Canadian Forum on Civil Justice
The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice (CFCJ) is a Canadian nonprofit organization based in Toronto, Ontario. It is based at York University, where it is affiliated with the Osgoode Hall Law School and York Centre for Public Policy and Law.[1]
Organization
CFCJ coordinates the Access to Justice Research Network (AJRN).[2]
Personnel
CFCJ's leadership and personnel are listed on its website.[3][4]
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Cromwell | Chairman (2007-2008)[5] | Cross-Jurisdictional Technical Advisory Group, Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG), Supreme Court of Canada |
| Carl Baar | Board Member | Brock University, York University |
| Mark Benton | Board Member | Access to Justice BC, Legal Aid BC, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, Association of Legal Aid Plans of Canada (ALAP), Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters |
| Melina Buckley | Board Member | Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman |
| Brian Crane | Board Member | Gowling Lafleur Henderson, Canadian Bar Association (CBA) |
| Trevor Farrow | Board Member | Osgoode Hall Law School, Winkler Institute for Dispute Resolution, Torys |
| Stephen T. Goudge | Board Member | Court of Appeal for Ontario, Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario, Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA), Paliare Roland |
| Patricia Hughes | Board Member | Law Commission of Ontario (LCO), Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB), Pay Equity Hearings Tribunal (PEHT), University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law, University of Calgary Faculty of Law, Bennett Jones, Toronto Public Health |
| Gillian Marriott | Board Member | Pro Bono Law Alberta, Court of King's Bench of Alberta, Widdowson Kachur Ostwald Menzies, Law Society of Alberta, Canadian Bar Association Alberta Branch, University of Calgary Faculty of Law, Children's Legal and Educational Resource Centre, Immigrant Access Fund (IAF) |
| François Rolland | Board Member | Fasken Martineau, Superior Court of Quebec, National Judicial Institute (NJI), Conférence des juges des cours supérieures du Québec, Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association (CSCJA), Canadian Judicial Council (CJC), Canadian Bar Association (CBA), Voluntary Reimbursement Program (VRP) |
| Lisa Moore | Director of Research and Operations | Global Action on Aging, Patronato Nacional de la Infancia (PANI) |
| Nicole Aylwin | Senior Research Fellow and Former Executive Director | Winkler Institute for Dispute Resolution, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Ontario Institute of Technology |
| Ab Currie | Senior Research Fellow | - |
| Lesley Jacobs | Senior Research Fellow | York University, Cost of Justice, Law Commission of Canada |
| Jennifer Leitch | Senior Research Fellow[6] | National Self-Represented Litigants Project, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, Goodmans |
| Malcom M. Mercer | Senior Research Fellow[7] | Law Society of Ontario, McCarthy Tétrault, Law Society Tribunal |
| Ian Binnie | Member[8] | Lenczner Slaght |
Collaborators
CJCJ collaborates with:[2:1]
- Association of Canadian Court Administrators (ACCA)
- Boldness Project
- Canadian Centre for Court Technology (CCCT)
- Center on International Cooperation (CIC)
- Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO)
- Just Governance Group (JGG)
- Task Force on Justice
Funding
CFCJ has received funding from:[9]
- Government of Alberta
- Government of New Brunswick
- Government of Nova Scotia
- Government of Saskatchewan
- Government of Yukon
- Law Foundation of Ontario (LFO)
- Osgoode Hall Law School
External links
About Us. Canadian Forum on Civil Justice. Retrieved March 15, 2025, from https://cfcj-fcjc.org/about-us/ ↩︎
Collaborations. Canadian Forum on Civil Justice. Retrieved March 15, 2025, from https://cfcj-fcjc.org/collaborations/ ↩︎ ↩︎
Board. Canadian Forum on Civil Justice. Retrieved May 11, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20200511174303/https://cfcj-fcjc.org/about-us/board/ ↩︎
Staff. Canadian Forum on Civil Justice. Retrieved May 11, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20200511173442/https://cfcj-fcjc.org/about-us/staff/ ↩︎
The Honourable Thomas Albert Cromwell. Supreme Court of Canada. Retrieved March 15, 2025, from https://www.scc-csc.ca/about-apropos/judges-juges/list-liste/thomas-albert-cromwell/ ↩︎
NSRLP Team. National Self-Represented Litigants Project. Retrieved March 14, 2025, from https://representingyourselfcanada.com/nsrlp-team/ ↩︎
Staff. Canadian Forum on Civil Justice. Retrieved February 24, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220224205349/https://cfcj-fcjc.org/about-us/staff/ ↩︎
Ian Binnie C.C., K.C. Lenczner Slaght. Retrieved March 14, 2025, from https://litigate.com/IanBinnie/pdf ↩︎
Home. Canadian Forum on Civil Justice. Retrieved March 15, 2025, from https://cfcj-fcjc.org/ ↩︎