Advisory Board

CLA-ACE has established an Advisory Board composed of Canadians who represent the values of CLA and because of their unique and distinguished background can provide us with valuable guidance and advice. We welcome the following members and thank each of them for their commitment to CLA.

Éloge Butera
Éloge C. Butera is a survivor of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda and a human rights activist. He is a law student at McGill University and an alumni (2009-2010) of the Sauvé Scholar program. Éloge was chosen by the Quebec Government as “young volunteer of the year” (Prix Claude-Masson: Homage Bénévolat Québec) in recognition of his activities organizing and speaking at conferences and commemorative days about genocide and human rights, as well as fundraising for Rwandan charitable organizations. In addition to serving as a leader in various student organizations related to social justice causes, Éloge has also served on the management board of the McGill Law Journal (Associate member, Volume 54). This past summer, Éloge was a summer law clerk to Justice Professor Sam Rugege, Vice President of Rwanda’s Supreme Court.

Patrick Collins
Patrick J. Collins is CEO of LexisNexis Canada. Pat has wide-ranging experience as an executive leader at several media organizations and in the telecommunications, transportation and manufacturing sectors. Prior to joining LexisNexis, Pat held various roles at Torstar Corporation, including President, CityMedia Group, and Publisher of The Hamilton Spectator. He managed operations of three city newspapers, 12 weekly newspapers and three city magazines with a total weekly circulation of 1.5 million. Previous roles involved providing leadership and support in financial management, information technology, project management and strategy for the $1 billion newspaper operations of Torstar Corporation. Pat has also served as Vice President, Community and Donor Development, for the Ontario Heart and Stroke Foundation. A member of the Board of Governors of the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Pat has held numerous Board and Director positions for corporations and non profits. Pat holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario and an Honours Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Windsor. He has also completed the General Electric Financial Management Program.

Armand de Mestral
Armand de Mestral is Emeritus Professor of Law at McGill University and the Jean Monnet Chair in the Law of International Economic Integration. He has prepared books, articles and studies in English and French on international trade law and on Canadian comparative and constitutional law and international law. He has served on WTO and NAFTA dispute settlement and arbitration tribunals. He served as president of the Canadian Red Cross Society from 1999 – 2001. He was made member of the Order of Canada in December 2007.

Pearl Eliadis
Pearl Eliadis is a human rights lawyer, specializing in national institutions and democratic development. She has worked in China, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan and Timor Leste, as well as for the UN in Rwanda. In 2006, she co-authored the UN plan to establish a human rights commission in Iraq. A recipient of the Canada 125 Medal and the 2006 Women of Distinction Award (Montreal), Ms. Eliadis has extensive experience in the public and non-profit sector, including as past Senior Research Director of the Policy Research Initiative, Director of Policy and Education of the Ontario Human Rights Commission and President of Equitas. She is an editor of the Charter and Human Rights Litigation Quarterly, and has authored numerous publications in the area of human rights law. Read Pearl’s article “Quite Simply, Torture is a Crime” which appeared in the Montreal Gazette in May, 2009.

Jamie Furniss
Jamie Furniss is a graduate of the National Program at the University of Ottawa Law School and is now studying international development at Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship. Prior to Oxford, he clerked for the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Mr. Furniss was the winner of the 2004 World Debating Championship in Malaysia. He is from the Yukon and is a passionate advocate on northern issues.

The Honourable Henry (Hal) Jackman, O.C.
Hal Jackman served as the 25th Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario from 1991 to 1997. He has served as Chairman of a number of Canadian companies including the Board of National Trust Company and the Empire Life Insurance Company. Mr. Jackman was named Chancellor of the University of Toronto from 1997-2003. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, and Member of the Order of Ontario.

Greg Kane, Q.C.
Greg Kane is a senior and founding partner of the Ottawa office of Stikeman Elliott LLP. His practice is devoted to administrative law and he is head of the firm’s telecommunications law practice. He has appeared before many federal and provincial agencies and departments as well as the Federal and Supreme Courts of Canada in judicial proceedings to review or appeal department and agency decisions. He served with the General Legal Council in Ghana under the auspices of CUSO and CIDA. He is a former board member of CODE and is an active community volunteer currently sitting on the Board of the Ottawa Hospital Foundation.

Simon Lockie
Simon is the Chief Regulatory Officer of WIND Mobile, and has been with the Globalive group of companies since 2006, primarily as Chief Legal Officer. Simon played a key role in growing Globalive to a leading Canadian telecommunications company, including forming and launching WIND Mobile. As CRO, Simon is responsible for the overall direction of Globalive’s regulatory strategies, government affairs, antitrust matters and Carrier Relations. Prior to joining Globalive, Simon was a partner at one of Canada’s leading transactional law firms. Simon graduated from the University of Toronto with his B.A. (Hon.) and obtained his LL.B. from McGill University.  Simon is Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s International Corporate Counsel Committee, and for three consecutive years has been recognized by the Canadian General Counsel Awards as one of Canada’s top five young in-house counsel.

Madeleine Redfern
Madeleine Redfern is originally from Iqaluit, Nunavut. Madeleine has been a successful independent businessperson. She is a graduate of the Akitsiraq Law School with an LL.B. from the University of Victoria. Madeleine clerked for Madam Justice Charron with the Supreme Court of Canada. She also worked as a legal researcher with Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated. Madeleine is currently working as Executive Director with the Qikiqtani Truth Commission in Iqaluit. Madeleine has extensive volunteer and governance experience with Inuit and Aboriginal organizations, including as past President of Tungasuvvingat Inuit Community Centre, past Secretary-Treasurer of Inuit Non-Profit Housing Corporation, founding member of Wabano Aboriginal Health Centre, founding member of Ottawa Inuit Headstart, Inuit representative on Kagita Mikam (an aboriginal employment and training board), Co-coordinator of Iqaluit Restorative Justice, community representative on Iqaluit Municipal Appeals Board, and is currently Secretary-Treasurer with Maliiganik Legal Services Board and Chair of the Legal Services Board.

Allan Rock, Q.C.
Allan Rock is a lawyer and former Canadian politician and diplomat. He was Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations (2004-2006). During his ten years in Parliament, Mr. Rock served in several cabinet positions, including Minister of Justice and Minister of Health. He now practices law with Sutts, Strosberg LLP. Mr. Rock remains involved in international and UN work and recently presented his report to members of the United Nations Security Council concerning the issue of child soldiers in Sri Lanka. Mr. Rock is currently President of the University of Ottawa.

Janice Stein
Janice Gross Stein is the Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management in the Department of Political Science and the Director of the Munk School for Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an Honorary Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her most recent publications include Networks of Knowledge: Innovation in International Learning (2000); The Cult of Efficiency (2001); Street Protests and Fantasy Parks (2001), and Canada by Mondrian (2006). She is the co-author, with Eugene Lang, of the prize-winning The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar. She was the Massey Lecturer in 2001 and a Trudeau Fellow. She was awarded the Molson Prize by the Canada Council for an outstanding contribution by a social scientist to public debate. She has received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Alberta, the University of Cape Breton, and McMaster University. She is a member of the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario.

David Wingfield
David Wingfield is a partner at Weir Foulds LLP. David acts on some of the largest and most important litigation matters in Canada and as counsel or supervising counsel on significant international litigation. He has recently acted for the Prime Minister of Canada, for a government involved in one of North America’s largest investment treaty disputes, and for a hedge fund on its international litigation. Many of David’s cases have resulted in precedent-setting judgments in the fields of corporate law, corporate governance, directors’ rights/liabilities, bankruptcy/insolvency law, and private international law. He has been named as one of Canada’s leading cross border litigators and leading corporate commercial and securities law litigators and practises internationally in association with Fountain Court chambers, the leading London commercial chambers. In addition to his practice, David sits on the board of directors of a publicly-traded investment company and is a member of the Firm’s Management Committee.