Mark works as a Policy Analyst in the BC Ministry of Public Safety with experience in diverse portfolios including the Criminal Records Review Program and the City of Surrey’s police model transition. A lifelong Vancouver resident, raised on the North Shore, Mark is committed to supporting restorative justice initiatives in the community.
Mark studied at Simon Fraser University, completing bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the School of Communication. His master’s thesis, Why do we Put Prisoners to Work? explored the common justifications for prison labour in North America, and evaluated those justifications (or rationalizations) against the lived experience of people who experienced incarceration first hand.
First introduced to restorative justice as an undergraduate student at SFU, Mark really started to realize the need for a paradigm shift in the criminal “justice” system working with men transitioning from federal prison at a Vancouver hallway house. Restorative justice is the future, and Mark is honoured to support NSRJ as they work for that change.
