Susheel Gupta was selected to receive the inaugural Lennox Award as a result of the leadership he has demonstrated in promoting justice education in the Ottawa region. He is committed to providing students with a positive exposure to the law, through his work on both the Canadian Bar Association Law Day Committee and the Ottawa OJEN Committee.
As a secondary school law teacher at St. Mark High School in Ottawa, Don Morris has personally made exceptional efforts to connect his students to the justice sector through court visits, inviting justice professionals to speak in his classroom and organizing mock trials. As a member of the Ottawa OJEN Committee since 2005, Mr. Morris’ classroom expertise and educator’s perspective has been instrumental in allowing for it to tailor justice education initiatives meet the needs of Ottawa area students and teachers.
AJEFO has been a leader in advancing public knowledge of the right to judicial services in either official language to Ontario’s over 600,000 Francophone residents for more than 30 years. This award recognizes its significant contribution to justice education throughout the province and specifically, for the creation of the innovative web site, Cliquezjustice.ca.
