PACCA - Provincial Advisory Committee on Child Abuse
PACCA

PACCA Executive

The following is a list of current PACCA members. These individuals may be contacted for information on PACCA.

However, if you think a child is being abused, please contact the
Designated Intake Agencies (DIAs)
nearest you to report your concerns.

NAME ADDRESS PHONE FAX MAIL ADDRESS
Claudia Ash-Ponce
Secretary
Manager, Children’s Resources
Child Protection Branch
201 – 114 Garry Street
Winnipeg R3C 4V5
945-0842 945-6717 claudia.ash-ponce
@gov.mb.ca
Dr. Christine,Ateah
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Nursing
University of Manitoba
Helen Glass Centre for Nursing
Winnipeg R3T 2N2
474-6220 474-7682 christine_ateah
@umanitoba.ca
Dr.Thambirajah, Balachandra,
c/o Jan Christianson-Wood
Chief Medial Examiner
Department of Justice
210 – 1 Wesley Avenue
Winnipeg R3C 4C6
945-4489 / 2088 945-2442 jchristiansonwood
@gov.mb.ca
Michele Benoit
Sergeant
Winnipeg Police Service
Box 1680
Winnipeg R3C 2Z7
986-6378 / 2729 986-2979 mbenoit
@winnipeg.ca
Joanna Blais
Director
Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth
203 – 1181 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg R3G 0T3
945-7911 948-2291 joanna.blais
@gov.mb.ca
Linda Burnside
Co-Chair Director, Authority Relations
Child Protection Branch
201 – 114 Garry Street
Winnipeg R3C 4V5
945-3848 945-6717 linda.burnside
@gov.mb.ca
John Chudzik
Honourary Historian
Retired
(Former Provincial Program Coordinator,
Child Protection and Abuse)
Child Protection Branch,
Child and Family Services

Portage la Prairie
    jchudzik
@mts.net
Michael Desautels
Crown Attorney, Prosecutions
Department of Justice
405 Broadway
Winnipeg R3C 3L6
945-2852 948-3210 michael.desautels
@gov.mb.ca
Bob Dojack
Director, Adult Probation
Department of Justice
810 – 405 Broadway Winnipeg R3C 3L6 945-4639 948-2166 bob.dojack
@gov.mb.ca
Carolyn Loeppky
Assistant Deputy Minister
Child and Family Services Division
216 – 114 Garry Street
Winnipeg R3C 4V4
945-3257 945-2669 carolyn.loeppky
@gov.mb.ca
Diva Faria
Program Specialist,
Protection and Family Services
General Authority
  984-9365 984-9366 diva.faria
@gov.mb.ca
Dr Don Fuchs
Dean, Faculty of Social Work
University of Manitoba
5th Floor – Tier Building
301-180 King Street
Winnipeg R3B 3G8
474-7879 474-7594 fuchs
@cc.umanitoba.ca
Shirley Genaille
Senior Resource Specialist
Northern Authority
206-819 Sargent Ave
Winnipeg R3E 0B9
942-1842 ext 23 942-1858 shirley
@northernauthority.ca
Lorna Hanson
Treasurer
Provincial Investigations
Specialist Child Protection Branch
201 – 114 Garry Street
Winnipeg R3C 4V5
945-7274 945-6717 lorna.hanson
@gov.mb.ca
Bonnie Kocsis
Deputy Children’s Advocate
Office of the Children’s Advocate,
Legislative Assembly
102 – 500 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg R3C 3X1
945-6164 47-2267 bonniekocsis
@childrens
advocate.mb.ca
Dr. Debbie Lindsay
Associate Director
Child Protection Centre
Children’s Hospital
FW 215 – 685 William Avenue
Winnipeg R3A 1S1
787-2811 / 4921 787-2800 dlindsay
@exchange.hsc.mb.ca
Lianna MacDonald
Director Child Find Manitoba
615 Academy Road
Winnipeg R3N 0E7
945-5735 948.2461 lianna
@protectchildren.ca
Mick Mackar
Co-Chair
Child Exploitation Coordinator,
Family Violence Unit
Prosecutions
Department of Justice
510-405 Broadway
Winnipeg R3C 3L6
945-6310 945-3210 mick.makar
@gov.mb.ca
Donna Martin
Co-Chair
Consultant
Manitoba Education and Youth
E140-1970 Ness Avenue
Winnipeg R3J 0Y9
945-5294 945-8843 donna.martin2
@gov.mb.ca
Terry McComb
Crown Attorney, Domestic Violence Unit
Department of Justice
5 – 405 Broadway
Winnipeg R3C 3L6
945-3264 948-3210 terry.mccomb
@gov.mb.ca
Kathy Reid
Director Child
Care Program, Family Services
219 – 114 Garry Street
Winnipeg R3C 4V6
945-2668 / 3550 948-2630 kathy.reid
@gov.mb.ca
Dawn Ridd
Policy and Program Analyst
Healthy Populations,
Manitoba Healthy Living
2097 – 300 Carlton Street
Winnipeg R3B 3M9
788-6667 948-2366 dawn.ridd
@gov.mb.ca
Margaret Bartlett
Program Consultant
Metis Child and Family Services Authority
127 – 150 Henry Avenue
Winnipeg R3B 0J7
949-0220 Ext. 321 984-9487 mbartlett
@metiscfs.mb.ca
Wendy Scheirich
Co-Chair
Sexually Exploited Youth Specialist
Child Protection Branch
201 - 114 Garry Street
Winnipeg R3C 4V6
945-5055 945-6717 wendy.scheirich
@gov.mb.ca
Lynda Schellenberg
Provincial Investigations Specialist
Child Protection Branch
201 - 114 Garry Street
Winnipeg R3C 4V6
945-8869 945-6717 lynda.schellenberg
@gov.mb.ca
Dr. Eric Sigurdson
Associate Professor,
Department of Psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
PsychHealth Centre, HSC
771 Bannatyne Avenue
Winnipeg R3E 3N4
787-3161 787-4975 esigurdson
@exchange.hsc.mb.ca
Sandie Stoker
Program Manager
All Nations Coordinated
Response Network
(ANCR)
835 Portage Avenue- 2nd Floor
Winnipeg R3G 0N6
944-4237 944-4250 sandie.stoker
@gov.mb.ca
Susan Thomas
Southern Authority Representative
Southern Authority
100 - 696 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg R3G 0M6
783-9190 783-7996 sthomas
@southernauthority.org
Cpl. Brian Edmonds Winnipeg 983-5496    
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