Norma McCullough

Regional Appointee

Norma McCullough was appointed to the York Regional Police Services Board by York Region Council, commencing on January 1, 2021, until the end of the term of Council. On December 15, 2022, Norma was reappointed for two years. 

Until October 2015, Norma was employed with the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services as a Probation and Parole officer.  During her tenure, Mrs. McCullough was a member of the Probation and Parole Officers Association of Ontario and was awarded the Correctional Services Exemplary Service Medal.

Mrs. McCullough’s career and volunteer work spans over five decades.  Norma has experience working with many diverse communities, including Indigenous, Jewish, Muslim, Black and many Asian and East Asian communities.

She has also served on several advisory committees, including the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health (CAMH) Advisory Committee and facilitated a workshop on offender rehabilitation in the community for the National Black Police Association in Los Angeles. Norma also served as a member of the Advisory Committee for the Metro Addiction Assessment Referral Program (MAARS) and has previously served on the York Regional Police Community Advisory Council for 31 years, including serving as its Chair.  Norma was a member of the Richmond Hill Rotary Club for over eight years and a member of the St. John Ambulance Brigade in York Region for more than a decade.

Mrs. McCullough is currently a member of the Association of Black Law Enforcers (ABLE).  She has served on their executive board and was the first Law Enforcers Service Officer.

She serves as a committee member for many other organizations, including the Advisory Board for the Newmarket Seniors’ Meeting Place.  She has also been a member of the Altar Guild, Flower Guild, and choir of several Anglican churches in Toronto and York Region. Along with her husband, she has served on the Executive and Archivist of her husband’s Regimental Association (Jimmy and Associates) for over 10 years.

Mrs. McCullough earned a Bachelor of Social Work (Honours} from York University, a Bachelor of Arts (Criminology & Sociology) from the University of Toronto and a Certificate in Conflict Resolution from St. Xavier University in Chicago.

Norma married her husband in 1968, and they have one son who is married.  Her family moved from North York to York Region in 1983.

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