Program committees

Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice Georgina R. Jackson
• Mr. Patrick A. Molinari, FRSC

Members

• Professor Natasha Bahkt
• Dean Jean-François Gaudreault-Desbiens
• The Honourable Justice Sheilah L. Martin
• The Honourable Justice James O’Reilly
• Professor Marilyn Poitras
• Ms. Rime El Rhoul, Student Representative
• Police Chief Clive Weighill

Ex Officio Members

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

2017 Annual Conference

• October 4 – 6, 2017 –  Canada at 150 – Cultural and Religious Diversity in the Administration of Justice, Montreal, QC

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. Patrick A. Molinari, FRSC
• The Honourable Justice James O’Reilly

Members

• Mr. Mark Benton
• Professor Jennifer Chandler
• The Honourable Judge Dominique Larochelle
• The Honourable Justice P. Colleen Suche

Ex Officio Members

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

2018 Annual Conference

• October 17 – 19, 2018 – Justice and Mental Health, Ottawa, ON

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 O’Reilly

Members

• Mr. Jeff G. Cowan
• Ms. Emanuela Heyninck
• Professor Laverne A. Jacobs
• Ms. Linda P. Lamoureux
• The Honourable Justice Yves-Marie Morissette
• Dean Lorne Sossin
• The Honourable Justice David Stratas
• The Honourable Justice Katherine E. Swinton
• Mr. Simon Turmel
• Ms. Anne M. Wallace, Q.C.
• Professor Sheila Wildeman

Ex Officio Members

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

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

• Mr. David Wright

Co-Chairs

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

Chair

• The Honourable Justice Anne L. Mactavish

Co-Chairs

• The Honourable Justice Nicole Gibeau
• The Honourable Justice Jon Sigurdson
• The Honourable Justice Gary Trotter

Co-Chairs

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

Co-Chairs

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

Chair

• Mr. John Mark Keyes

Members

• Ms. Annette Boucher
• Mr. Jean-François Couture
• Mr. Richard Denis
• Ms. Janet Erasmus, Q.C.
• Ms. Wendy Gordon
• Ms. Laura A. Hopkins
• Professor Hoi Kong
• Ms. Sandra Markman
• Ms. Melanie Mortensen
• Ms. Pamela Muir
• Mr. Peter J. Pagano, Q.C.
• Mr. Michel Patrice
• Mr. Mark Spakowski

Ex Officio Members

• CIAJ’s President
• CIAJ’s Executive Director

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.

Honorary Chair

• The Honourable Jean-Louis Baudouin

Members

• Professor Jennifer Chandler
• Mr. Patrick A. Molinari, FRSC

Chair

• Mr. J. Glen Gardner, Q.C.

Members

• Master Linda S. Abrams
• The Honourable Louise Otis