• Overview
• What We Do
• Executive and Staff
• Committees
• Jurisdictional Reps
• Communiqués
• Press Releases
• By-Laws
  • PART 1 - Definitions and interpretation
  • PART 2 - Civil Section
  • PART 3 - Criminal Section
  • PART 4 - Joint Sessions
  • PART 5 - Governance and administration
  • PART 6 - Budget and finances
  • PART 7 - Other conference committees
  • PART 8 - Annual meeting
  • PART 9 - By-laws, rules of procedures and policies
• Constitution
• Policies
  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • Environment and Climate Crisis
• History
  • Historical Note
  • Commercial Law Strategy
  • List of Presidents
  • List of Past Annual Meetings
• Subject Matter Index
  • Civil
  • General
  • Drafting

Committees

Budget and Finance Committee

(2022-2023) (Bylaw s.21)

• Matthew Hinshaw (Chair) (Vice-President) (AB)
• Sarah Dafoe (President) (AB)
• Laura Pitcairn (Immediate Past President) (CA)
• Christine Badcock (Chair, Civil Section) (YT)
• Anny Bernier (Chair, Criminal Section) (QC)
• Aleksander Godlewski (CA)
• Peter Lown, K.C. (AB)
• Maria Markatos (SK)
• Craig Savage (MB)
• Elisabeth Strange (NB)
• Michelle Lemieux (Executive Director)

Advisory Committee on Program Development and Management (ACPDM)
(2022-2023) (Bylaw s.27)

The mandate of the Advisory Committee on Project Development and Management is to identify appropriate topics, to evaluate and recommend projects to the Conference and to manage the Conference's medium and long-term projects.

• Peter Lown, K.C. (Chair of ACPDM and Chair of the International Committee) (AB)
• Sarah Dafoe (President) (AB)
• Matthew Hinshaw (Vice-President) (AB)
• Christine Badcock (Chair, Civil Section) (YT)
• Anny Bernier (Chair, Criminal Section) (QC)
• Laurence Bergeron (representative from the Government of Quebec) (QC)
• Kathryn Sabo (representative from the Government of Canada; expert in private international law) (CA)
• Michelle Cumyn (QC)
• Kathleen Cunningham (BC)
• Michel Deschamps (QC)
• Manon Dostie (CA)
• Maria Markatos (SK)
• Darcy McGovern, K.C. (SK)
• Valérie Simard (CA)
• Elizabeth Strange (NB)
• Michelle Lemieux (Executive Director)

International Committee

(2022-2023) (Bylaw s.26)

The mandate of the International Committee is to work with other uniform law organizations and similar organizations for the purpose of exchanging information, for research and analysis and for joint projects.

• Peter Lown, K.C. (Chair) (AB)
• Sarah Dafoe (President) (AB)
• Matthew Hinshaw (Vice-President) (AB)
• Christine Badcock (Chair, Civil Section) (YT)
• Laurence Bergeron (representative from the Government of Quebec) (QC)
• Kathryn Sabo (representative from the Government of Canada; expert in private international law) (CA)
• Darcy McGovern, K.C. (SK)
• Michelle Lemieux (Executive Director)