Board of Directors

The Board of Directors, composed of 26 members, usually meets twice a year.

Board of Directors

President

  • The Honourable Justice Julie Dutil, Court of Appeal of Quebec (Quebec, QC)  Ι  Portrait

First Vice-President

Second Vice-President

  • Adam O. Letourneau, K.C., Founder and Managing Partner, Letourneau LLP (Lethbridge, AB)  Ι  Portrait

Secretary

  • Megan Longley, K.C., Executive Director, Dalhousie Legal Aid Service, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS)  Ι  Portrait

Treasurer

  • The Honourable Judge Scott Hughes, Court of Québec (Montreal, QC)

Past President

Directors

  • Brian A. Blumenthal, Senior Counsel, Legal Services Branch, Tribunals Ontario (Toronto, ON)  Ι  Portrait
  • The Honourable Justice Susanne Boucher, Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Toronto, ON)
  • The Honourable Judge Angela Caseley, Provincial Court of Nova Scotia (Kentville/Windsor, NS)  Ι  Portrait
  • Mélanie Chartier, Commissioner, Canada Energy Regulator (Vancouver, BC)
  • Jennifer Cox, K.C., Staff Lawyer, Dalhousie Legal Aid Service, Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS)
  • Keiran Gibbs, Director of Policy, Office of the President, Treasury Board of Canada (Ottawa, ON)
  • Jaimie Graham, Legal Counsel, Alberta Utilities Commission (Calgary, AB)
  • Miray Granovsky, Deputy Judge, Small Claims Court; General Counsel, Atlantic Coated Papers (Whitby, ON)  Ι  Portrait
  • The Honourable Justice Veronica L. Jackson, Supreme Court of British Columbia (Victoria, BC)
  • The Honourable Justice Lana Krogan, Court of King’s Bench for Saskatchewan (Regina, SK)
  • Doug LePard, O.O.M, M.A., Former Chief Officer (Retired), Metro Vancouver Transit Police; Independent Criminal Justice Sector Consultant (New Westminster, BC)  Ι  Portrait
  • Janet McIntyre, Access to Justice Specialist; Director (Retired) Access to Justice Secretariat, Justice Canada (Ottawa, ON)
  • Hong Nguyen, Acting Senior Counsel, Deputy Minister’s Office Legal Team, Justice Canada (Ottawa, ON)
  • Kent Roach, CM, FRSC, Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto (Toronto, ON)  Ι  Portrait
  • Mark Spakowski, Chief Legislative Counsel, Ministry of the Attorney General, Ontario Office (Toronto, ON)
  • The Honourable Judge Eric J. Tolppanen, Provincial Court of Alberta (Calgary, Ab)  Ι  Portrait
  • Nazrina H. Umarji, B.Ed, J.D., Director, Legal Services & General Counsel, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta (Edmonton, AB)
  • Martine Valois, Professor, Faculty of Law, Université de Montréal (Montreal, QC)
  • Brenda Young, Community Justice Director, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation (Muncey, ON)  Ι  Portrait

Executive Director

Presidents (1974-2024)

  • 2023—: The Honourable Justice Julie Dutil (Quebec)
  • 2021–2023: The Honourable Justice Colleen Suche (Manitoba)
  • 2019–2021: The Honourable Justice James W. O’Reilly (Ontario)
  • 2017–2019: Me Patrick A. Molinari, Lawyer, Ad. E., MSRC (Quebec)
  • 2015–2017: The Honourable Justice Georgina Jackson (Saskatchewan)
  • 2013–2015: The Honourable Justice Patrick Healy (Quebec)
  • 2011–2013: Beth Symes, Lawyer, C.M., LSM (Ontario)
  • 2009–2011: The Honourable Justice John Z. Vertes (Northwest Territories)
  • 2007–2009: The Honourable Justice Anne L. Mactavish (Ontario)
  • 2005–2007: The Honourable Justice Bruce Cohen British (British Columbia)
  • 2003–2005: The Honourable Justice Nicole Duval Hesler (Quebec)
  • 2001–2003: The Honourable Justice Constance D. Hunt (Alberta)
  • 1999–2001: The Honourable Justice Thomas A. Cromwell (Nova Scotia)
  • 1997–1999: The Honourable Justice James M. Spence (Ontario)
  • 1995–1997: The Honourable Justice Carol M. Huddart British (Columbia)
  • 1993–1995: The Honourable Justice Michèle Rivet (Quebec)
  • 1991–1993: The Honourable Justice Robert Wells (Nova Scotia)
  • 1989–1991: The Honourable Justice Kenneth M. Lysyk (British Columbia)
  • 1987–1989: The Honourable Justice Horace Krever (Ontario)
  • 1985–1987: The Honourable Justice Charles D. Gonthier (Quebec)
  • 1983–1985: The Honourable Justice William A Stevenson (Alberta)
  • 1982–1983: The Honourable Justice Jacques Dugas (Quebec)
  • 1980–1982: The Honourable Justice Sandra Oxner (Nova Scotia)
  • 1978–1980: The Honourable Justice Richard E. Holland (Ontario)
  • 1977–1978: The Honourable Justice Roy J. Matas (Manitoba)
  • 1974–1977: The Honourable Justice David C McDonald (Alberta)

Executive Directors (1974-2024)

  • 2017–: Me Christine O’Doherty, Lawyer (Montreal)
  • 2013–2017: Me Michèle Moreau, Lawyer (Montreal)
  • 1992–2013: Christine Huglo Robertson (Montreal)
  • 1988–1992: Joyce E. Whitman (Montreal)
  • 1987–1988: Dean Hélène Dumont (Montreal)
  • 1986–1987: Professor Pierre-André Côté (Montreal)
  • 1985–1986: Professor John M. Law (Edmonton)
  • 1983–1985: Professor Peter J. Lown (Edmonton)
  • 1979–1982: Professor Gerald Gall (Edmonton)
  • 1978–1979: Professor Lyndon Irwin (Edmonton)
  • 1974–1978: Professor Allen Linden (Toronto)