Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice
The Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice (CIAJ) is a Canadian not-for-profit organization based in Montreal, Quebec.
History
CIAJ was founded in 1974 at Osgoode Hall Law School with a $225,000 grant from the Donner Canadian Foundation. It moved to the University of Alberta Faculty of Law in 1978, remaining there until 1986, when it moved to the University of Montreal Faculty of Law, where it remained until April 2019.[1]
Organization
CIAJ is listed as part of the Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association (CSCJA) network[2] and is a member of the International Organization for Judicial Training (IOJT).[3]
Personnel
CIAJ's team and leadership are listed on its website.[4]
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Julie Dutil | President | Court of Appeal of Quebec |
| Peter M. Willcock | Vice-President | British Columbia Court of Appeal |
| Megan Longley | Secretary | Dalhousie Legal Aid Service |
| Scott Hughes | Treasurer[5] | Court of Quebec, Steering Committee on Justice Efficiencies and Access to the Justice System |
| James O'Reilly | Past President[5:1] | Federal Court of Canada, Law Reform Commission of Canada, Department of Justice Canada, Supreme Court of Canada, National Judicial Institute (NJI), Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada[6] |
| Patrick A. Molinari | Past President[5:2] | Lavery, de Billy |
| Colleen Suche | Past President | Court of King's Bench of Manitoba, Legal Help Centre of Winnipeg, Nunavut Court of Justice, Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association, United Way Winnipeg |
| Michael J. Wood | Second Vice-President (former)[5:3] | Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Court of Appeal |
| Linda Abrams | Board Member[5:4] | Ontario Superior Court of Justice |
| Mark Benton | Board Member[5:5] | Legal Aid BC |
| Stephen Bindman | Board Member[5:6] | University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ), Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) |
| Brian A. Blumenthal | Board Member | ADR Chambers |
| Susanne Boucher | Board Member | Ontario Superior Court of Justice |
| Brenda Butterworth-Carr | Board Member[5:7] | British Columbia Royal Canadian Mounted Police (BC RCMP) |
| Mélanie Chartier | Board Member | Canada Energy Regulator (CER) |
| Jennifer Cox | Board Member | Nova Scotia Legal Aid |
| Thomas Crabtree | Board Member[5:8] | Supreme Court of British Columbia |
| Keiran Gibbs | Board Member | Office of the President of the Treasury Board of Canada |
| Jaimie Graham | Board Member | Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) |
| Miray Granovsky | Board Member | Atlantic Coated Papers (ACP), Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC) |
| Athanasios Hadjis | Board Member[5:9] | Administrative Tribunals Support Service of Canada |
| Lois Hoegg | Board Member[5:10] | Court of Appeal of Newfoundland and Labrador, Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Veronica Jackson | Board Member | Supreme Court of British Columbia |
| Lana Krogan | Board Member[5:11] | Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan |
| Viviane Lavergne | Board Member (student)[5:12] | University of Montreal Faculty of Law |
| Amélie Lavictoire | Board Member | Federal Public Sector Labour Relations and Employment Board (FPSLREB) |
| Doug LePard | Board Member | Metro Vancouver Transit Police |
| Adam Letourneau | Board Member[5:13] | Letourneau |
| Janet McIntyre | Board Member | Access to Justice Secretariat |
| Yves-Marie Morissette | Board Member[5:14] | Court of Appeal of Quebec |
| Bradford Morse | Board Member[5:15] | Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law |
| Hong Nguyen | Board Member | Department of Justice Canada |
| Michelle O'Bonsawin | Board Member[5:16] | Ontario Superior Court of Justice |
| Ngai Pindell | Board Member | Peter A. Allard School of Law |
| J.C. Marc Richard | Board Member[5:17] | Court of Appeal of New Brunswick |
| Kent Roach | Board Member[5:18] | University of Toronto Faculty of Law |
| Karan Shaner | Board Member | Court of Appeal of Alberta |
| Robert Sharpe | Board Member[5:19] | Court of Appeal for Ontario |
| Mark Spakowski | Board Member[5:20] | Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General |
| Eric Tolppanen | Board Member[5:21] | Alberta Court of Justice |
| Nazrina Umarji | Board Member | College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta (CPSA) |
| Martine Valois | Board Member | University of Montreal Faculty of Law |
| Brenda Young | Board Member | Chippewas of the Thames First Nation |
| Rosalie Abella | Patron | Supreme Court of Canada |
| James Carnwath | Patron | Ontario Superior Court of Justice |
| Thomas Cromwell | Patron | Supreme Court of Canada, Cross-Jurisdictional Technical Advisory Group |
| Patrick Healy | Patron | Court of Quebec, Court of Appeal of Quebec |
| Nicole Duval Hesler | Patron | Court of Appeal of Quebec, Superior Court of Quebec |
| Carol Huddart | Patron | Supreme Court of British Columbia, British Columbia Court of Appeal |
| Georgina Jackson | Patron | Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan |
| John I. Laskin | Patron | Court of Appeal for Ontario |
| Sidney N. Lederman | Patron and Co-Founder | Amicus Chambers, Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) |
| William Stevenson | Patron | Supreme Court of Canada |
| Beth Symes | Patron | Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) |
| Gordon E. Thompson | Patron | - |
| Christine O'Doherty | Executive Director[7] | University of Montreal Faculty of Pharmacy, Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters |
| Nathan Afilab | Legal Research[7:1] | Montreal Municipal Court |
| Robin Duffie | Project Manager of Judicial Programs[7:2] | - |
| Vicki Gondek | Project Manager of Judicial Programs[7:3] | - |
| Isabelle Ligot | Communications Manager[7:4] | - |
| Mary Plagakis | Project Manager of Multidisciplinary Programs[7:5] | - |
| Ian Binnie | Associated with[8] | Lenczner Slaght |
Partners
CIAJ's listed partners include:[7:6][9][10][11]
- Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters
- The Action Group on Access to Justice (TAG)
- Alberta Law Foundation
- Athabasca University
- Centre d'accès à l'information juridique (CAIJ)
- Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals (CCAT)
- Courthouse Libraries BC
- Law Foundation of Nova Scotia
- Law Foundation of Saskatchewan
- Legal Innovation Laboratory
- Mental Health Commission of Canada[12]
- National Judicial Institute (NJI)[13]
- New Brunswick Law Foundation
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
- University of Montreal Professional Development Centre
- University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law
External links
Organization. Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. Retrieved March 10, 2025, from https://ciaj-icaj.ca/en/about-us/our-organization/ ↩︎
Our Network. Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association (CSCJA). Retrieved March 10, 2025, from https://cscja.ca/our-network/ ↩︎
Members. International Organization for Judicial Training. Retrieved February 26, 2025, from https://web.archive.org/web/20250226233224/https://www.iojt.org/members ↩︎
Board of Directors. Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. Retrieved March 21, 2025, from https://ciaj-icaj.ca/en/about-us/our-board-of-directors/ ↩︎
Board of Directors. Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. Retrieved November 3, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20201103123809/https://ciaj-icaj.ca/en/about-us/our-board-of-directors/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
The Honourable James O’Reilly. Federal Court of Canada. Retrieved October 24, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20201024013449/https://www.fct-cf.gc.ca/en/pages//about-the-court/members-of-the-court/judges/the-honourable-james-oreilly ↩︎
2020-2021 Annual Report. Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. Retrieved March 20, 2025, from https://ciaj-icaj.ca/wp-content/uploads/page/2021/11/ciaj_2020-2021-annual-report_en_2021-11-09.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Ian Binnie C.C., K.C. Lenczner Slaght. Retrieved March 10, 2025, from https://www.litigate.com/IanBinnie ↩︎
2022-2023 Annual Report. (2023, November). Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. https://ciaj-icaj.ca/wp-content/uploads/page/2023/11/ciaj_2022-2023-annual-report_en.pdf ↩︎
Annual Report 2023-2024. (2025, February). Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. https://ciaj-icaj.ca/wp-content/uploads/page/2025/02/annual-report-2023-2024.pdf ↩︎
Annual Report 2019/2020. (2020, October 4). Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. https://ciaj-icaj.ca/wp-content/uploads/page/2020/11/ciaj_2019-2020-annual-report_en_low_f.pdf ↩︎
Annual Report 2018/19. (2019, October 4). Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice. https://ciaj-icaj.ca/wp-content/uploads/page/2019/10/ciaj_2018-2019-annual-report_en.pdf ↩︎
Judicial Education Partners. National Judicial Institute. Retrieved February 26, 2025, from https://www.nji-inm.ca/index.cfm/about/judicial-education-partners/ ↩︎