Program committees

Honorary Chair

• Senator Murray Sinclair

Chair

• The Honourable Robert J. Bauman, Chief Justice of British Columbia and of the Court of Appeal of Yukon

Members

• Justice Thomas J. Crabtree, Supreme Court of British Columbia
• Ms. Jennifer Cox, Mi’kmaq Rights Initiative, Nova Scotia
• Professor Aimée Craft, University of Ottawa
• Judge Tina Dion, Provincial Court of British Columbia
• Justice Tracy Engelking, Superior Court of Justice (Ontario)
• Chief Judge Melissa Gillespie, Provincial Court of British Columbia
• Mr. Mark Gervin, Lecturer/Legal Services Director, Indigenous Community Legal Clinic
• Professor Jeffery Hewitt, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
• ACJ Heather Holmes, Supreme Court of British Columbia
• Mr. Adam O. Letourneau, Lawyer, Mediator
• Mr. Adam Letourneau, Lawyer, Mediator
• Justice Leonard Marchand, Supreme Court of British Columbia
• Professor Bradford Morse, Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University
• Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin, Superior Court of Justice (Ontario)
• Ms. Christine O’Doherty, Lawyer, CIAJ’s Executive Director
• Justice James W. O’Reilly, Federal Court, CIAJ, President
• Professor Kent Roach, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
• Mr. Scott Robertson, President of the Indigenous Bar Association
• Justice P. Colleen Suche, Court of Queen’s Bench, Manitoba CIAJ’s First Vice-President
• Professor Martine Valois, Ad. E., Faculty of Law, Université de Montréal
• Judge Alexander Wolf, Provincial Court of British Columbia
• Chief Justice Michael Wood, Court of Appeal, Nova Scotia

2020 Annual Conference

• October 21 – 23, 2020 – Indigenous Peoples and the Law, Vancouver, BC

Mandate

• Recruit members for the planning and consultative committee;
• Develop conference title, theme and program;
• Select speakers, panelists and resource persons;
• Identify sources for financing the conference;
• Identify constituencies to promote the conference to;
• Welcome and host speakers and dignitaries at the conference.

Co-Chairs

• Mr. Michael Gottheil
• Mr. Athanasios Hadjis
• The Honourable Justice James W. O’Reilly

Members

• Ms. Jean Buie
• Mr. Jeff G. Cowan
• Professor Laverne Jacobs
• The Honourable Justice Lorne Sossin
• Mr. Simon Turmel
• Ms. Lauren Whihak
• Professor Sheila Wildeman

Ex Officio Members

• CIAJ’s Executive Director
• CIAJ’s Academic Advisor
• CIAJ’s Project and Business Development Manager

Mandate

• Conduct generic courses for members of administrative tribunals in provinces where needs exist;
• Conduct individualized courses for specialized administrative tribunals;
• Conduct roundtables (national and regional) on topics of common interest to the administrative tribunals and judicial communities;
• Develop advanced programs of interest to administrative agencies as need arises;
• Develop a specialized program on administrative law for judicial community in conjunction with NJI;
• Develop, conduct and promote research projects for administrative tribunals in accordance with CIAJ’s guiding principles;
• Liaise with the Canadian Council for Administrative Tribunals, the Society of Ontario Arbitrators and Regulators and other related professional institutions, national and international;
• Review CIAJ’s administrative tribunals programs;
• Promote CIAJ’s administrative tribunals programs throughout the administrative tribunals’ community;
• Recruit members from the administrative tribunals community;
• Develop teaching material to support course content;
• Recommend local expertise in the field of administrative law when required;
• Identify sources of funding to support the administrative tribunals programs.

Chair

• The Honourable Justice P. Colleen Suche

Members

• Professor Aimée Craft, University of Ottawa
• Ms. Jennifer Cox, Mik’maq Rights Initiatives, Nova Scotia
• The Honourable Justice Tracy Engelking
• Professor Jeffrey Hewitt, Faculty of Law, York University, Osgoode Hall, Faculty of Law
• Mr. Adam Letourneau, Q.C.
• Mr. Scott Robertson, lawyer, Toronto, President, Indigenous Bar Association
• The Honourable Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin
• The Honourable Justice James W. O’Reilly
• Mr. Patrick A. Molinari, Ad. E, FRSC, CIAJ Past President
• The Honourable Chief Justice Michael J. Wood

Ex Officio Members

• CIAJ’s Executive Director

Chair

• Mr. David Wright

Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice Sheila Greckol
• The Honourable Justice Carl Thompson
• The Honourable Justice André Wery

Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice Freya Kristjanson
• The Honourable Justice Yves de Montigny

Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice Michael F. Brown
• The Honourable Senior Associate Chief Justice Catherine La Rosa
• The Honourable Justice Lauri Ann Fenlon

Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice Daniel Payette
• The Honourable Justice Janet Simmons

Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice James W. O’Reilly
• The Honourable Justice Daniel Payette

Chair

• Mr. John Mark Keyes

Members

• Ms. Catherine Beaudoin
• Mr. Jean-Charles Bélanger
• Ms. Elena Bosi
• Mr. James Charlton
• Ms. Wendy Gordon
• Professor Mistrale Goudreau
• Ms. Sandra Markman
• Mr. Siegfried Peters
• Mr. Mark Spakowski
• Mr. Scott Webber

Ex Officio Members

• CIAJ’s President
• CIAJ’s Executive Director
• CIAJ’s Project and Business Development Manager

Mandate

• Conduct seminars every 18 to 24 months for members of the legislative drafting community;
• Liaise with the Canadian Association of Parliamentary Counsel, the Commonwealth Association of Legislative Counsel and other related professional institutions, national or international;
• Promote CIAJ’s legislative drafting program throughout the legislative drafting community;
• Recruit members from the legislative drafting community;
• Identify sources for financing the legislative drafting activities;
• Recommend local expertise in the field of legislative drafting when required for related programs.

Co-Chairs

• Professor Bartha M. Knoppers, PhD
• Mr. Patrick A. Molinari, Ad. E., FRSC

Chair

• Master Linda S. Abrams

Members

• TBD