Action Committees

The Audit Committee

Chair

Ms. Michèle Moreau

Committee Members

Justic Joel Fichaud
Mr. Greg Harding, Q.C.
Me André Ouimet
Professor Daniel Poulin
Ms. Joanne Spriet
Mr. Gordon E. Thompson

Ex Officio Members

CIAJ's President
CIAJ's Executive Director

Objectives

supervise finances of the organization including risk management;
review annual audited financial statements;
report on fiscal year with recommendations;
monitor funds;
review operating budget results;
review external audit;
recommend strategies for fund-raising;
recommend financial investments, if required;
review bids on Requests for Proposal for auditing services and make recommendation (see Budget Information after By-Laws).

Year 2012 Projects

Repeat: Fund-Raising activities $100,000 within 5 years;
Implement sponsorship initiatives.

The Communications Committee

CO-ChairS

Ms. Barbara Kincaid
Justice Sophie Bourque

Committee Members

Justice Todd Ducharme
Mr. Alastair MacKinnon

Ex Officio Members

CIAJ's President
CIAJ's Executive Director

Objectives

develop and maintain a communication and marketing strategy for CIAJ;
develop and maintain a communication package to promote CIAJ;
develop and maintain CIAJ's website and communications support such as brochures and Newsletters;
liaise with other CIAJ committees and propose effective communication tools for their activities;
liaise with media;
promote CIAJ throughout the community.

Year 2012 Projects

Newsfeed;
Website;
Publications;
Media Relations.

The Executive Committee

Chair

Ms. Beth Symes

Committee Members

Judge Patrick Healy, First Vice President
Justice Georgina Jackson, Second Vice President
Ms. Michèle Moreau, Secretary-Treasurer
The Honourable John Z. Vertes, Past President

Ex Officio Members

CIAJ's Executive Director

Objectives

prioritize CIAJ's activities;
select chairs for committees;
monitor the work of committees;
implement structural policies;
in general, guide and direct CIAJ's work.

Year 2011/2012 Projects

Implementation of CIAJ's Strategic Planning;
Follow-up on Special Initiatives:
- Roundtable on Sentencing: How to Get from Here to There?
- Joint Seminar on Dealing Effectively with Judicial Review;
- Roundtable on Ethical Issues and DNA;
- Liaison with CCAT - Seminars on The Charter for non-legal Administrative Tribunals staff;
- Access to Justice Initiative;
- CyberJustice Laboratory.

The Nominations Sub-Committee

Chair

The Honourable John Z. Vertes

Committee Members

Judge Patrick Healy
Justice Georgina Jackson
Ms. Beth Symes

Ex Officio Members

CIAJ's Executive Director

Objectives

control the number of positions filled by members of the Board;
recommend names for unfilled positions;
propose election of new directors and honorary directors;
report on the composition of the Board of Directors;
monitor preparation towards bi-annual Justice Medal award and chair selection committee.

2011/2012 Activity

Recommendations to fill 2012 vacancies;
Chair the selection committee for the award of the 2013 Justice Medal.

The Staff Sub-Committee

Chair

Ms. Beth Symes

sub-Committee Members

Judge Patrick Healy
Justice Georgina Jackson
Ms. Michèle Moreau
The Honourable John Z. Vertes

Ex Officio Member

CIAJ's Executive Director

Objectives

make recommendations to the Executive concerning the remuneration, terms of employment and recognition of all employees of the CIAJ;
consider the Executive Director's recommendations of staff reporting to her and make recommendations of its own;
review performance of the Executive Director in consultation with the members of the Board and Chairs of committees. The Chair of the Staff Committee will also consult with a number of others whom he or she selects from a list of not more than 20 individuals, such list to be provided by the Executive Director and consist of individuals with whom she has worked closely over the previous year;
make recommendations to the Executive concerning remuneration, benefits and terms of employment of the Executive Director.

Year 2012 Projects

Recommendations re: staff;
Recommendations re: operations assessment.

The Membership Committee

Co-Chairs

Mr. Michael Gottheil
Judge Dominique Larochelle
Justice Michele Murphy

Ex Officio Members

CIAJ's Executive
CIAJ's Executive Director

Committee Members

Justice Bruce Cohen
Justice Adam Germain
Mr. Alastair MacKinnon
Me André Ouimet
Ms. Joanne Spriet
Justice Kevin Whitaker

Objectives

recommend and implement membership plan;
supervise recruitment drive of members;
identify target groups interested in the administration of justice, such as Federal/Provincial/Territorial Deputy Ministers responsible for Justice;
recommend strategies to communicate with members;
supervise maintenance of membership records;
report on the status of CIAJ's membership.

2012 Projects

Repeat: Double CIAJ's membership within 5 years;
Implement the recruitment of corporate members.

The Research and Education Committee

Chair

Justice Georgina Jackson

Committee Members

Justice Yves de Montigny
Judge Patrick Healy
The Honourable John Z. Vertes

Ex Officio Members

CIAJ's President
CIAJ's Executive Director

Objectives

coordinate and integrate CIAJ's educational and research programs under one umbrella;
review existing programs;
develop professional training programs;
supervise the educational programs offered by CIAJ;
promote educational programs throughout the legal and judicial community;
recommend expertise in the fields of law covered in the education programs.

Year 2011/2012 Activities

Professional training programs for legal profession (CJC authorization/CLE accreditation);
Dissemination of CIAJ educational material;
Roundtable on Sentencing;
Roundtable on Ethical Issues and DNA;
Understanding and Awareness Building: Mental Health Issues for first-line personnel of administrative tribunals and courts;
Charter for non-legal staff members of Administrative Tribunals;
Sec. 8 of Charter Privacy Issues;
Comparative Law programs in specific areas for International projects.

The Administrative Tribunals Sub-Committee

CO-Chairs

Mr. Michael Gottheil
Mr. Athanasios Hadjis
Master Heather MacNaughton

Committee Members

Mr. Jeff G. Cowan
A/Comm. Peter German
Ms. Emanuela Heyninck
Professor Laverne A. Jacobs
Ms. Linda Lamoureux
Mr. André Ouimet
Dean Lorne Sossin
Justice Katherine E. Swinton
Justice David Stratas
Ms. Anne M. Wallace, Q.C.
Justice Kevin Whitaker
Professor Sheila Wildeman

Ex Officio Members

CIAJ's President
CIAJ's Executive Director
CIAJ's Academic Advisor

Objectives

conduct generic courses for members of administrative agencies in provinces where needs exist;
conduct individualized courses for specialized administrative agencies;
conduct roundtables (national and regional) on topics of common interest to the administrative agency 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 agencies in accordance with CIAJ's guiding principles;
review CIAJ's administrative agencies programs;
promote CIAJ's administrative agencies programs throughout the administrative agencies' community;
recruit members from the administrative agencies community;
develop teaching material to support course content;
recommend local expertise in the field of administrative law when required;
liaise with the Canadian Council for Administrative Tribunals and regional Councils, the Canadian Association for Members of Public Utilities, the Society of Ontario Arbitrators and Regulators and other related professional institutions, national and international;
identify sources of funding to support the administrative agencies programs.

Year 2011/2012 Projects

Regional roundtables with the judiciary;
National roundtable;
2013 Administrative Law Program for Judges;
Seminar on Mental Health and its Impact on the Justice System;
Seminars for specialized administrative agencies.

The 2012 Annual Conference Planning Sub-Committee

Co-Chairs

Mr. Greg Harding, Q.C.
Professor Alastair Lucas, Q.C.
Ms. Gillian Marriott, Q.C.
Justice Sheilah Martin

Planning and Consultative Committee

Justice Lorne Giroux
Judge James Ogle
Mr. Alastair MacKinnon
Ms. Shaunna Mireau
Ms. Beth Symes
The Honourable John Z. Vertes

Ex Officio Members

CIAJ's President
CIAJ's Executive Director
CIAJ's Academic Advisor

Objectives

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;
edit the publication of conference proceedings.

Year 2012 Annual Conference

October 11 & 12, 2012 - The Courts and Beyond: The Architecture of Justice in Transition, Fairmont Palliser, Calgary

The 2013 Annual Conference Planning Sub-Committee

Co-Chairs

Chief Justice Annemarie Bonkalo
Justice Gladys Pardu
Mr. Paul Schabas
Dean Lorne Sossin

Planning and Consultative Committee

Professor Emma Cunliffe
Justice Georgina Jackson
Professor Ronalda Murphy
Judge David Paciocco

Ex Officio Members

CIAJ's President
CIAJ's Executive Director
CIAJ's Academic Advisor

Objectives

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;
edit the publication of conference proceedings

Year 2013 Annual Conference

October 10 & 11, 2013 - How Do We Know What We Think We Know: Facts in the Legal System, Toronto

The Judicial Education Sub-Committee

Co-Chairs

Justice Gary Trotter
Justice Marie St-Pierre

Committee Members

Justice Clément Gascon
Justice John I. Laskin
Justice Anne Mactavish
Justice James O'Reilly
Justice Katherine E. Swinton
Justie Paul Vézina
Justice Jeanne Watchuk (interim)

Ex Officio Members

CIAJ's President
CIAJ's Executive Director

Objectives

conduct judicial education seminars, i.e. Seminar for New Federally Appointed Judges, Judgment Writing Seminar, Style and Context: Mastering the Skill of Judgment Writing, 'Dialogues on Judging' and Administrative Law program;
liaise with the Canadian Judicial Council, the National Judicial Institute, the Office of the Commissioner for Judicial Affairs, the Canadian Association of Provincial Court Judges and other related professional institutions;
review existing judicial programs;
supervise the educational programs offered by CIAJ;
promote judicial educational programs throughout the judicial community;
recruit members from the judicial community;
recommend expertise in the fields of law covered in the education programs.
develop advanced professional training programs;

Year 2011/2012 Activities

CIAJ Programs
- May 11, 2012 - National Roundtable, Westin Calgary Hotel, Calgary, Alberta
- June, 2012 - Roundtable on Sentencing
- June 26 - 29, 2012 - Seminar on Judgment Writing, Westin Montreal Hotel, Montreal, Quebec
- TBD - Seminar on Mental Health and its Impact on the Justice System, Eastern Canada
- October 11 - 12, 2012 - Annual CIAJ Conference: The Courts and Beyond: The Architecture of Justice in Transition, Fairmont Palliser Hotel, Calgary, Alberta
CIAJ/NJI Joint Programs
- February 18 to 24, 2012, Seminar for New Federally Appointed Judges - Winter Program, Manoir Saint Sauveur, Mont Saint Sauveur, Quebec
- October 20 - 26, 2012 - New Federally Appointed Judges - Fall Program, The Westin Hotel, Whistler, British Columbia
- February 16 - 20, 2013 - Seminar for New Federally Appointed Judges - Winter Program, Manoir Saint Sauveur, Mont Saint Sauveur, Quebec
- April 14 - 18, 2013 - Seminar on Style and Context: Mastering the Skill of Judgment Writing, Victoria, British Columbia

The Legal Education Sub-Committee

Co-ChairS

Me Claude Provencher
Mr. Gavin MacKenzie

Committee Members

Mr. Greg Harding, Q.C.
Ms. Barbara Kincaid
Me Patrick Molinari

Ex Officio Members

CIAJ's President
CIAJ's Executive Director
CIAJ's Academic Advisor

Objectives

conduct courses for members of the legal profession in provinces where needs exist;
conduct individualized courses for specialized professional groups;
conduct roundtables (national and regional) on topics of common interest to the legal profession and judicial communities;
develop advanced programs of interest to the legal profession as need arises;
develop, conduct and promote research projects for the legal profession in accordance with CIAJ's guiding principles;
liaise with the Canadian Bar Association and regional Law Societies and Barreaux and other related professional institutions, national and international (with respect to program accreditation);
review CIAJ's programs for legal profession;
promote CIAJ's programs for legal professions throughout the legal community;
recruit members from the legal profession;
develop teaching material to support course content;
recommend local expertise in the field of legal programs when required;
identify sources of funding to support the programs for the legal profession.

Year 2011/2012 Projects

Regional roundtables on specialized topics, e.g. Sec 8 Charter privacy issues/expectations of privacy/implications in civil and labour law; Ethical issues and DNA...;
Seminar on Mental Health and its Impact on the Justice System;
Professional Responsibility/Conduct and Ethical Issues.

The Legislative Drafting Sub-Committee

Chair

Ms. Judith Keating, Q.C.

Committee Members

Mr. Mark A. Audcent
Me Pierre Charbonneau
Ms. Janet Erasmus, Q.C.
Mr. Philippe Hallée
Ms. Laura A. Hopkins
Mr. John Mark Keyes
Ms. Barbara Kincaid
Mr. Peter J. Pagano, Q.C.
Mr. Michel Patrice
Mr. Mark Spakowski

Ex Officio Members

CIAJ's President
CIAJ's Executive Director

Objectives

conduct seminars every 18 to 24 months for members of the Legal Drafting community;
liaise with the Canadian Association of Parliamentary Counsel, the Association of Legislative Counsel and other related professional institutions, national or international;
promote CIAJ's Legal Drafting program throughout the Legal Drafting community;
recruit members from the Legal Drafting community;
identify sources for financing the legal drafting activities;
recommend local expertise in the field of legal drafting when required for related programs.

Year 2012 Activity

September 10 & 11, 2012 - Legal Drafting Conference - Legislative Architecture - Building with Words - Ottawa Convention Centre / Ottawa Westin, Ottawa;
2013 - Roundtable initiative on issues of common concerns to legislative drafters.

The Research Sub-Committee

co-Chairs

Professor Cristie Ford
Professor Emma Cunliffe

Committee Members

Judge Patrick Healy
Professor Laverne Jacobs
Professor Ronalda Murphy
Dean Lorne Sossin

Ex Officio Members

CIAJ's President
CIAJ's Executive Director
CIAJ's Academic Advisor

Objectives

conduct research pursuant to the approval of the Board of Directors or on the basis of specific research contracts;
identify sources of funding and liaise with funding agencies and/or other related professional institutions to finance research activities;
identify research priorities and appropriate personnel to conduct projects;
establish an internal structure to effectively coordinate research projects;
coordinate, direct and supervise research projects;
promote CIAJ's research results throughout the judicial and legal community;
recommend local expertise when required for related programs;
report on research activities to the Board of Directors;
monitor selection process of research fellowship.

Year 2012 Projects

Charles D. Gonthier Fellowship: 2014 Theme TBD;
Themes for up-coming annual conferences: 2014, 2015, 2016;
Exchanges with academics: Student Essay Prize.

The Strategic Planning Committee

co-Chairs

Justice Fonse Faour
Judge Patrick Healy

Committee Members

Justice Joel Fichaud
Justice Anne Mactavish
Justice Michele Murphy
The Honourable John Z. Vertes

Ex Officio Members

CIAJ's President
CIAJ's Executive Director

by-Laws Sub-Committee

Chair

Mr. Gordon E. Thompson

Sub-Committee Members

Me Michèle Moreau
Ms. Barbara Kincaid

Objectives

review the purpose of the organization and establish realistic goals and objectives consistent with its mandate in a defined time frame within CIAJ’s capacity for implementation;
rally the board of directors around a common principled vision;
communicate these goals and objectives to CIAJ’s constituents;
ensure effective use of CIAJ’s resources by focusing resources on key priorities;
establish a mechanism for informed change when needed.

Year 2012 Projects

1) Implementation of Strategic Planning with on-going:

examination of direction and focus of organization implementation proposed at the 2009 Board of Directors’ meeting;
assessment of relevance of activities;
identification of new opportunities.

2) Re-drafting of CIAJ By-Laws.