Program committees

Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice James W. O’Reilly, Federal Court; CIAJ’s Past President
• The Honourable Justice Harvey Groberman, Court of Appeal for British Columbia
• The Honourable Justice Georgina R. Jackson, Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan

Members

• The Honourable Justice Karen Horsman, Court of Appeal for British Columbia
• The Honourable Justice Denise Leblanc, Court of Appeal for New Brunswick
• The Honourable Justice Christine Pallotta, Federal Court

Co-Chairs

• Michael Gottheil
• Athanasios Hadjis

Members

• Professor Philip Bryden
• Jean Buie
• Mélanie Chartier
• Amit Chowdhury
• Jeff G. Cowan
• Alexandra Ducharme
• Marcel Larouche
• Louis Legault
• Ian Mackenzie
• Lauren Wihak
• Professor Sheila Wildeman

Ex Officio Member

• CIAJ’s Executive Director: Christine O’Doherty

Mandate

• Proposes courses for members of federal, provincial and territorial administrative tribunals where needs exist.
• Proposes individualized courses for specialized administrative tribunals.
• Advises on topics of common interest to the administrative tribunals and judicial communities.
• Liaises with the Canadian Council for Administrative Tribunals, the Society of Ontario Arbitrators and Regulators and other related professional institutions, national and international.
• Promotes CIAJ’s administrative tribunal programs throughout the administrative tribunals’ community.
• Recruits members from the administrative tribunals community.
• Develops teaching material to support course content.
• Recommends local expertise in the field of administrative law when required.

Honorary Chair

• The Honourable Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin, Supreme Court of Canada

Members

• The Honourable Justice Julie Audet, Superior Court of Justice (Ontario)
• Jennifer Cox, K.C., Staff Lawyer, Dalhousie Legal Aid Service, Dalhousie University
• The Honourable Justice Julie Dutil, Court of Appeal of Quebec; CIAJ’s President
• Patricia M. Hébert, , K.C., Lawyer, Bruyer & Mackay LLP
• The Honourable Justice Lana Krogan, Court of King’s Bench for Saskatchewan
• Dean Robert Leckey, Faculty of Law, McGill University; Full Professor; Samuel Gale Chair, Montreal
• The Honourable Justice Connie Petersen, Court of King’s Bench (Family Division)
• The Honourable Justice Robert Proulx, Court of Québec (Youth Division), Montreal
• The Honourable Justice P. Colleen Suche, Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba; CIAJ’s Past President
• Rollie Thompson K.C., Professor Emeritus of Law, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax
• Maggie Wente, Partner, Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP
• The Honourable R. James Williams, Retired Justice, Supreme Court of Nova Scotia (Family Division), Halifax
• Nathan Afilalo, Lawyer, CIAJ
• Lise Bujold, CAE, Assistant Director, CIAJ
• Christine O’Doherty, Lawyer & Executive Director, CIAJ
• Mary Plagakis, Project Manager of Multidisciplinary Programs, CIAJ
• Sarah Rowe, J.D. Candidate, Faculty of Law – Common Law Section, University of Ottawa; Law Student, CIAJ

Mandate

• Recruits members for the planning and consultative committee.
• Develops conference title, themes and programs.
• Selects speakers, panellists and resource persons.
• Identifies sources for financing the conference.
• Identifies constituencies to promote the conference to.
• Welcomes and host speakers and dignitaries at the conference.

Chair

• Adam O. Letourneau, K.C., Lawyer

Members

• Jennifer Cox, K.C., Lawyer
• The Honourable Justice Tracy Engelking
• Scott Robertson, lawyer
• Professor Bradford Morse

Ex Officio Members

• CIAJ’s President: The Honourable Justice Julie Dutil
• CIAJ’s Executive Director: Christine O’Doherty

Mandate

• Advises the Executive Director.
• Meets as required.
• Composed of Board members and other volunteers, particularly those from Indigenous communities.
• Plans programs related to indigenous issues.
• Advises CIAJ on topics and expertise necessary to ensure Indigenous issues are included in other CIAJ programs when relevant.
• The Executive Director is an ex-officio member.

Chair

• The Honourable Judge Eric Tolppanen

Members

• Stephen Bindman
• Megan Longley, K.C.
• Athanasios Hadjis

Ex Officio Members

• CIAJ’s Executive Director: Christine O’Doherty
• CIAJ’s Communication Manager

Mandate

• Advises the Executive Director.
• Meets as required.
• Composed of Board members and other volunteers.
• Advises on internal and external communication and membership strategies.
• Promotes CIAJ among the communities it serves.
• Recommends communication and membership plans to the Board.
• The Executive Director is an ex-officio member.

Chair

• Mark Benton, K.C.

Members

• Miray Granovsky
• The Honourable Justice Lana Krogan
• Janet McIntyre
• Zulie Sachedina
• The Honourable Justice Peter Willcock

Ex Officio Members

• CIAJ’s President: The Honourable Justice Julie Dutil
• CIAJ’s Executive Director: Christine O’Doherty

Mandate

• Advises the Executive Director.
• Meets as required.
• Composed of Board members and other volunteers.
• Advises on international legal projects opportunities.
• Explores how CIAJ could become involved on training projects abroad.
• Recommends partnerships with international organizations.
• The Executive Director is an ex-officio member.

Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice Lise G. Favreau
• The Honourable Justice Mary Gleason
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Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice Peter M.S. Bryson
• The Honourable Justice Marie-Josée Hogue

Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice Michael F. Brown
• The Honourable Justice Daniel Dumais
• The Honourable Justice Palbinder Kaur Shergill

Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice Breese Davies
• The Honourable Justice Marie-Josée Hogue

Chair

• Charlie Feldman
• Lerissa Thaver

Members

• Pam Anderson
• Dabbs Bhreagh
• Elena Bosi
• John Mark Keyes
• Luc Gagné
• Jaimie Graham
• Ian Rennie
• Jean-Félix Robitaille
• Alexandra Schorah
• Mark Spakowski
• Scott Webber

Ex Officio Members

• CIAJ’s Executive Director: Christine O’Doherty
• Nathan Afilalo
• Mary Plagakis

Mandate

• Conducts seminars and webinars for members of the legislative drafting community.
• Liaises with the Canadian Association of Parliamentary Counsel, the Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel and other related professional institutions, national or international.
• Promotes CIAJ’s legislative drafting programs throughout the legislative drafting community.
• Recruits members from the legislative drafting community.
• Identifies sources for financing the legislative drafting activities.
• Recommends local expertise in the field of legislative drafting when required for related programs.

Chair

Members

• Keiran Gibbs
• Miray Granovsky
• Adam O. Letourneau, K.C.