Journey Toward Forgiveness

Wilma Derksen:
Biographical Information

Educational Background
1984 Diploma in Creative Communications
Red River Community College
1992-92 Sabbatical Studies: Mennonite History
University of Winnipeg
1997 Interpersonal Conflict Resolution
Mediation Services
A Community Resource for Conflict Resolution

Work Experience
1985-95 Mennonite Reporter
Western Regional Editor
1996- Mennonite Central Committee
Victims Program

Committee Work
1984-87 Child Find Manitoba
President
1988-96 Family Survivors of Homicide
President - six years
Facilitator - three years
1992-93 Mennonite Brethren Communications
Mennonite Brethren Manitoba Conference
1992-96 Board Member of Sophia Magazine
1995- Board of Resource Ministries
The General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches
1996-00 The Church Council on Justice and Corrections
Ottawa, Ontario
1997- Citizen Observer Program
Stony Mountain Institution
1997-98 Restorative Justice Week Committee
Ottawa, Ontario
1998-00 Manitoba Arts Council Award
Outcasts: A Russian Mennonite Story
1999-99 Ron Wiebe Award Selection Committee
Ottawa, Ontario
1999- Manitoba Organization of Victim Advocates

Publications
Confronting the Horror: the Aftermath of Violence, Amity Publishers, 2002
available from Victim's Voice, 134 Plaza Drive, Winnipeg MB R3T 5K9 Canada
or at www.amazon.com

Have You Seen Candace? Tydale Publishing House, Wheaton, Illinois, 1991
available at www.amazon.com

Prison Chaplains Look at Alternatives, Christian Week, September 19, 1995

Forgiving and Remembering, Sophia, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Fall, 1996

Pathways, staff writing, editor Winnipeg, Manitoba, March, 1998-00