Practice
1976-present	Private practitioner in Individual, Group, Couples Counseling; Community Development
1973-1976	Child Protection Worker at Children's Aid Society of Metropolitan Toronto Scarborough, Ontario, including Family Work, Mothers Group Facilitation, & Foster Home Teenager Group Co-facilitation.
1973	Caseworker, Sir Izaak Walton Killam Children's Hospital, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Policy
1996-present	Advisory Committee Member, Children's Division of the American Humane Association, Englewood, Colorado. Advisory Committee on Family Group Decision Making (planning for roundtables and international evaluation conference), Advisory Committee for National Center on Family Group Decision Making.
2001	National Advisory Group Member, National Research Project on Restorative Conferencing for Youth, Florida (Sponsored by National Institute of Justice, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention)
2001	Reviewer, Strategy Document for Stuart Foundation, San Francisco, California.
2001	Reviewer, Family Meeting Comparison for Center for the Study of Social Policy, Washington, DC.
1995-1997	Member, National Crime Prevention Council Canada (appointed by federal Minister of Justice and Solicitor General of Canada); Chaired Its Youth Justice Committee and Representative to Consult with New Zealand Government re: Preventing Youth Crime, and Roundtable Participant to National Forum on Youth Crime and Justice.
1996	Consultant and Brief Submission, Child Welfare Review, Department of Social Services, Newfoundland & Labrador Government.
1996	Participant, Justice and Public Protection Workshop, Social Policy Advisory Committee, St. John's, Newfoundland.
1996	Discussant, Round Table on Research Issues Related to Family Group Conferencing, Australian and New Zealand Society of Criminology, Wellington, New Zealand.
1992	Participant, Round Table of the National Panel on Violence Against Women, St. John's, Newfoundland.
1991	Participant, Local Consultation for Women and Safety Statistics Canada Survey.
Last revised: 15 November 2003 URL: http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/pennell/practice.htm