisor, B. Sullivan Regional Crown Surrey Youth Court Administrative Crown Supervisor, W. Stewart, Regional Crown Headquarters Crown Counsel Supervisors, D. Murray, W. Stewart and E. Quantz Abbotsford Provincial Court Crown Supervisors, W. Young, G. Goodfellow, N. MacKenzie and C. Kramer New Westminster Supreme Court Crown - Supervisors, A. Cullen, P. Gulbransen and T. Schultes, Regional Crown Counsel(s). University Lecturer Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Winter University College of Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Winter 1997 present. COMMITTEES AND ASSOCIATIONS United Way Advisory Committee, Child Sexual Assault United Way - Burnaby Families in Stress Committee Society for Children and Youth, Badgely Review Committee 1985, Board of Directors present, and Child Abuse Committee present. Child Sexual Assault Prosecution Liaison Committee, Coquitlam , Surrey Survivor Sexual Abuse Civil Litigation Committee, Vancouver Family Court / Youth Justice Committee, Vancouver Western Judicial Education Centre, Subcommittee on Child Sexual Assault - September 1989 present. Wife Assault Coordinator Steering Committee, Vancouver

3 British Columbia Institute of Family Violence, Vancouver (Chair of Board 1992). British Columbia Multi Victim Research Committee, Victoria British Columbia Medical Association Child Abuse Committee, Vancouver Interministry Committee on Violence Against Women, Victoria VOCAL, Burnaby Vipassana Meditation Foundation Society for Children and Youth present. B.C.F.V British Columbia Crown Counsel Association SPECIAL COMMITTEES AND PROJECTS PARTICIPATION Justice Institute, Badgely Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia - Fall International Congress on Child Abuse, Facilitator, Montreal, Quebec - September Witness at Bill C-15 Parliamentary Committee, Ottawa, Canada - December National Health and Welfare Discussion Group, Millcroft, Canada - October Ministry of Justice, Bill C-15 Implementation, Ottawa, Canada - October 26, Commonwealth Conference on Family Violence London, U.K. - June Rix Rogers Consultation Group Vancouver and Ottawa Examiner on a Masters Thesis on Bill C-15 for the School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia Interministry Gender Bias Committee, Victoria, British Columbia British Columbia Task Force on Family Violence, Submissions, Vancouver, British Columbia

4 Rape Shield Legislative Reform Consultation Group, Ottawa, Canada Child At Risk, Designing a Mental Health Strategy for Children of the Lower Mainland, Vancouver, British Columbia Standing Committee on the Review of Bill C-15, Expert Witness, Ottawa, Canada - May Western Judicial Education Committee Training Design, Vancouver - Spring Canim Lake Treatment Program - Victim Support Program, Canim Lake, British Columbia Polygamous Community Intervention Analysis, Victoria A.G. Joint committee on the Development of a Protocol for Institutional Abuse of the Deaf, Jericho Jericho Prosecution Team, Abuse of Children Who are Deaf, Vancouver, British Columbia Specialized Sexual Assault Centre Analysis, Sunrise Committee, Victoria, British Columbia Policy Centre for Victim Issues, UN Resolution on Guidelines on Treatment of Children Witnesses and Victims, Ottawa, Ontario December Child Witness Video Project, Law Courts of British Columbia LECTURES / TRAINING PRESENTED I have provided ongoing training to crown counsel, police, social services, and mental health personnel since 1985 some of which is not included in this segment. Family Services, Vancouver, British Columbia - December 17, St. Leonard's Society, Vancouver, British Columbia - December 10, Prosecution of Child Sexual Assault Cases Workshop, Holiday Inn, Vancouver, British Columbia - November 28-29,

5 Vancouver Incest and Sexual Abuse Centre Society (VISACS), Therapist Training Program, Vancouver, British Columbia - Fall, Northern Conference, Fort St. John, British Columbia - October 25, Act 2, Lecture on Legal Issues in Child Abuse, Vancouver, British Columbia - October 9, Co-op Radio, Lecture on Media - August 10, School District #43, Joint Family Court Committee, Lecture on Legal Issues in Child Abuse Vancouver, British Columbia - June 27, Optimists, Lecture on Legal Issues in Child Abuse Vancouver, British Columbia - June 2, Act 2, Lecture on Legal Issues in Child Abuse - May 30, British Columbia Women's Liberal Association, Lecture on Legal Issues in Child Abuse - April 13, Child Welfare, "Child Sexual Assault Prosecution", Lethbridge, Alberta - November 19, Nova Scotia Social Services, "Child Sexual Assault Prosecution", Halifax, Nova Scotia - October 30-31, Atlantic Police Academy and Holland College, "Child Sexual Assault Prosecution", Prince Edward Island - October 27-28, Daycare Centre Parents, Lecture on Legal Issues in Child Abuse, Vancouver, British Columbia - October 14, Vancouver General Hospital Psychiatrists, Legal Issues in Sex Crimes Prosecutions, Vancouver, British Columbia - September 30, Western Judicial Education Centre, Children Witnesses, Vancouver, British Columbia - July 20-22, British Columbia Home and School, Lecture on Legal Issues in Child Abuse, Vancouver - April 19,

6 British Columbia School Trustees Association, Lecture on Legal Issues in Child Abuse, Vancouver - January 17, Family Services of Greater Vancouver, Advocacy Committee, Lecture on Legal Issues in Child Abuse - January 13, Metropolitan Toronto Special Committee on Child Abuse in Child Sexual Assault Prosecutions, Child Sexual Assault Prosecutions and Court Strategies, Toronto, Ontario - May 20-22, Junior League at Heritage House, "Child Sexual Assault Prosecutions and Court", Burnaby, British Columbia - May 5, Justice Institute, "Expert Evidence", to Psychologists, Vancouver, British Columbia - April 24, Continuing Legal Education, University of British Columbia, Conference on Evidence, Child Witnesses", Vancouver, British Columbia - March 28, Aboriginal Band Workshop on Sexual Assault, Fort St. James, British Columbia - March 18-19, Aboriginal Band Workshop on Sexual Assault, Burns Lake, British Columbia - March Vancouver Public Library, Legal Issues Related to Abuse, Vancouver, British Columbia - February 25, The Justice Institute of British Columbia, Fraser Valley/North Shore Region, Training Workshop for Y.O.A. Service Providers, Vancouver, British Columbia - February 23, B.C.T.F. on "Young Offenders in British Columbia", Vancouver, British Columbia - January 17-19, Red Cross Child Abuse Prevention Program, Legal Issues Related to Abuse, British Columbia - January 9, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine, "Seminar on Child Sexual Assault", Vancouver, British Columbia yearly participation since Vancouver Incest and Sexual Assault Centre, "The Role of the Practitioner", Justice Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia

7 Ministère de la Justice, Government du Québec, Specialized Formative Training Programme on Sexual Abuse of Children, Montebello, Québec - November 22-26, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, "Sexual Assault: Medical Assessment and Intervention", Vancouver, British Columbia - November Justice Institute, Victim Services Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia -November, The Justice Institute of British Columbia, "The Child Witness", Vancouver, British Columbia - November 3, University College Fraser Valley, "The Sexual Assault Complainant", Abbotsford, British Columbia - October 27, Legal Services Society, "The Medical Expert", Vancouver, British Columbia - October 14, The Justice Institute of British Columbia, "Children Witnesses" with Dr. John Yuille, Vancouver, British Columbia - September 28-29, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Coquitlam Detachment, Coquitlam, British Columbia Sex Crimes Investigations - September 24, National Association on Women and the Law (NAWL), "Evidentiary Issues in Sexual and Spousal Assault", Ottawa, Ontario - October 23, New Brunswick Social Services, "Child Sexual Abuse Prosecutions", Fredericton, New Brunswick - June 15-18, Ontario Institute for Prevention of Child Abuse, "Preparing Children for Court", Toronto, Ontario - October 3-4, National Conference on Children in the Justice System, "The Use of Video and the Child Witness", Richmond, British Columbia - June 23-25, Safety Net Conference, "Preparing Children for Court", Calgary, Alberta - April 29, Crown Counsel Conference, "Bill C-15 and Child Sexual Assault Prosecution", Sidney, British Columbia - April 28,

8 The Justice Institute of British Columbia "Children as Witnesses: Role of the Victim Support Worker", Vancouver, British Columbia - March 29, Ministry of the Attorney General of British Columbia, "Sexual Assault Prosecutions", Clearbrook, British Columbia - March 16, The Justice Institute of British Columbia (Police Academy), "Child Abuse Investigation" Workshop #1, Victoria, British Columbia - January 19, Adolescent Sex Offender Network Committee, "Prosecution of the Adolescent Sex Offender, The Role of the Therapist" - November University of British Columbia Continuing Medical Education, "The Medical Witness in a Child Sexual Assault Prosecution", Vancouver, British Columbia - September Nova Scotia Attorney General, "The Sexual Assault Complainant with a Mental Handicap - a Case Study", Whitepoint, Nova Scotia - September P.A.C.E., "Child Sexual Assault Prosecution", Grande Prairie, Alberta C.O.V.A., "Child Sexual Assault Prosecutions" Calgary, Alberta - May British Columbia Institute of Family Violence, "Preparing Children for Court" - May New Brunswick Attorney General, "Child Sexual Assault Prosecutions", New Brunswick - December 1988 and January Institute for the Prevention of Child Abuse, Toronto, Ontario - Fall Saskatchewan Provincial Court Judges, Children Witnesses - Fall Western Judicial Education Centre, "Using the Courtroom as an Interview Room" - May University of British Columbia, School of Social Work (Professor McDonald), "The Impact of Bill C-15", Vancouver, British Columbia - February North Shore Multi Discipline Professionals, "Preparing Children for Court", North Vancouver, British Columbia - January Children's Foundation, Legal Issues Related to Abuse, Vancouver - December

9 Canadian Bar Association, Lectures on "Sexual Assault of Children", Toronto, Ontario - October Law Society of the North West Territories, Child Sexual Assault Prosecutions Yellowknife, Northwest Territories - Summer University of British Columbia, Continuing Medical Education, Sexual assault as it affects the examining physician, Vancouver, British Columbia - September Provincial Court Judges Conference, The Child Witness, Regina, Saskatchewan - September Provincial Court Judges, "Credibility and Gender Bias", Ottawa, Ontario - May Community Services Alberta, "Multi Discipline Training in Child Abuse Prosecution", Grande Prairie, Alberta - May Crown Counsel Conference, Child Abuse Prosecutions, Whistler, British Columbia - April Association of Community Living, "Intervention Strategies Involving Persons with Particular Communication Needs", Vancouver, British Columbia - March Maples, "Supporting the Child Witness", Burnaby, British Columbia - February The Canadian Red Cross, Child Abuse -, Sardis, British Columbia - February The Parliamentary Committee reviewing Bill C-15 Ottawa - May Years of Law Reform Conference, Ottawa , Court Committee, The Child Witness Nelson, British Columbia - Fall Continuing Medical Education, St. Paul s Hospital, Issues of the practitioner, Vancouver Continuing Medical Education Sexual Assault Training - UBC, Vancouver - Fall University College of Fraser Valley, "Interviewing for Justice Personnel - for Dr. Gingell - Fall University of British Columbia, Faculty of Psychology, "The Expert Witness" for Dr. J. Yuille, Vancouver, British Columbia - Fall

10 W.H. van TONGEREN HARVEY Rotary, "Child Sexual Abuse and the Community", Coquitlam - January Canim Lake Community, "Sexual Offender Treatment Program within the Context of Prosecutions", Canim Lake Reserve - February/March Victim Assistance Services Workshop for "Preparation of Children and Adult Survivors of Sexual Assault", Richmond, British Columbia - April Simon Fraser University Conference, "Memories of Sexual Abuse: Scientific Clinical and Legal Issues" - May 28, Canadian Red Cross, Training school liaison officers from across Canada relating to legal issues of dating violence, Vancouver, British Columbia - April Women's Health Centre, Nurses training on legal issues, Shaughnessy Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia - April The Justice Institute of British Columbia, "Role of Practitioner", New Westminster, British Columbia - May College of Physicians and Surgeons on "The Child Witness", Vancouver, British Columbia - May 27, Ministry of the Attorney General, Child Witness Preparation Manual Launch - June 1, British Columbia Association of Community Living workshop - June The Justice Institute of British Columbia, "Court Proofing for Therapists", (now New Westminster) - June 14/15, International Youth Conference, "The Child Witness", Victoria, British Columbia June 20-22, Conference on Memory and Dissociation "Memory and the Law", "Court Proofing for Therapists" and Panel Discussion on current issues, S.F.U., Vancouver, British Columbia - September 25, Ministry of Attorney General, Child Witness Preparation Multi-Discipline Training, Radium Hot Springs, Kelowna, Richmond

11 W.H. van TONGEREN HARVEY Ministry of Children and Families, British Columbia, People with Mental Handicaps as Victims -Workshops for Practitioners, Prince George , Victoria April, 1997 and Richmond September Department of Justice Saskatchewan, First Responder Training - Training of Police and Social Workers throughout the Province of Saskatchewan with Kathy Knox, in response to the Martinsville Prosecution, Saskatchewan - June to December, Abbotsford Community Services, Supporting the Complainant in the Process, Abbotsford, British Columbia - April The Justice Institute of British Columbia, Child Sexual Assault - Child and Youth Option, New Westminster - November St. Leonard s Society, Nurturing Dignity and Respect in the Criminal Justice System, North Vancouver - Spring, Prince George Conference, Nurturing Dignity and Respect in the Justice system, Prince George - May The Justice Institute of British Columbia, Supporting Victims of Crime Residential School Prosecutions, North West Territories - July Roundtable on Children as Witnesses in Criminal Court, Society for Children and Youth - October Continuing Legal Education, The Child Witness, Vancouver - June Crown Counsel Conference, The Child Witness, Vancouver - November The Justice Institute of British Columbia, Child Interviewing in Child Sexual Assault for Crown Prosecutors, New Westminster - February The Justice Institute of British Columbia, Child Sexual Assault - Child and Youth Option, New Westminster - March 8, 2001 The Justice Institute of British Columbia, Enhancing Skills Related to Child Sexual Assault Prosecutions, Victoria - April 5-6, The Canadian Red Cross Society, The Legal System and Relationship Violence, Volunteer Training, Vancouver - April 8,

12 W.H. van TONGEREN HARVEY The Canadian Red Cross Society, The Legal Issues in the Prevention of Child Abuse, Vancouver, British Columbia - October 22, The Justice Institute of British Columbia. Interviewing Children who are Victims of Sexual Offences, Quesnel - October 2001 (Yuille and Roberts). The Justice Institute of British Columbia, Therapists Who Treat Child Victims of Sexual Assault, New Westminster - April Ministry of Attorney General, Use of Videoconferencing, Crown Counsel Professional Development Conference, Harrison, British Columbia - May Ministry of Attorney General, Use of Videoconferencing, Prince George, British Columbia - June University of British Columbia, Faculty of Social Work, Supporting the Child Witness in a Criminal Trial, Vancouver, British Columbia - November BCASVACP (Victim Services). Trauma, Trials and Transformation, Vancouver, British Columbia - November Women s Resource Centre & UCFV, Sex Crime Prosecution: New Accommodations for Victims - November The Justice Institute of British Columbia, Child Abuse Prosecutions April and May British Columbia Victim Assistance, Preparing Children Witnesses for Court, Chilliwack, British Columbia - October 4, RCMP PRTC, Child Abuse investigations and Prosecutions, Chilliwack, British Columbia - October 23 and 26, Department of Justice, Victims Conference The Treatment of Children Witnesses, Ottawa, Canada - November 3, Department of National Defence Junior Rangers Training on Legal Issues, Ottawa, Canada - November 19,

13 W.H. van TONGEREN HARVEY Ministry of Public Safety, Training for Victim Assistance Personnel, Preparing Children for Court, British Columbia Tour (Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, Prince George, Surrey, Cranbrook) - February March RCMP PRTC, Chilliwack, Major Crime Investigative Techniques, Homicide, Conspiracy, Provocation and Suspect Interviewing - March The Canadian Red Cross Society, The Legal System and Relationship Violence, Volunteer Training, Burnaby, British Columbia - March 13, RCMP PRTC Chilliwack, Investigators Course - April 5, RCMP PRTC Chilliwack, Major Crime Investigative Techniques, FPT Prevention of Wrongful Convictions The Canadian Red Cross Society, The Legal System and Relationship Violence, Volunteer Training, Burnaby, British Columbia - April 9, Crown Counsel Conference, Bill C-2, Whistler - May 5, RCMP PRTC Chilliwack, Major Crime, Investigators, BAC Datamaster, Sexual Offences Investigation - Throughout Justice Institute, Supporting Children and Youth in the Criminal Justice System - June 7, Williams Lake, Child Witness and C-2 Community Protocol - August Delta Police, Sex Assault Investigations - September Red Cross, Lecture to Volunteers in the RESPECTED Program on Sexual Assault Law and Prosecutions - April Victim Services Division, Training throughout British Columbia, to victim assistance personnel (and Crown counsel) on the implementation of Bill C-2 - Fall 2005 to May Canadian Society of Child Abuse Investigation, Calgary Conference with Nick Bala on the Implementation of Bill C-2: Legal and Practical Issues, May 2006 (2 workshops). 13

14 W.H. van TONGEREN HARVEY INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS International Conference for Police of Commonwealth Countries, "Attitudinal Change and Sensitizing Police around Family Violence Issues", Offered the Canadian perspective and represented Canada at the request of Department of Justice, Ottawa, London, England - June 14-21, NATO International Conference on the Child Witness. Offered the Canadian perspective and represented Canada at the request of Department of Justice, Ottawa,. Near Florence, Italy - May International Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Policy and International Association of Prosecutors, Lecture to international prosecutors Guidelines for the Prosecution of Crimes Against Children, Sydney, Australia - September International Criminal Law Society Conference, The Hague, Netherlands, Circle Sentencing and Use of Videoconferencing for Vulnerable Witnesses - August 26 and 27, LIST OF PUBLICATIONS British Columbia Medical Journal, The Expert Witness, July 1984 and Harvey, W., and Watson-Russell, A., "So, You Have to Go to Court" - a book for young witnesses, Butterworths, 1986, Third edition (Canadian Best Seller) Harvey, W., and Watson-Russell, A., "So, You've Been Busted" - a book for young person charged with an offense, Butterworths, Toronto, Harvey, W., and Maquire, T., "So, There Are Laws About Sex" - a book for young persons about the new sex laws, Butterworths, Toronto, Harvey, W., Legal Perspectives: Legal Services Society Schools Program, Articles on sexual assault in Yuille, J., Hunter, R., and Harvey, W., "A Coordinated Approach to Interviewing in Child Sexual Abuse Investigations" Canada's Mental Health, June/September Harvey, W. and Bala, N., "Preparing Children for Court" - A Chapter in Child Welfare Law, Thompson Educational Publications, Toronto,

15 W.H. van TONGEREN HARVEY Bala, N., McCormick, and Harvey, W., The Prosecution of Sexual Offences Against Children and Bill C-15, A Case Law Research Project, Department of Justice, Ottawa, Harvey, W. and Dauns, P., Sexual Offences Against Children and the Criminal Process, Butterworths, Toronto, Harvey, W. and Dauns, P. et al, The Child Witness, Ministry of the Attorney General, Vancouver, British Columbia, Harvey, W., Bala, N. and Vogl, R., Dilemmas of Disclosure - A Guide for Professionals Who Work with Children and Adult Survivors of Abuse, IPCA Toronto, September, Harvey, W., and Dauns, P. Sexual Offences Against Children and the Criminal Process, Second Edition, Lexis Nexis, Markham, September Harvey, W. and Bala, N., "Preparing Children for Court" - A Chapter in Child Welfare Law, Thompson Educational Publications, Toronto, 2 nd Edition, Harvey, W. and Daylen, J., Trauma, Trials and Transformation, Irwin Law Publications, Toronto, in press CONDUCT OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS Before 2000, significant concentration on the prosecution of crimes against children and vulnerable persons. This list is not exhaustive Assigned to prosecutions throughout the province R. v. Dick multi-victim sex assault, Prince Rupert R. v. Bennett vulnerable witness sexual assault, Campbell River R. v. O Connor multi-victim residential school sexual assault, Williams Lake R. v. McCrae 2 nd degree VAWIR murder 2000 R. v. Lui - extortion R. v. O Brien aggravated assault on an infant 15

16 W.H. van TONGEREN HARVEY 2001 R. v. Kumar - aggravated assault on a family member in the presence of children R. v. Geary - historic sexual assault R. v. M.A.M. child witness child sexual assault 2002 R. v. Rheaume et al. - homicide R. v. D.W. and D.H. - teen bullying case (high profile) R. v. Seward - sexual assault of teen 2003 R. v. Griffin - historic and child sexual assault (acquittal) R. v. Mackinaw - child homicide (high profile) R. v. Barber - aggravated assault R. v. Patterson - robbery 2004 R. v. McDonald - familial homicide R. v. Moran - residential school indecent assault R. v. Wright - institutional abuse R. v. Isherwood historic sexual assault R. v. Sims sexual exploitation R. v. Kinney historic abuse and extradition (current) The Prosecution v. Charles Taylor war crimes (Special Court of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone and The Hague, Netherlands) 16