J. Serge LeClerc, BA (Hon.) Sociology

Education
University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Honors B.A. Sociology with a minor in Social Work, 1995
Graduated on the Dean's Honor Roll for Outstanding Achievement
B.A. Sociology, 1993
Renison College (University of Waterloo)
Certificate of General Social Work, 1991

Work Experience

November 2007

Elected Member of the Legislative Assembly and Government for the Province of Saskatchewan; the governing Saskatchewan Party, Saskatoon Northwest. Legislative Secretary: Corrections

May 2003 –October 2007

Regional Director, Teen Challenge Saskatchewan (member of Teen Challenge Canada): a long term residential addiction recovery center. A registered non-profit charity.

Sept. 1994 – Present

President, Career 7 Associates Inc.
Motivational Speaker throughout North America specifically on behalf of Crime Stoppers Programs (national and international), police forces, RCMP, school boards, teacher federations, mental health workers, universities, First Nation organizations, community agencies, high schools, churches and non-profit charities.  

Key note speaker and Seminar Leader at Conferences and Special Events presenting information on the choices facing modern day youth in areas such as: media manipulation, peer pressure, alcohol, suicide, violence, sexuality, Canadian Justice System, delinquent and criminal lifestyles, and the drug culture.

Sept. 1994 - Jan. 2002

Head of Counseling Services, Creative Center for Learning and Development, (a private boarding school for troubled male youth).
Coordinated all professional support services; psychological, counseling and medical, as well as all legal and probationary services for the students.
Conducted individual substance abuse counseling with an average 40 student case load as a Cognitive Behaviorist utilizing Rational Emotive and Reality Therapy.

August 1998 - June 1999

Residential Manager and Associate Founder: Rocklyn Academy (a private boarding school for troubled female youth).
Designed and implemented total residential and counseling support program.

Aug. 1990 - Sept. 1991

Assistant Executive Director: Turning Point Ministries (Niagara) Inc., Ontario
Oversaw operations of 2 Residential Drug Programs dealing with drug and alcohol addictions and child sexual and physical abuse; 4 Crisis Pregnancy Centers, and 3 Drop-in Centers.
Interim Program Director: Men’s Residential Addictions Recovery Center: Turning Point Ministries Inc.
Designed and implemented rehabilitation program for men in a residential program addressing dysfunction caused by addictions and abuse.
Hired complete staffing including Program Director.

May 1989 - July 1990

Youth Worker: Anchor House (Open Custody, Juvenile Facility) and Hope Manor (Closed Custody, Juvenile Facility), Kitchener, Ontario
Counseled youth, advocated, and developed programs for incarcerated youth in areas of life and social skills, future goals, educational plans, and personality dysfunction caused by addictions, sexual and physical abuse, neglect, poverty and learning disabilities.
Trained staff on models of communication and delinquency theories.
Assumed responsibilities of Shift Supervisor and Program Director when necessary.
Nov. 1989 - Dec. 1990

Program Director: R.O.O.F. Kitchener, Ontario
Helped to establish an agency and drop-in center working with street children.
Designed and developed programming addressing the specific needs of street children in the areas of self-esteem, life and social skills, goal setting, and career planning.
Advocated and assisted in placement of street youth back into mainstream society, independent living, and the educational system.
Conducted group and individual drug counseling.
Trained staff and volunteers

Jan. 1989 - Apr. 1990

Weekend Counselor: K-W Habilitation Services, Kitchener, Ontario
Implemented extensive behavior modification programs for developmentally handicapped adults.
Planned, organized, and supervised social activities.

Sept. 1988 - Dec. 1988

Telemarketer, Alumni Affairs Department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
Researched and promoted projected programs and financial needs of all faculties to graduates.
Successfully solicited $75,000 to support Alumni Campaign

Past Volunteer Experience

Founder and Past Chapter Director of the Kitchener-Waterloo Chapter of Prison Fellowship Canada (a pilot program of volunteers working with youth in 3 juvenile custody facilities).
Assisted in designing the training manual and conducted training seminars for volunteers. Recruited 35 volunteers.

Board Member for Ray of Hope Inc. (a non-profit agency working in co-junction with the government in providing assistance to youth through the operation of 3 juvenile custody facilities). Petersburg, Ontario
Vice President of Board
Chairman of Nominating and Planning Committees.

Board Member of Dove Ministries (a charitable organization for battered women and adult survivors of child sexual abuse).
Vice-Chairman and Treasurer

Board Member for Maranatha Ministries (a charitable organization collecting and distributing food in a program called "Food for the Hungry"). Brantford, Ontario
Vice-Chairman

Radio Talk Show Host, CKWR Kitchener, Ontario (a volunteer Radio Station where I ran a two hour phone-in radio talk show program on social problems for a year).

Professional memberships:
Rotarian; Nutana Club of Saskatoon
Associate Member of all the Crime Stoppers Programs of Saskatchewan

This Presentation and all correspondance is a presentation of Career 7 Associates Inc.