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Dutton served on the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council funding review committee from 2004–2006 and the “Blueprint for Change” steering committee struck by the Settlement and Multiculturalism Branch of the Ministry of the Attorney General of BC in 2004 to establish a five year strategic direction on anti-racism and multiculturalism for the Province of British Columbia.
Dutton served on the Advisory Committee to the Canadian Secretariat - World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) in 2000 and chaired the Hate and New Media Working Group. The Working Group co-authored a detailed report on Combating Hate on the Internet with extensive recommendations. Dutton was a delegate of the Government of Canada to the European Union preparatory conference for the United Nations World Conference Against Racism and was sponsored to attend the United Nations WCAR in Durban South Africa. Dutton also supervised the organization of the Government of BC’s five regional preparatory conferences for the World Conference and co-edited the report of the recommendations of the conferences.
Dutton was part of a team that provided Corrections Canada research and workshops on hate groups in prisons. Matsqui Institution won an award from the Attorney General of B.C. for undertaking the workshops and training. Dutton also contributed to the Aboriginal Hate Crimes Forums, November 1999 funded by Multiculturalism BC and helped organize Anti-racism Terminology, Concepts and Training
Dutton also served as a member of the Government of Canada Roundtable on Hate Crime, co-authored the research paper, Hate Propaganda, for the Department of Justice Canada, provided training for Judges on hate crime, and was twice appointed to the BC Advisory Council on Multiculturalism.
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