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Donald Coggan, Engineer
Donald Coggan graduated in Electrical Engineering from McGill University. He is a registered professional engineer in Quebec and Ontario. Since 1996, Coggan has been an Internet Business Consultant helping people and small businesses work effectively on the Web.
He is a Site Build It! Certified Webmaster and Consultant and has worked on well over 100 Internet sites since becoming involved with the Internet. He does all Web work professionally through the SiteSell Services initiative.
In a long previous career, Coggan worked in engineering management dealing with computerized automation systems mostly in the construction industry. He is a published author of over 100 books, technical papers and magazine articles.
A devotee of Law And Order SVU, Coggan's goal in developing and operating this Megans Law web site is to offer people the most reliable and trustworthy information possible to help protect against known sex offenders.
To reach Donald Coggan about Internet consulting for projects like this Megans Law site, please use the contact us page.
Louisiane Gauthier, Psychologist
Louisiane Gauthier is a clinical psychologist graduated from the University of Montreal. For more than 30 years she has worked on behalf of children in family failure situations.
She began her career with the Child and Family Clinic of the Quebec Social Welfare Court and has continued to practise psychology involving the Clinic and Youth Protection Laws (Protection, Delinquency, Adoption.)
Louisiane Gauthier's role in this Megans Law web site is as a consulting psychologist with over 30 years of child protection experience that has been recognized repeatedly by her peers and by the organizations she has served.
Consulted by the Quebec Bar, by the Ministry of Health and Social Services and by the Ministry of Justice, her contribution to the Jasmin report stood out and was retained in its entirety.
She testified February 17, 2006 at the parliamentary committee of the National Assembly of Quebec to bring about long-awaited changes to the Youth Protection Law. Adopted June 15, 2006, these amendments constitute a significant advancement of scientific knowledge in the service of child welfare.
For five years, Mrs. Gauthier served as vice-president of the Quebec Justice Advisory Council. For four years, she has served as a member of the Quebec Magistrate Council. For more than nine years, she has served as a member of the Disciplinary Board of the Quebec Order of Psychologists.
She was a member of the Abandonment Forum under the aegis of the Association of Youth Centers of Quebec. She is a member of the editorial committee of the Prisme Review published by Ste. Justine Hospital. She has given several conferences and published articles in her area of expertise.
For five years she served on the Board of Directors of the Domaine Forget in St. Irenée. Since 2002, she has been a member of the Board of Directors of Place des Arts in Montreal.
She is a founding member of the Association of the International Network of Clinical Research for Child Protection in France, Belgium, Italy, England, Spain, Canada.
Her peers celebrated her professional commitment by awarding her the 2001 Professional Prize of the Quebec Order of Psychologists. In 1998, she received the Constance award for contribution and personal commitment from the Multidisciplinary Council of Montreal Youth Centers.
In 2006, she agreed to serve as chair of the Board of directors of MEM (Mobilization Enfants du Monde), who said of her, "Louisiane Gauthier will be our expert guide, our point of reference, in acting on behalf of children in trouble. She has worked for so long helping restore so many young souls so ravaged so early in life, that she now wants to be involved in the prevention of damage and suffering in the first place. She knows what to do and how to do it and she believes it can be done."
Contributing her expertise to this Megans Law web site is a concrete step forward in the cause of prevention.
To reach Louisiane Gauthier about child protection issues raised by this Megans Law web site, please use the contact us page.
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