Mark is a lifelong Vancouver resident, raised on the North Shore and looking forward to the opportunity to give back to the community where he grew up. A Policy Analyst in BC’s Ministry of Public Safety, he has a keen interest in serving the public and making the criminal “justice” system work for everyone. Mark studied communication and criminology at Simon Fraser University, completing a bachelor’s and a master’s degree. His thesis, Why Do We Put Prisoners to Work?, explored common justifications for the prison labour phenomenon in North America and evaluated them against the lived experience of people who had experienced incarceration. Mark was first introduced to restorative justice at SFU, but really started to understand the need for a paradigm shift working with men transitioning from federal institutions as a Residential Support Worker in a Vancouver halfway house. Restorative justice is the future, and Mark is dedicated to doing whatever he can to help bring forward that reality.
