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
• The Honourable Justice James W. O’Reilly

Members

• Professor Philip Bryden
• Jean Buie
• Mélanie Chartier
• Jeff G. Cowan
• Marcel Larouche
• Louis Legault
• Lauren Wihak
• Professor Sheila Wildeman

Ex Officio Members

• CIAJ’s Executive Director
• CIAJ’s Academic Advisor

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 Mahmud Jamal, Supreme Court of Canada

Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice P. Colleen Suche, Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba; CIAJ’s President
• The Honourable Justice Julie Dutil, Court of Appeal of Quebec; CIAJ’s First Vice-President

Members

• Naivi Chikoc Barreda, Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa
• The Honourable Justice Peter Edelman, Supreme Court of British Columbia
• The Honourable Justice James W. O’Reilly, Federal Court; Past-President, CIAJ
• Mélanie Raymond, Administrative Judge, Tribunal administratif du travail
• Alicia Seifert, Coordinating Member, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
• The Honourable Justice Jeanne E. Watchuk, Supreme Court of British Columbia
• Christine O’Doherty, Lawyer & Executive Director, CIAJ
• Nathan Afilalo, Lawyer, 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
• CIAJ’s Executive Director

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

• Associate Justice Linda S. Abrams
• Stephen Bindman
• Professor Bradford Morse
• Professor Martine Valois
• Megan Longley, K.C.
• Athanasios Hadjis
• Student Position member

Ex Officio Members

• CIAJ’s President
• CIAJ’s Executive Director
• CIAJ’s Membership Coordinator
• 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

• The Honourable Justice Julie Dutil

Members

• Mark Benton, K.C.
• The Honourable Justice Lana Krogan
• The Honourable Justice Peter Willcock
• Zulie Sachedina
• Miray Granovsky

Ex Officio Members

• CIAJ’s President
• CIAJ’s Executive Director

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 Freya Kristjanson
• The Honourable Justice Mary Gleason
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Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice P. Colleen Suche
• The Honourable Justice David Gates
• The Honourable Justice Sheila Greckol
• The Honourable Justice Carl Thompson
• The Honourable Justice André Wery

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
• 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

• Associate Justice Linda S. Abrams

Members

• Carol Albert
• Mark Gannage
• Keiran Gibbs
• Miray Granovsky
• Adam O. Letourneau, K.C.