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Harvey Lazar and Allan Puttee, School of Policy Studies, Queens University, 2003. With Roy Hanes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recent Briefs and Presentations to Government Committees and Commissions:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brief to the City of Ottawa Task Force on Housing and Homelessness, Ottawa, March, 2006<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"other-publications\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Publications:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cTrends in United Way Revenues and Expenditures, 1995-2001,\u201d Co author of a Discussion Paper on The United Way\/Centraide in Ottawa, Prepared for the Network of United Way Community Partners, 2001.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cFrom the Council of Social Agencies to the Social Planning Council: Seventy-Five Years of Social Planning in Ottawa,\u201d Social Planning Council of Ottawa, June 2003.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"positions-held\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Positions Held:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Canadian Review of Social Policy, (CRSP\/RCPS) Member of the Editorial Board, 2006-07, 2007-08.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chair of the Organizing Committee, for a national conference on Poverty in the Jewish Communities of Canada, held in Ottawa, November 2005. Close to 100 participants from across Canada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chair, Association of Jewish Family and Child Agencies, Canadian Branch, 2004-05, 2005-06, Member of the Executive, 2006 \u2013 Founding chair of the Canadian Branch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Member, Executive Committee, and Member, Board of Directors, AJFCA, (North America.), 2004-06.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jewish Federation of Ottawa, Member of the Board of Directors, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-2006, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jewish Federation of Ottawa, Chair, Planning and Allocations Committee, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08 Development and implementation of a new system of allocations of community funds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>United Way Community Agencies, Member of Steering Committee, 2001-02.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>United Way, Nominations Committee, Member, Spring, 2001, 2003, 2004<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social Planning Council of Ottawa-Carleton, Member of Board of Directors, June 2000- 2004; Chair, Research Committee, 2001- 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