Christie Jefferson
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About Christie Jefferson
Christie Jefferson was the Vice Chair of Criminal Injuries Compensation Board until recently, after serving 10 years as an adjudicator on the National Parole Board. She is a criminologist who has been an executive director of various charities including the Women’s Legal Education Fund (LEAF) and the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies, as well as Chair of the Ontario Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council.
How Doug Ford's Conservatives are abandoning violent crime victims in Ontario
Christie Jefferson speaks out against the Doug Ford government's elimination of Ontario's Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, where she served as vice chair until recently.The devastation caused by violent crime is worthy of a helping hand from the public, she writes.