Tuesday, 18 June 2013      

Action Committees

The Audit Committee

Chair

  • Ms. Michèle Moreau

Committee Members

  • Justic Joel Fichaud
  • Mr. Greg Harding, Q.C.
  • 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 5-year bids on Requests for Proposal for auditing services and make recommendations (2011) (see Budget Information after By-Laws).

Year 2013 Projects

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

The Communications Committee

CO-ChairS

  • Mr. John Mark Keyes
  • Master Heather MacNaughton

Committee Members

  • Mr. Bart Danko
  • Mr. Ed Haluschak
  • Judge Lee Ann Martin
  • Ms. Michèle Moreau

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 2012/2013 Projects

  • Newsletter;
  • Website/Social Media;
  • 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 2012/2013 Projects

  • Implementation of CIAJ's Strategic Planning;
  • Follow-up on Special Initiatives:
    • Celebrating the Contributions of Justice Louise Charron;
    • Roundtables on Sentencing:  How to Get from Here to There?;
    • CBA Access to Justice Project:  Envisioning Equal Justice;
    • Action Committee on 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. Michèle Moreau
  • 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.

2012/2013 Activity

  • Recommendations to fill 2013 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 2013 Projects

  • Recommendations re: staff;
  • Recommendations re: operations assessment.

The Membership Committee

Co-Chairs

  • Judge Dominique Larochelle
  • Justice Michele Murphy

Ex Officio Members

  • CIAJ's Executive
  • CIAJ's Executive Director

Committee Members

  • Mr. Michael Gottheil
  • Mr. Greg Harding

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.

2013 Projects

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

The Research and Education Committee

Chair

  • Justice Georgina Jackson

Committee Members

  • Justice Sophie Bourque
  • Justice Yves de Montigny
  • Judge Patrick Healy
  • Judge Dominique Larochelle
  • Judge Lee Ann Martin
  • Justice Mary Newbury

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 2012/2013 Activities

  • Professional training programs for legal profession (CJC authorization/CLE accreditation);
  • Dissemination of CIAJ educational material;
  • Celebrating the Contributions of Justice Louise Charron
  • Roundtable on Sentencing;
  • 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
  • Professor Nicholas Lambert

Committee Members

  • Mr. Jeff G. Cowan
  • Ms. Emanuela Heyninck
  • Professor Laverne A. Jacobs
  • Professor Nicolas Lambert
  • Ms. Linda Lamoureux
  • Master Heather MacNaughton
  • 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;
  • 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;
  • 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;
  • identify sources of funding to support the administrative agencies programs.

Year 2012/2013 Projects

  • Quebec regional roundtable with the judiciary
  • National roundtable - Top Ten Issues;
  • Joint Seminar Effective Judicial Review;
  • 2013 Advanced Administrative Law Program for Judges;
  • Seminar on "Ambiguous Crossroads" Persons with Mental Health Problems and the Criminal Justice System;
  • Seminar on Medical Genetics, Law and Ethics;
  • Seminars for specialized administrative agencies.

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, The King Edward Hotel, Toronto

The 2014 Annual Conference Planning Sub-Committee

Co-Chairs

  • Justice Fonse Faour

Planning and Consultative Committee

  • Justice Michele Murphy
  • Professor Ronalda Murphy
  • Justice Joel Fichaud
  • Ms. Beth Symes

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 2013/2014 Annual Conference

  • October 9 & 10, 2014 - Information and Privacy:  Push, Pull and Draw, Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland, St. John's, NL

The Judicial Education Sub-Committee

Co-Chairs

  • Justice Gary Trotter
  • Justice Nicole Gibeau / Justice Marie St-Pierre

Committee Members

  • Justice Jean-François Émond
  • Justice John I. Laskin
  • Justice Anne Mactavish
  • Justice James O'Reilly
  • Justice Katherine E. Swinton
  • Justie Paul Vézina
  • Justice Kevin Whitaker
  • Justice (TBC)

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 2012/2013 Activities

  • CIAJ Programs
    • February 1, 2013 - Seminar on "Ambiguous Crossroads" Persons with Mental Health Problems and the Criminal Justice System, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia;
    • April 5, 2013 - Seminar on Medical Genetics, Law & Ethics, The Sheraton Wall Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia;
    • May 3, 2013 - Quebec Roundtable Dialogues between Courts and Tribunals, Montreal, Quebec;
    • May 23, 2013 - Advanced Judicial Seminar in Administrative Law, Harbour Castle Hotel, Toronto, Ontario;
    • May 24, 2013 - National Administrative Law Seminar, Harbour Castle Hotel, Toronto, Ontario;
    • May/June, 2013 - Roundtable on Sentencing;
    • June 25 - 28, 2013 - Seminar on Judgment Writing Westin Montreal Hotel, Montreal, Quebec;
    • October 11 - 12, 2013 - Annual CIAJ Conference: How Do We Know What We Think We Know:  Facts in the Legal System, The King Edward Hotel, Toronto, Ontario.
  • CIAJ/NJI Joint Programs
    • February 16 to 22, 2013, Seminar for New Federally Appointed Judges - Winter Program,  Manoir Saint Sauveur, Mont Saint Sauveur, Quebec;
    • April 14 - 18, 2013 - Seminar Style and Context:  Mastering the Skill of Judgment Writing, Victoria, British Columbia;
    • May 7 - 10, 2013 - Seminar Dealing Effectively with Judicial Review, Westin Bayshore Hotel, Vancouver, British Columbia;
    • November 2 - 8, 2013 - New Federally Appointed Judges - Fall Program, The Marriott Harbourfront Hotel, Halifax, Nova Scotia;
    • November 20 - 22, 2013 - Seminar Dialogues on Judging, Rewards and Challenges of Long Serving Judicial Career, TBA Hotel, Toronto, Ontario;
    • February 15 - 21, 2014 - Seminar for New Federally Appointed Judges - Winter Program, Fairmont Queen Elizabeth, Montreal, Quebec.
  • Special Programs
    • March 22 - 23, 2013 - Symposium:  Celebrating the Contributions of Justice Louise Charron, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON;
    • CBA National Summit on Access to Justice:  Envisioning Equal Justice, Vancouver, BC;
    • End of November, 2013 - Action Committee on Access to Civil and Family Justice Colloquium TBD (Central Canada).

The Legal Education Sub-Committee

Co-Chairs

  • Mr. Gavin MacKenzie
  • Me Patrick Molinari

Committee Members

  • Mr. Greg Harding, Q.C.
  • Ms. Barbara Kincaid
  • Me Claude Provencher

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 2012/2013 Projects

  • Regional roundtables on specialized topics, e.g. Sec 8 Charter privacy issues/expectations of privacy/implications in civil and labour law; 
  • Seminar on "Ambiguous Crossroads"  Persons with Mental Health Problems and the Criminal Justice System;
  • Seminar on Medical Genetics, Law & Ethics;
  • CBA Access to Justice Project:  Envisioning Equal Justice;
  • Action Commitee on Access to Civil and Family Justice Initiative;
  • Professional Responsibility/Conduct and Ethical Issues.

The Legislative Drafting Sub-Committee

Chair

  • Mr. John Mark Keyes

Committee Members

  • Mr. Mark A. Audcent
  • Me Pierre Charbonneau
  • Me Jean-François Couture
  • Me Richard Denis
  • Ms. Janet Erasmus, Q.C.
  • Mr. Philippe Hallée
  • Ms. Laura A. Hopkins
  • Ms. Barbara Kincaid
  • Professor Hoi Kong
  • Ms. Pamela Muir
  • Mr. Peter J. Pagano, Q.C.
  • Ms. Kim Poffenroth
  • 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 2013/2014 Activity

  • September 8 & 9, 2014 - Legal Drafting Conference - Ottawa Convention Centre / Ottawa Westin, Ottawa;
  • 2013 - Roundtable initiative on issues of common concerns to legislative drafters.

The Research Sub-Committee

co-Chairs

  • Professor Emma Cunliffe

Committee Members

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

Ex Officio Members

  • CIAJ's President
  • CIAJ's Executive Director

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 2013 Projects

  • Charles D. Gonthier Fellowship: 2015 Theme TBD;
  • Themes for up-coming annual conferences: 2015, 2016, 2017;
  • Exchanges with academics: 2013 CHR Student Essay Prize.

The Strategic Planning Committee

Chair

  • Judge Patrick Healy

Committee Members

  • Mr. Michael Gottheil
  • Justice Georgina Jackson
  • Mr. John Mark Keyes
  • Justice Dominique Larochelle
  • Master Heather MacNaughton
  • Me Michèle Moreau
  • Justice Michele Murphy
  • The Honourable John Z. Vertes

Ex Officio Members

  • CIAJ's President
  • CIAJ's Executive Director (Former CIAJ Executive Director)

by-Laws Sub-Committee

Chair

  • Mr. Gordon E. Thompson

Sub-Committee Members

  • Me Michèle Moreau
  • Ms. Barbara Kincaid
  • Justice Michele Murphy

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 2013 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.

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