CAPC

Peter Cuthbert

CACP Executive Director Peter Cuthbert is the
ex officio but active member of the Project Team.

Dorothy Ahlgren-Franklin

Dorothy Ahlgren-Franklin co-chairs the CACP Crime Prevention Committee and the Coalition on Community Safety, Health and Well-being. She is coordinator of this Project. She also chairs the Project's 8-person Public Advisory Committee, drawn from police, literacy, government and plain language sectors.

Margaret MacDonald

Margaret MacDonald is the Manager of the Corporate Communications Section of the Ottawa Police Service. She has 25 years of civilian policing experience with the Service and is the volunteer Communications Officer for the Project.

Richard Nolan

Literacy advisor, Richard (Dick) Nolan brings valuable expertise to the Project. He was the founding Director-General of the National Literacy Secretariat, now known as the National Office of Literacy and Learning within Human Resources and Social Development Canada, the federal department funding the Project. He continues to be very active promoting literacy awareness in the justice community.

Cheryl Stephens

The Project's writer-researcher, Cheryl Stephens, is well known internationally for her promotion of plain language in the law. For the past 18 years, she has worked on access to justice projects focused on literacy and comprehension issues in courts, administrative tribunals, and lawyers' practice.

Maggie Villeneuve

Maggie Villeneuve brings 20 years of non-profit sector experience to her role as Project/Events Administrator. She consults on event management throughout Canada.