Administrative team
Prof. Jo-Anne Wemmers
Co-founder of the CJVAC
Jo-Anne Wemmers is a full professor at the School of Criminology at the Université de Montréal where she co-created the new Justice and Victims program. An expert in victimology, her research themes include victims and victimizations at the national level as well as international crimes. Professor Wemmers is the author of about a hundred publications, including the book Victimology: A Canadian Perspective (PUQ, 2017). She is a regular researcher at the International Centre for Comparative Criminology (ICCC), where she is responsible for the research group Victims, Rights and Society. She is editor of the International Review of Victimology, and a member of the Canadian Partnership on International Justice which received the Governor General's Innovation Award (2023). In September 2024, she is elected new Vice-President of the World Society of Victimology.
Prof. Amissi Manirabona
Co-founder of the CJVAC
Amissi M. Manirabona is a full professor at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Montréal where he teaches courses on Canadian criminal law, international criminal law, and the law of victims of crime. Professor Manirabona is a regular researcher at the International Centre for Comparative Criminology (ICCC) and has written dozens of publications. He has just published a monograph entitled Introduction to the Law of Victims of Crime in Canada (Toronto, Lexis-Nexis 2020), which received the Walter Owen Award from the Canadian Foundation for Legal Research.
Andreea Zota
CJVAC Coordinator
Andreea Zota holds a bachelor's degree in criminology, specializing in intervention, from the Université de Montréal. She worked for three years at the Crime Victims Compensation Agency (IVAC). Her career path and her desire to get involved with victims of crime led her to join the Centre for Justice for Victims of Crime. Currently a doctoral student in criminology, her areas of interest include victimology and reconciliation between non-Indigenous and Indigenous people in Canada. (See www.andreeazota.com for more information.)