Leslie Anne Keown
Executive Director, CIPSRT
As Executive Director, Dr. Leslie Anne (LA) Keown brings her expertise and extensive experience conducting leading edge research and occupying leadership roles with the Correctional Service of Canada and Statistics Canada to CIPSRT. LA holds a Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) degree in Sociology from the University of Calgary, as well as her Master of Arts (Sociology) and her Ph.D. (Sociology) from the University of Calgary. LA is cross-appointed to Justice Studies and Sociology and Social Studies as an Associate Professor at the University of Regina. She is an Adjunct Research Professor with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University. She has authored numerous publications, including articles in the leading journals in her field, and has been the recipient of numerous academic scholarships and awards. LA is a Killam Laureate. LA’s research interests are varied but centered on the Canadian Criminal Justice System and research methodologies that focus on mixed methods or advanced quantitative techniques.
Donna King CCSc
Director of Finance & Operations, CIPSRT
Donna King is currently the Associate Director of CIPSRT. Having assumed the position of Executive Director of the Collaborative Centre for Justice and Safety (CCJS) in June 2019, King has brought decades of management and executive leadership experience to this role, with particular expertise in systems management, strategic planning, and information technology. When CIPSRT was formed and CCJS was dissolved, she assumed the position of CIPSRT’s Associate Director. She has held Director-level positions with Viterra (2007-2011) and SaskTel (2011-2016), Vice President of Solutions Delivery with Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI; 2016-2017) and then spent two years as an Independent Information Technology and Services Professional prior to assuming her leadership position at CCJS. King’s wealth of upper-level management experience and business acumen are invaluable in ensuring the smooth operations and sound fiscal management of grants administered by CIPSRT.