Program committees

Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice Karen Horsman, Court of Appeal for British Columbia (Vancouver, BC)
• The Honourable Justice Denise A. Leblanc, Court of Appeal of New Brunswick (Fredericton, NB)
• The Honourable Justice Christine Pallotta, Federal Court (Ottawa, ON)

Co-Chairs

• Michael Gottheil, Senior Counsel, ARCH Disability Law Center (Ottawa, ON)
• Athanasios Hadjis, Vice-Chair, Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (Ottawa, ON)
• Jean Buie, Solicitor General, Presiding Inquest Officer, Office of the Chief Coroner; Member, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Toronto, ON)

Members

• Mélanie Chartier, Commissioner, Canada Energy Regulator (Vancouver, BC)
• Amit Chowdhury, Counsel, Veterans Affairs Canada (Calgary, AB)
• Jeff G. Cowan
• Alexandra Ducharme, Lawyer, REMDUS
• Marcel Larouche, Legal Practitioner, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Toronto, ON)
• Amélie Lavictoire, Vice Chairperson, Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board (Ottawa, ON)
• Louis Legault, Director of legal services, Régie de l’énergie du Québec (Montreal, QC)
• Lauren J. Wihak, Partner, McDougall Gauley LLP (Regina, SK)
• Sheila Wildeman, Professor of Law, Schulich School of Law & Associate Director, Dalhousie Health Justice Institute, Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS)

Ex Officio Member

• Christine O’Doherty, Executive Director & Lawyer, CIAJ (Montreal, QC)

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.

Co-chairs

• The Honourable Justice Julie Dutil, Court of Appeal of Quebec, CIAJ’s President (Quebec, QC)
• The Honourable Justice Peter Willcock, Court of Appeal for British Columbia, CIAJ upcoming president (Vancouver, BC)

Members

• Karen Campbell, Executive Director, BC Law Institute (Vancouver, BC)
• Christina Cook, In House Counsel, BC First Nations Justice Council (Vancouver, BC)
• The Honourable Justice Julie Dutil, Court of Appeal of Quebec, CIAJ’s President (Quebec, QC)
• Jaimie Graham, Legal Counsel, Alberta Utilities Commission (Calgary, AB)
• Archana Medhekar, Lawyer, Mediator, Peacebuilder, Chair of the Women in Mediation Action Group of Mediator’s Beyond Borders International (Toronto, ON)
• Hong Nguyen, Director and General Counsel Transport Canada Regulations Section, Legislative Services Branch, Department of Justice (Ottawa, ON)
• The Honourable Justice Peter Willcock, Court of Appeal for British Columbia, CIAJ upcoming president (Vancouver, BC)
• Lise Bujold, Assistant Executive Director, CIAJ (Montreal, QC)
• Christine O’Doherty, Lawyer and Executive Director, CIAJ (Montreal, QC)
• Sara-Ann Savoy, Event Coordinator, CIAJ (Montreal, QC)
• David Lazzam, Lawyer, CIAJ (Toronto, ON)

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

• To be confirmed

Members

• Jennifer Cox, K.C., Managing Lawyer, Nova Scotia Legal Aid Sipekne’katik (Indian Brook, NS)
• The Honourable Justice Tracy Engelking, Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) (Ottawa, ON)
• Scott Robertson, Senior Associate, Nahwegahbow Corbiere LLP (Rama, ON)
• Bradford W. Morse, Professor, Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University (Kamloops, BC)

Ex Officio Members

• The Honourable Justice Julie Dutil, Court of Appeal of Quebec, CIAJ’s President (Quebec, QC)
• Christine O’Doherty, Executive Director & Lawyer, CIAJ (Montreal, QC)

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

• Hong Nguyen, Director and General Counsel Transport Canada Regulations Section, Legislative Services Branch, Department of Justice (Ottawa, ON)

Members

• Stephen Bindman, Visiting Professor and Executive in residence, Faculty of Law (Common Law Section), University of Ottawa (Ottawa, ON)
• Megan Longley, K.C., Executive Director, Dalhousie Legal Aid Service, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS)
• Athanasios Hadjis, Vice-Chair, Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (Ottawa, ON)
• The Honourable Justice Karan Shaner, Court of Appeal for Alberta (Edmonton, AB)
• Nazrina H. Umarji, B.Ed, J.D., Director, Legal Services & General Counsel, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta (Edmonton, AB)

Ex Officio Members

• Christine O’Doherty, Executive Director & Lawyer, CIAJ (Montreal, QC)
• Marion Essig, Communication Manager, CIAJ (Montreal, QC)
• CIAJ’s Membership Services Coordinator: Mihail Matache, Membership Services Coordinator, CIAJ (Montreal, QC)

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.

Co-Chairs

• he Honourable Justice Lise G. Favreau, Court of Appeal for Ontario (Toronto, ON)
• The Honourable Justice Mary Gleason, Federal Court of Appeal & Chief Justice of the Court Martial Appeal Court (Ottawa, ON)
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Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice Peter M.S. Bryson, Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (Halifax, NS)
  
• The Honourable Justice Marie-Josée Hogue, Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montreal, QC)

Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice Daniel Dumais, Superior Court of Quebec (Quebec City, QC)
• The Honourable Justice Rita Maxwell, Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) (Toronto, ON)
• The Honourable Justice Palbinder Kaur Shergill, Supreme Court of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC)

Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice Breese Davies, Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) (Toronto, ON)
• The Honourable Justice Marie-Josée Hogue, Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montreal, QC)

Co-Chairs

• Charlie Feldman, Legislative Counsel, Department of Justice Canada (Ottawa, ON)
• Lerissa Thaver, Senior Legislative Counsel, Ministry of Justice and Attorney General, Saskatchewan (Regina, SK)

Members

• Elena Bosi, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Legislative Services (Branch), Justice & Public Safety, New Brunswick (Fredericton, NB)
• Mina Connelly, Legislative Counsel, Legal Services Division, Government of Yukon (Whitehorse, YT)
• John Mark Keyes, Sessional Professor, Faculty of Law – Common Law Section, University of Ottawa (Ottawa, ON)
• Luc Gagné, Senior Counsel, Specialized Legislative Services Section, Legislative Services Branch, Public Law and Legislative Services Sector, Department of Justice Canada (Ottawa, ON)
• Jaimie Graham, Legal Counsel, Alberta Utilities Commission (Calgary, AB)
• Roxanne Guérard, Senior Counsel, Department of Justice Canada (Ottawa, ON)
• Ian Rennie, Legislative Counsel, Legislation Division, Department of Justice, Government of the Northwest Territories (Yellowknife, NT)
• Jean-Félix Robitaille, Legislative Lawyer, Direction des orientations et des affaires législatives, Sous-ministériat des orientations et de l’accès à la justice, ministère de la Justice du Québec (Québec, QC)
• Alexandra Schorah, Senior Legislative Counsel, House of Commons (Ottawa, ON)
• Mark Spakowski, Chief Legislative Counsel, Ministry of the Attorney General, Ontario (Toronto, ON)
• Scott Webber, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel, British Columbia (Victoria, BC)
• William Stephenson, Legislative Counsel, House of Commons (Ottawa, ON)

Ex Officio Members

• Christine O’Doherty, Executive Director & Lawyer, CIAJ (Montreal, QC)

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

• To be confirmed

Members

• Brian A. Blumenthal, Lawyer, Mediator, Arbitrator and Workplace Investigator (Toronto, ON)
• Keiran Gibbs, Director of Policy, Office of the President, Treasury Board of Canada (Ottawa, ON)
• Miray Granovsky, Deputy Judge, Small Claims Court; General Counsel, Atlantic Coated Papers (Whitby, ON)

Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice Peter Lauwers, Court of Appeal for Ontario (Toronto, ON)
• The Honourable Justice James W. O’Reilly, Federal Court (retired), Senate Ethics Officer, CIAJ’s Past President (Ottawa, ON)
• The Honourable Daniel W. Payette, Superior Court of Quebec (Retired) (Montreal, QC)

Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice Susanne Boucher, Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Toronto, ON)
• The Honourable Justice P. Colleen Suche, Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba (Winnipeg, MB)