OJEN Board & Network

The OJEN Board of Directors

The Board of the Ontario Justice Education Network reflects links to major areas of current organizational activity and public legal education providers. Ten of the fifteen positions on the Board are by appointment. Current Directors include:

• Emma Barz, appointee of Legal Aid Ontario
• Marc Boissonneault, appointee of the Ministry of the Attorney General
• Halime Celik, Director at-large
• The Hon. Breese Davies, appointee of the Superior Court of Justice (Co-Chair)
• Luis Filipe, appointee of the Ontario History & Social Science Teachers’ Association (Co-Chair)
• Aiman Flahat, appointee of Community Legal Education Ontario
• Jennifer Gold, appointee of the Law Society of Ontario
• The Hon. Ferhan Javed, appointee of the Ontario Court of Justice
• Leigh MacDonald, Director at-large
• The Hon. Julie Thorburn, appointee of the Court of Appeal for Ontario
• Zahra Taseer, appointee of the Law Foundation of Ontario
• Diane Vautour, Director at-large

The OJEN Network

OJEN’s Network is a collaborative forum serving as a communications and facilitation link for justice system participants, educators, community representatives, and others with an interest in public legal educational activity. The Network shares information about public legal education programs and advises OJEN’s Board and Executive Director. Network members include:

• The Chief Justice of Ontario (Chair)
• The Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice
• The Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice
• The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
• The Deputy Attorney General of Ontario
• The Deputy Minister of Education
• The Chair of the Law Foundation of Ontario
• The Treasurer of the Law Society of Ontario
• The President of The Advocates’ Society
• The President of the Federation of Ontario Law Associations
• The President of the Ontario Bar Association
• The Ombudsman of Ontario
• The Chair of Legal Aid Ontario
• The President of the Ontario History & Social Science Teachers’ Association
• The Executive Director of Community Legal Education Ontario
• The Education Director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust
• The Executive Director of the Association of Community Legal Clinics of Ontario
• The Institute for Catholic Education
• The President of the Ontario Principals’ Council
• The Executive Director of the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres
• The ESL/ELD Resource Group of Ontario
• The Ontario Council of Law Deans
• The Executive Director of the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
• The President of the Association of French Speaking Jurists of Ontario