Program committees

Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice Karen Horsman, Court of Appeal for British Columbia (Vancouver, BC)
• 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)

Members

• Mélanie Chartier, Commissioner, Canada Energy Regulator (Vancouver, BC)
• Amit Chowdhury, Counsel, Veterans Affairs Canada (Calgary, AB)
• Jeff G. Cowan, Counsel, WeirFoulds LLP (Toronto, ON)
• Alexandra Ducharme, Lawyer, REMDUS (Sherbrooke, QC)
• Amélie Lavictoire, Vice Chairperson, Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board (Ottawa, ON)
• Louis Legault, Commissioner, Régie de l’énergie du Québec (Montreal, QC)
• M. Kathleen McManus, K.C., PhD, Member, Nova Scotia Regulatory and Appeals Board (Halifax, NS)
• 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.

Chair

• The Honourable Justice Peter Willcock, Court of Appeal for British Columbia, CIAJ President (Vancouver, BC)

Members

• The Honourable Justice Michelle Christopher, Provincial Court of Alberta (Calgary, AB)
• The Honourable Deputy Chief Justice Joanne Durant, Alberta Court of Justice (Calgary, AB)
• Matthew Hinshaw, Senior Crown Prosecutor, Alberta Crown Prosecution Service (Edmonton, AB)
• Jennifer Llewellyn, Professor of Law, Chair in Restorative Justice, Director of Restorative Research at Innovation and Education Lab, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS)
• The Honourable Justice Anna Loparco, Court of King’s Bench of Alberta (Edmonton, AB)
• Megan Longley, K.C., Executive Director, Dalhousie Legal Aid Service, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS)
• Diana Lowe, K.C., Justice System Consulting, Re-imagining Justice; Co-Lead, RFJS (Calgary, AB)
• Robin Parker, Counsel, Paradigm Law Group (Toronto, ON)
• Megan Stephens, Criminal and Constitutional Lawyer, Megan Stephens Law (Toronto, ON)
• The Honourable Justice Anne Turner, Court of Appeal for Manitoba (Winnipeg, MB)
• Brenda Young, Community Justice Director, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation (Muncey, ON)
• The Honourable Justice Peter Willcock, Court of Appeal for British Columbia, CIAJ President (Vancouver, BC)
• Christine O’Doherty, Lawyer and Executive Director, CIAJ (Montreal, QC)
• Lise Bujold, Assistant Executive Director, CIAJ (Montreal, QC)
• Sara-Ann Savoy, Event Coordinator, CIAJ (Montreal, QC)
• Sarah Rowe, Legal Counsel, CIAJ (St. John’s, NL)

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 Peter M. Willcock, British Columbia Court of Appeal; CIAJ President (Vancouver, BC)
• 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., Associate General Counsel and Director, Tribunals — Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta (Edmonton, AB)

Ex Officio Members

• Christine O’Doherty, Executive Director & Lawyer, CIAJ (Montreal, QC)
• Marion Essig, Communication Manager, CIAJ (Montreal, QC)
• 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

• The 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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Chair

• The Honourable Justice Peter M.S. Bryson, Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (Halifax, NS)

Co-Chairs

• 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)
• The Honourable Justice Bernard Synnott, Superior Court of Québec (Montreal, QC)

Chair

• The Honourable Justice Breese Davies, Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) (Toronto, ON)

Co-Chairs

• Charlie Feldman, Legislative Counsel, Department of Justice Canada (Ottawa, ON)
• Lerissa Thaver, Legislative Counsel, Ministry of Justice, Government of Alberta (Edmonton, AB)

Members

• Elena Bosi, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Legislative Services (Branch), Justice & Public Safety, New Brunswick (Fredericton, NB)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Mark Gannage, Deputy Judge, Small Claims Court (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 (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)