Guest Bios
Carol Bilson M.A. (She/Her/Ella) is a Latina/x (Mapuche, Spanish, Italian, Portugues) from Wallmapu,
Chile, and currently a Ph.D. student in the program Social Dimensions of Health in
the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria. She has
held the position of Alt-Justice Coordinator at Victoria Sexual Assault Centre (VSAC)
and Education Coordinator at the Victoria Women’s Transition House Society (VWTH)
where she trained staff, volunteers, and fellow service providers on the issues of
Intimate Partner Violence and Trauma-Informed Practices. Carol further facilitates
cultural safety workshops (Co-Creating Decolonial Futures) supporting organizations
to work in more collaborative and relationally accountable ways with Indigenous peoples.
Carol has over 15 years of experience in community education and has developed multiple
community workshops on De-colonization, Anti-Racism, Consent, Men's Wellness, Healthy
Masculinities, and prevention of Gender-Based Violence for boys and male youth.
Kate Crozier (she/her) is the Director of Programs at Community Justice Initiatives where she
oversees programs that use restorative justice values and practices to address the
impacts of sexual harm as well as community-based reintegration support from a women's
prison. Kate's approach to restorative justice has been informed by her previous
decade of work in the feminist anti-violence sector.
Sarah Scanlon (they/she) is the Associate Director, Sexual Violence Response at Wilfrid Laurier
University (Waterloo, Canada) and Adjunct Faculty in the Masters of Restorative Justice
program at Vermont Law School. Sarah has 15+ years of experience in gender justice
work.
Jude Oudshoorn (he/him) is a Professor in Human Services at Conestoga College (Kitchener, Canada),
with 15 years of experience doing restorative justice work in the area of sexual violence.
He is the co-author of The Little Book of Restorative Justice for Sexual Abuse.
