Over the past while some changes have taken place at Rockwood. Of most importance, Geris Serran, our long time and treasured colleague left to take up a permanent job with Correctional Services of Canada. While we are all saddened by this, we realize that Geris wanted a change and was excited by the offer from CSC. We know Geris will be a credit to CSC and that her contributions will far exceed the requirements of her job, just as they did throughout her years at Rockwood. She remains our dear friend and hopefully we will collaborate on future research and book chapters. We wish her well.
Matt has taken over Geris’ position as the onsite Clinical Director of our programs at Bath Institution, a federal penitentiary. And, congratulations to Matt on his recent registration as a psychologist under the College of Psychologists of Ontario.
Our work at the St Lawrence Valley Correctional and Treatment Centre for mentally disordered offenders has come to an end. Bill finished his service working at the Secure Treatment Unit in January and Liam completed his term there at the end of April. We enjoyed our six years at the STU and we are pleased with the many changes that have taken place over that time. We wish the staff at the STU the best for the future in their difficult , but rewarding jobs.
Recently we have expanded our work at the St Lawrence Youth Association which deals with juvenile offenders sentenced to either incarceration or community supervision.
