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British Columbia Law Institute

British Columbia Law Institute
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The British Columbia Law Institute (BCLI) is a Canadian not-for-profit law reform agency.

Organization

BCLI is a member of the Justice COVID-19 Response Group.[1]

Personnel

BCLI's team and leadership are listed on its website.[2]

Name Position Notes
Edward Wilson Board Chair Lawson Lundell
Marian K. Brown Vice Chair Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia, Canadian Bar Association (CBA), Vancouver City Planning Commission (VCPC), University of Victoria, Peter A. Allard School of Law, Ingenium
James Deitch Secretary British Columbia Review Board (BCRB), British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General, Criminal Justice Reform Secretariat, Legal Aid BC, Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission
Mark Gillen Treasurer University of Victoria Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University
Brian Dybwad Member at Large CanAge, Legal Aid BC, Law Society of British Columbia, Campbell River Bar Association
Leah George-Wilson Member at Large Tsleil-Waututh Nation, First Nations Health Council (FNHC), First Nations Land Advisory Board (LAB), Four Host First Nations
Timothy Outerbridge Member at Large British Columbia Court of Appeal, Access Pro Bono Society of British Columbia
Aubin Calvert Board Member Hunter Litigation Chambers, Peter A. Allard School of Law, Richard Wagner, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (CLEBC), Supreme Court Advocacy Institute (SCAI)
Filip de Sagher Board Member Deprez & Associates, Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia
Stacey Edzerza Fox Board Member Tahltan Central Government (TCG)
Jon Festinger Board Member Chandler Fogden Lyman (CFL), Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC Sauder School of Business, Western International Communications (WIC), CTV Television Network, Vancouver Canucks, viaSport British Columbia, Ronald McDonald House BC and Yukon, BC Sports Hall of Fame
Alexandra Flynn Board Member Peter A. Allard School of Law, Housing Assessment Resource Tools (HART), Balanced Supply of Housing (BSH)
Lisa Fong Board Member -
Audrey Jun Board Member Nidus Personal Planning Resource Centre
Emilie Leduc Board Member Harper Grey, Peter A. Allard School of Law
Katie Sykes Board Member Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law, Lawson Lundell, Cross-Jurisdictional Technical Advisory Group
Joost Blom Member Emeritus Peter A. Allard School of Law, Law Society of British Columbia, International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL)
Robert G. Howell Member Emeritus -
Margaret Mason Member Emeritus Norton Rose Fulbright, Imagine Canada, Canadian Sport Institute Pacific, Canadian Bar Association (CBA)

Partners

BCLI's partners include:[3][4]

  • Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (CNPEA)
  • Centre for Research on Personhood in Dementia (CRPiD)
  • Family Caregivers of British Columbia (FCBC)
  • Indigenous Law Research Unit (ILRU)
  • Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue

Funding

BCLI has received funding from:[3:1][5][6][7]

  • Adult Protective Service

  • AGE-WELL NCE

  • Alzheimer Society of Canada

  • Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors (ABCLS)

  • British Columbia Association of Community Response Networks (BC CRNs)

  • British Columbia General Employees' Union (BCGEU)

  • British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General

  • British Columbia Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs

  • British Columbia Ministry of Labour

  • Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)

  • Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)

  • Canadian Securities Institute (CSI)

  • Coalition of BC Businesses

  • Condominium Home Owners Association (CHOA)

  • Council to Reduce Elder Abuse (CREA)

  • Department of Justice Canada

  • Health Employees' Union (HEU)

  • Law Foundation of British Columbia

  • Law Foundation of Ontario

  • McLachlin Fund

  • Notary Foundation of British Columbia

  • Real Estate Council of British Columbia (RECBC)

  • Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia (REFBC)

  • Real Estate Institute of British Columbia (REIBC)

  • Simon Fraser University (SFU)

  • Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)

  • Strata Property Agents of British Columbia (SPABC)

  • Vancouver Foundation

  • Vancouver Island Strata Owners Association (VISOA)

  • Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU)

  • Alzheimer Society of British Columbia

  • British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC)

  • Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP)

  • Clark Wilson

  • Goddard Gamage

  • Norton Rose Fulbright

  • Public Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia

  • Scotia Wealth Management

  1. Ministry of Attorney General. (2020, April 24). Provincial justice system advisory groups established. BC Gov News. https://web.archive.org/web/20230929215201/https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020ag0032-000747 ↩︎

  2. Who we are. British Columbia Law Institute. Retrieved March 17, 2025, from https://www.bcli.org/about/who-we-are/#tab-207232 ↩︎

  3. 2023 Annual Report. (2024, October 8). British Columbia Law Institute. https://www.bcli.org/publication/98-2023-annual-report/ ↩︎ ↩︎

  4. Annual Report 2022. (2023, October 19). British Columbia Law Institute. https://www.bcli.org/wp-content/uploads/2022-Annual-Report-Final-dual-spread.pdf ↩︎

  5. Annual Reports 2020 & 2021. (2022, June 17). British Columbia Law Institute. https://www.bcli.org/publication/annual-report-2020-2021/ ↩︎

  6. Annual Report 2019. (2020, September 29). British Columbia Law Institute. https://www.bcli.org/publication/90-annual-report-2019/ ↩︎

  7. Annual Report 2018. (2020, April 21). British Columbia Law Institute. https://www.bcli.org/publication/2018-annual-report/ ↩︎