2009-2010 Board of Directors
Past Presidents
The Hon. J. Keiller MacKay (1888-1970)
J.S. Midanik, Q.C.(1920-1997)
John Nelligan, Q.C.
Harry Arthurs
The Hon. Walter Tarnopolsky (1932-1993)
Walter Pitman
Sybil Shack (1911-2004)
The Hon. Allan Blakeney
President
Marsha Hanen, adjunct professor, University of Victoria; former President University of Winnipeg; former President of the Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership
Vice-Presidents
Jamie Cameron, Osgoode Hall Law professor
Susan Cooper, Nunavut lawyer
Giséle Côté-Harper, Q.C., University of Quebec Law professor
Michael de Pencier, publisher
Marlys Edwardh, criminal lawyer
Edward L. Greenspan, Q.C., criminal lawyer
Patricia Jackson, counsel to the Arbour Inquiry into the Prison for Women
John D. McCamus, Osgoode Hall Law professor
Delia Opekokew, general counsel, Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations
The Hon. Howard Pawley, former Premier of Manitoba
Kenneth P. Swan, Labour arbitrator
Dr. Joseph Wong, former President, Chinese Canadian Council on Race Relations
Secretary
Sydney Goldenberg, former counsel, Ontario Human Rights Commission
Treasurer
Elaine Slater, former U.S. civil rights activist
Board of Directors
Frank Addario, criminal lawyer
The Hon. Warren Allmand, former Solicitor General of Canada
Bromley Armstrong, former President, Jamaican-Canadian Association
The Hon. Ronald Atkey, Q.C., former Chair, Security Intelligence Review Committee
Frédéric Bachand, Professor of law, McGill University
Joseph Boyden, author
The Hon. Edward Broadbent, former leader, New Democratic Party of Canada
Leah Casselman, former President, Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)
The Hon. Saul Cherniack, Q.C., former treasurer, Province of Manitoba
Dominique Clément, University of Alberta professor
*Jane Cobden, Halifax psychiatric social worker
Michael Conner, Manitoba representative
Dr. Debby Copes, member, Medical Reform Group
David Cronenberg, film maker
Fernand Daoust, former President, Quebec Federation of Labour
*Brian A. F. Edy, Calgary lawyer
Susan Eng, former Chair, Toronto Police Services Board
Mel Finkelstein, former Chair, Board of Jewish Education
Robert Fulford, National Post columnist
Vicki Gabereau, television host
The Hon. Constance R. Glube, Q.C., former Chief, Nova Scotia Supreme Court
Katherine Govier, former President, PEN Canada
*Louis Greenspan, Emeritus professor of philosophy, McMaster University
Hussein Hamdani, lawyer, Muslim-Jewish Dialogue of Hamilton
Shirley Heafey, former Chief Commissioner, Commission for Complaints Against RCMP
Harish Jain, professor, School of Industrial Relations, McMaster University
Mahmud Jamal, Special Counsel to CCLA in kirpan case and others
Janet Keeping, President, Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership
Joy Kogawa, author
Anne La Forest, Dean, University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Law
Cyril Levitt, professor, McMaster University
Andrew Lokan, Special Counsel to CCLA in same-sex marriage case and others
A. Wayne Mackay, Professor of law, Dalhousie University
*Ken Mandzuik, Manitoba Association of Rights and Liberties
*Jon Oliver, urban planner
Penelope Rowe, Executive Director, Community Service Council of Newfoundland and Labrador
Paul Schabas, counsel for the Ontario Association for the Deaf
Marvin Schiff, former Director, Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission
David Schneiderman, University of Toronto Law professor
*Eric L. Teed, Q.C., St. John, New Brunswick lawyer
*Walter Thompson, Halifax, Nova Scotia lawyer
The Very Rev. Lois Wilson, former President, World Council of Churches, former Independent Senator
*Denotes CCLA Chapter Representative
