Priscilla de Villiers is a

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activist, who was the founder and president of

CAVEAT Caveat may refer to Latin phrases: * ''Caveat lector'' ("let the reader beware") * '' Caveat emptor'' ("let the buyer beware") * '' Caveat venditor'' ("let the seller beware") Other: * CAVEAT, a Canadian lobby group * ''Caveat'', an album by N ...

, an organization advocating governmental policy on

crime In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definit ...

Biography

She was born in

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. De Villiers is the mother of Nina de Villiers, a

McMaster University McMaster University (McMaster or Mac) is a public research university in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main McMaster campus is on of land near the residential neighbourhoods of Ainslie Wood and Westdale, adjacent to the Royal Botanical Ga ...

student who was

murdered Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the c ...

on August 9, 1991 by Jonathon Yeo while jogging in

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. Her killer had, according to CAVEAT's website, "a long history of violence." This event prompted de Villiers to enter public life and found CAVEAT to lobby government policy to strengthen laws in the hopes of preventing similar incidents. CAVEAT, a not-for-profit charitable organization, was founded in June, 1992 and received its charitable designation in October, 1992. In 1993,

created a memorial garden dedicated to Nina de Villiers on the university grounds, in front of University Hall. In May, 1995, she received an honorary doctorate of law from

, Hamilton. In August–September 2000 she ran in a

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in the riding of Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot for the

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, where she lost to

Ted McMeekin Ted McMeekin (born ) is politician in Ontario, Canada. He is the Ward 15 Councillor, for the City of Hamilton. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2000 to 2018 who represented the ridings of Ancaster—Dundas—F ...

. After that Ms. de Villiers was appointed Special Advisor to the Ontario Office for Victims of Crime where she continued to provide direct support to victims of crime and conduct research on issues that impact victimization. The research resulted in a report on the role of victims of crime in restorative justice in Ontario. Her appointment ended in January 2005. In 2006 she was appointed to the Advisory Committee on Victim Issues to the Policy Centre on Victim Issues, Department of Justice, Canada. In March 2007 Priscilla de Villiers was appointed as a member of the Ontario Office for Victims of Crime.

Charity work

CAVEAT (''Canadians Against Violence Everywhere Advocating for its Termination'') was a

lobby group which existed from 1991 to May 10, 2001, based in

. The organization agitated for a number of changes in government policy, particularly in promotion of ''tough-on-crime'' legislation and increased

gun control Gun control, or firearms regulation, is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians. Most countries have a restrictive firearm guiding policy, with on ...

. It was founded by Priscilla de Villiers in 1991, after her daughter Nina was murdered.

References

de Villiers, Priscilla: Maclean's 1995 Honor Roll
*Deputy Prime Minister

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speech praising Priscilla on April 15, 1999 in Ottawa

Official site

CAVEAT
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Biography

Charity work

Archives

References

Official site