Glossary

Craig Abrams

Constable, Shelburne OPP. PC Abrams is his title.

John B Allen

Judge of the Ontario Court of Justice, who decided all three contested hearings in this case. None of the websites critical of judges have any reports on him.

John Baird

Minister of Community and Social Services for the Province of Ontario.

M Bakht

Child Psychiatrist, Peel Memorial Hospital, Brampton Ontario.

Orangeville Banner

A newspaper published twice a week in Orangeville.

Irene Beazley

Senior Administrative Assistant, CAS.

Diane Benoit

Psychiatrist, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. Many parents assessed by her have lost their children.

Tina Berryman

The employee of Molly Maid whose report initiated this action.

Karen Bowers

Friends at Hand-in-Hand Day Care (qv).

Marianne Breadner

Director, CAS.

Lillian Brewer

Resident of Orangeville, grandmother whose son had his children removed by CAS, a case that has taken up of weeks of trial time at the Orangeville courthouse. She became a candidate for CAS director.

G D (Greg) Brodhagen, badge 7184, Sergeant

Shelburne Detachment, Ontario Provincial Police, phone 519-925-3838. One of two police officers conducting the raid.

CAAP

Child Advocacy and Assessment Program.

caregiver

A politically correct word for anyone looking after a child. Use of this term avers that a salaried worker has the same value as a parent.

CCFP

Certificant of the College of Family Practice.

Chedoke McMaster Hospital

Hospital offering Child Advocacy & Assessment Program. The first syllable is pronounced shed. Their website gives a department called the Canadian Centre for Studies of Children at Risk, disclosing their bias.

Child Abuse Register

A statutory list of child abusers in Ontario. There is no provision for judicial review before entry onto the reigster.

Child Abuse Review Team (CART)

A committee required by statute in each Children's Aid Society, to decide on entry to the Child Abuse Register.

Child Advocacy and Assessment Program (CAAP)

A program at Chedoke-McMaster Hospital to assess parents of children at risk.

Child and Family Services Act (CFSA)

Legislation giving powers to CAS.

Cathy Chmilnitzky

Director, CAS.

John Christie

Director and Vice President, CAS.

Orangeville Citizen

A newspaper published once a week in Orangeville, circulation 11,000.

Katherine Clauser (or Catherine)

13 Hawthorne Road, Orangeville Ontario, phone 519-942-2912. Foster mother of Ken McQuaid in November 1999.

Community First

A drop-in children's centre.

Joyce Cook

Employee of Dufferin Association for Community Living. She tested Ken and found him too advanced for treatment.

Catharine Cote

Founder of VOCA, a citizen's group opposing abuse by Children's Aid Societies throughout Ontario.

Patricia Louise (Trish) Cox

The second CAS caseworker for Kenneth McQuaid.

John Creelman

Mayor of Mono Township, Dufferin County Ontario.

crown wardship

The term in Ontario law for termination of parental rights.

Jill Cutter

Client of Women's Resource Centre.

Jim Dickson, badge 6627

Shelburne Detachment, Ontario Provincial Police, phone 519-925-3838. One of two police officers conducting the raid.

Dufferin Association for Community Living (DACL)

14 Stewart Court Suite 100, Orangeville Ontario L9W 3Z9, phone: 519-941-8971, fax: 519-941-9121.

Dufferin County

A county in Ontario containing Orangeville and Mono Township, 279 square km, population 45,657 by 1996 census.

echolalia

Involuntary repetition of words or phrases just spoken by others.

euthymic

Mood in the normal range, not depressed or elevated.

Kimberley Evans

Program Manager, CAS. Supervisor of all intake workers in Dufferin CAS.

Dawn Franks

Intake worker, CAS.

FRCP

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.

Friends at Hand-in-Hand

70 First Street Orangeville Ontario L9W 2E5, phone: 519-942-3337. Daycare centre in Orangeville attended by Kenneth for three weeks.

Gwen Funston

Justice of the Peace who signed warrant.

Linda Harris

Program Assistant, Child Advocacy & Assessment Program.

HBA

Health Benefits Advisor.

Evelyn D Huber

Huber & Heersche, 184 Broadway Orangeville ON L9W 1K3, (519)940-4500 phone, (519)940-4502 fax. Lawyer for Robert McQuaid and Linda Prosh. CAS never got her address correct, nor the spelling of Heersche.

Trevor Hunt

paediatrician, Alliston Ontario

ib

Initials of typist Irene Beazley.

Kimberly James

Intake worker
Dufferin Child and Family Services
50 Fourth Ave Unit 13
Orangeville Ontario L9W 4P1
phone 519-941-1530 ext 238
E-mail: dcafs@headwaters.com

The above was copied from her business card during the raid.

Janice Jordan

Director, CAS.

Kelsey's

A restaurant in Orangeville. The typical meal, beverage and tip is $15 Canadian per person.

Deborah (Debbie) Launspach

Sandbox Tech Child Care (qv)

Nina K Little Alcorn

CAS employee, Parent-Infant Program. Little is her primary surname.

Jennifer Long-Moore

The CAS annual report shows no employee with this name, but does show Jennifer Moore and Jennifer Longmore, both intake workers.

Patti Lowe

Daughter-in-law of Lillian Brewer.

MBBS

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.

Dorothy McLachlan

Program Manager, Clinical Services, CAS, supervisor of Nina Little Alcorn.

Kenneth Daryl McQuaid

born Oct 16, 1996, child whose abduction started this case. CAS misspells his name Darryl.

Robert T McQuaid

father of child abducted in this case. RR 5 Orangeville Ontario L9W 2Z2, phone: 519-942-0565, email: rtmq@hurontario.net

Molly-Maid

A franchised cleaning-service company. website.

Mono

Township in Dufferin County Ontario, 279 square km, population 6552 by census of 1996. Rhymes with Sonny Bono.

Jennifer Moore

CAS intake worker, but see Jennifer Long-Moore.

Ms

Title for a woman, used in this text only in verbatim transcripts, and for women who specifically request to be so identified.

MSW

Master of Social Work.

Ronald G Murphy

Medical Arts Bldg, 15 Elizabeth Street Suite M 16, Orangeville Ontario L9W 5X5, (519) 942-3501. Pediatrician for Ken engaged by CAS.

Orangeville

A town in Dufferin County Ontario, 70 km northwest of Toronto, population 21,498 by 1996 census.

Parent-Infant Program(me)

Name for the activities of Nina Little Alcorn.

parenting capacity assessment

A recent fad in child care originated at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. See Diane Benoit.

Louise (Lou) Potter CPC

Covenant Community Church, 3 Zina Street, Orangeville, 941-2707, pastor.

Eric Prosh

Brother of Linda Prosh, uncle of Kenneth McQuaid.

Linda Prosh

mother of child abducted in this case, RR 5, Orangeville Ontario L9W 2Z2, phone 519-940-9847.

Gary Putman

Executive Director, CAS. CAS is organized under the same law as any non-profit corporation, with members electing a board of directors, and the directors electing the management: president, secretary, treasurer. There is a statutory office called "local director" for Children's Aid Societies only that must be occupied by a senior social worker, and exercises a number of unique powers. Executive Director is a pretentious term for local director.

Mary Lynn Richardson

Client of Women's Resource Centre and member of the Board of Directors of CAS.

Lee Rivoire

Employee of Friends at Hand-in-Hand daycare.

Stephen G Ross

Tottenham Medical Centre, Tottenham Ontario. Physician for Kenneth McQuaid for three years prior to the raid.

Kindrey Rowland

15 Elizabeth Street Suite M-15 Orangeville Ontario L9W 3Z3 Phone/Fax 519-941-1314 Speech Therapist. I spell her name correctly, but most documents in this case incorrectly call her Rowlands.

Sandbox Tech Child Care

RR #8 Mono Mills, Orangeville Ontario L9W 3T5.

Paulette Smith

Owner of Orangeville Molly-Maid franchise.

Toronto Sun

A daily newspaper, circulation 235,000.

Debbie Taylor

Senior Program Manager, CAS. She supervises all caseworkers.

Vince Tedesco

Regional Director, Central West Region of the Ministry of Community and Social Services.

David G Thwaites

Lawyer for Children's Aid, firm: Wardlaw, Mullin, Carter, Thwaites and Ward. His resume from his website appears below:

PRACTICE: In Orangeville since 1981, partner since 1991

EXPERIENCE: Mr. Thwaites' practice is as a litigation lawyer providing counsel in the areas of insurance law, employment law, Church discipline, family law and criminal law. He has provided counsel to numerous Church and para-Church organizations and to individuals in the Christian marketplace. He is counsel to the Children's Aid Society of the County of Dufferin. He has lectured at numerous seminars sponsored by the Law Society of Upper Canada, The Canadian Council of Christian Charities and the Canadian Bar Association and has contributed articles to the Church and the Law Update regularly on topics including Church Liability, Employment Law and Human Rights, as well as articles on Sexual Abuse and Liability Insurance for the Law Society and the Canadian Bar Association of Ontario. He is a member of Council for the Canadian Bar Association of Ontario, the Charity and Not-for-Profit Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association and the Christian Legal Fellowship.

EDUCATION: LL.B., University of Western Ontario, 1979

Call to Bar, 1981

David Tilson

MPP, the elected representative of Dufferin County in the Ontario Provincial Parliament.

Mark Van Horne

President, CAS.

Alice Veenman

Deputy-Mayor of Mono Township.

VOCA

See Catherine Cote.

Carol Wale

Clerk of Court, Ontario Court of Justice, 10 Louisa Street, Orangeville Ontario.

Wardlaw, Mullin, Carter, Thwaites & Ward

The following profile of the law firm (and Thwaites qv) came from the firm website formerly at http://www.wardlaw.on.ca/ as of June, 2000.

Firm Profile

With a history dating back to 1896, Wardlaw, Mullin, Carter, Thwaites & Ward is a full service law firm located in Orangeville on the northwest perimeter of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

As the largest law firm in the region, the firm consists of five lawyers serviced by experienced staff. The staff and lawyers ensure that the firm is able to provide full legal services for our clients.

The firm is divided into the solicitor's practice with an emphasis on charities and not-for-profit organizations as well as corporate-commercial, real estate, estate law, intellectual property, and the litigation practice with its emphasis upon civil, family, employment and criminal litigation. Both the solicitors and barristers practice administrative and municipal law as well.

The firm is committed to being pro-active in working with clients to develop immediate and long term strategic plans to avoid legal problems before they occur. This is accomplished through an effective Legal Risk Management approach to the practice of law.

William Weiner

Child and Family Counsellor, 162 Broadway Suite 5, Orangeville Ontario L9W 2Y8, 519-942-0566, wweiner@sympatico.ca

Women's Resource Centre

c/o Orangeville Alliance Church, 232 Broadway, Orangeville Ontario.