Advisory Council
As stipulated by the Law Commission of Canada Act, the LCC Advisory Council consists of 12-24 members, each appointed by the Commission to hold office for a term of up to three years with the possibility of reappointment. The Deputy Minister of Justice serves as an ex officio member of the Advisory Council. The Council advises the Commission on, inter alia, its strategic directions, long-term program of studies, and performance review.

Members of the LCC Advisory Council
The members of the Advisory Council began their term on June 1, 2024.
John Borrows
John Borrows B.A., M.A., J.D., LL.M. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Osgoode Hall Law School), LL.D. (Hons., Dalhousie, York, SFU, Queen’s & Law Society of Ontario), D.H.L, (Hons., Toronto), D.Litt. (Hons., Waterloo), F.R.S.C., O.C., is the Loveland Chair in Indigenous Law at the University of Toronto Law School. His publications include, Recovering Canada; The Resurgence of Indigenous Law (Donald Smiley Award best book in Canadian Political Science, 2002), Canada's Indigenous Constitution (Canadian Law and Society Best Book Award 2011), Drawing Out Law: A Spirit's Guide (2010), Freedom and Indigenous Constitutionalism ((Donald Smiley Award best book in Canadian Political Science, 2016), The Right Relationship (with Michael Coyle, ed.), Resurgence and Reconciliation (with Michael Asch, Jim Tully, eds.), Law’s Indigenous Ethics (2020 Best subsequent Book Award from Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, 2020 W. Wes Pue Best book award from the Canadian Law and Society Association). He is the 2017 Killam Prize winner in Social Sciences and the 2019 Molson Prize Winner from the Canada Council for the Arts, the 2020 Governor General’s Innovation Award, and the 2021 Canadian Bar Association President’s Award winner. He was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2020. John is a member of the Chippewa of the Nawash First Nation in Ontario, Canada.
Camille Cameron
Camille was born and raised in Nova Scotia. She began her career in a commercial law firm in Halifax, specializing in civil litigation. After ten years of law practice, she began her academic career. She has held academic appointments at universities in Canada, Australia, and Hong Kong, and is currently a professor at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University. Camille's interests in comparative law and legal institutions in post-conflict societies led her to Cambodia in 1996 where she worked with human rights group training lay criminal defenders and judges. She has worked since then as a consultant on similar projects in Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Mongolia, China, Thailand, and Indonesia. Her current research interests include the administration of an access to civil justice, climate change litigation, and third-party litigation funding. Camille has held various leadership, board, and advisory roles, including as Chair of the Canadian Council of Law Deans, a member of the Independent Advisory Board on Supreme Court of Canada Judicial Appointments, and a board members of the Hiatus House shelter for women and children in Windsor Ontario, the Access to Justice and Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia, and the Fairview Community Resource Centre in Halifax.
Shalene Curtis-Micallef
Shalene Curtis-Micallef was appointed Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General of Canada on February 13, 2023. She had served as Associate Deputy Minister of the Department of Justice Canada since September 1, 2021.
Over the course of her career, she has held various positions at Justice Canada, including the roles of Assistant Deputy Minister of the Tax Law Services Portfolio, Deputy Assistant Deputy Minister of the Policy Sector, and Executive Director and Senior General Counsel of Health Canada Legal Services and of Agriculture and Food Inspection Legal Services. Her career at Justice Canada has touched on a variety of areas of law, with an emphasis on regulatory law and international law. Over the years she has had the opportunity to contribute to the advancement of significant legislative reforms including in the areas of cannabis legalization and regulation, tobacco control, food safety modernization and public health. She started her career with Justice in the Tax Law Services Portfolio as tax litigation counsel.
Shalene completed her legal studies at Osgoode Hall Law School and is a member of the Law Society of Ontario. Shalene also holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Ottawa.
Elobaid Elobaid
Dr. Elobaid is currently an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and an international justice and human rights expert. Until the end of 2023, he was working with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) as a Senior Advisor on the Human Rights of Migrant Workers with focus on the GCC countries. He served as a Representative of OHCHR for Yemen (2017-2020) and a founding Head of the United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-west Asia and the Arab Region (2011-2017). He holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Khartoum, a Master’s Degree from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and a PhD in International Law of Human Rights from McGill University in Canada. His doctoral thesis focused on the relationship between human rights and cultural diversity in Muslim Africa. He worked as a lawyer in the Sudanese Foreign Ministry, and he also taught international law of human rights, international protection of minorities, public international law, and Islamic law at McGill University before joining the United Nations in 2004. Moreover, he also worked as an Expert/Advisor on Governance and Legal and Judicial Reform for the Canadian Government (CIDA), the United Nations, the US Government (USAID) and various other institutions in relation to Yemen, Ethiopia, Sudan, Morocco, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, the GCC countries, etc.
Hadley Friedland
Hadley Friedland is an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law. She researches and teaches in the areas of Indigenous law, Aboriginal law, Criminal Justice, Family law and Child Welfare law. She is Academic Director of the Wahkohtowin Law and Governance Lodge, a dedicated research unit developed to uphold Indigenous law through supporting community-led research. Dr. Friedland has had the honour of working with Indigenous communities across Canada to identify and articulate their own laws. In addition to publishing numerous academic articles and collaboratively producing accessible Indigenous legal resources, she is author of the book, The Wetiko Legal Principles: Cree and Anishinabek Responses to Violence and Victimization, University of Toronto Press, 2018.
Lisa Grushcow
Rabbi Lisa Grushcow received her BA from McGill University in 1996. She was then named a Rhodes Scholar and spent three years at Oxford University, where she earned a master’s degree in Judaism and Christianity in the Greco-Roman World, and then a doctorate. She was ordained a rabbi in 2003 at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City, where she studied as a Wexner Graduate Fellow.
Upon graduation, Rabbi Grushcow joined Congregation Rodeph Sholom in New York City, where she served as associate rabbi. She held this position until July 1, 2012, when she assumed the role of senior rabbi at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom in Montreal. Rabbi Grushcow is the author of Writing the Wayward Wife, and the editor of The Sacred Encounter: Jewish Perspectives on Sexuality. She is also a contributor to The Torah: A Women’s Commentary, The Mussar Torah Commentary, and other publications in print and online.
Beginning with the Jewish-Christian-Muslim conference in Bendorf, Germany, Rabbi Grushcow has a long history of interfaith bridge-building. As a Hartman Senior Rabbinic Fellow and past president of the Montreal Board of Rabbis, she is also actively engaged in Jewish pluralism and intradenominational dialogue. In 2015, The Jewish Daily Forward nominated Rabbi Grushcow as one of the 33 America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis.
Arlene Hache
Arlene Hache is a grassroots woman who has experienced homelessness and traumatic impacts of childhood violence. She has an MA in Leadership from Royal Roads University and currently sits as Co-chair of the Women's National Housing and Homelessness Network.
Arlene founded and over two decades led an urban-based family resource centre that provided support to marginalized women and their families, the majority of which were Indigenous. She is well-known across Canada's North as an advocate for social change and in recognition of her work was awarded the Order of Canada in 2009 and then the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee in 2012. Of equal importance, Arlene was honoured with a Star Blanket ceremony guided by Wisdom Keepers and hosted by Keepers of the Circle, an Indigenous Hub in Northeastern Ontario.
Arlene is a published author and has participated on several research teams that gives voice to people with lived expertise. She has also served on several territorial, national and international boards that address gender inequity, institutional betrayal, and systemic responses to mental illness and homelessness. She is a settler who lives in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
Daniel Jutras
Daniel Jutras, the Rector of the University of Montreal since June 1, 2020, holds law degrees from the University of Montreal and Harvard University. From 1985 to 2020, he taught law at McGill University, where he held the Wainwright Chair in Civil Law for 10 years and was Dean of Law from 2009 to 2016. He also served as senior counsel to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, from 2002 to 2005. He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2019 and was honoured twice by the Quebec Bar. Daniel Jutras grew up on the South Shore of Montreal, in a family that greatly valued higher education, even though neither of his parents had been to University. His mentors at Université de Montréal and at McGill put him on a path to the world of ideas and nourished a career devoted to higher education, legal research and public service. He and his partner are the parents of two adult daughters who are active in the Quebec health care network. He is an avid reader, skier and sailor, an ecstatic grandfather, and has been known to ride a motorcycle.
Bianca Kratt
Bianca Kratt, K.C. was born and raised in Saint-Raymond, Québec and she is a member of the Huron-Wendat First Nation. Bianca is a Partner at Parlee McLaws LLP in Calgary, Alberta and the Practice Group Leader of the corporate, banking and real estate group. She is a member of the Law Society of Alberta and Barreau du Québec.
In addition to managing a busy practice, Bianca has served as the President of the Canadian Bar Association, Alberta Branch, in 2022, where her focus was to improve access to justice, to protect the rule of law and the importance of the court system as independent and impartial. She is the National President Elect of the Canadian Bar Association (2025). Bianca is a regular presenter for the Legal Education Society of Alberta and the Toronto Law Conference of the International Council of Shopping Centres. Bianca is heavily involved in community projects, dedicating her time to community volunteer with the Association of French Speaking Lawyers of Alberta (AJEFA) aimed at promoting access to justice in French, and with the Advisory Committee of the International Association of Women Judges, Canadian Chapter, to raise awareness to inequalities women face in the legal profession and to empower women in leadership roles.
Lisa LaFlamme
Lisa LaFlamme has been at the forefront of Canadian journalism for over 35 years tackling some of the biggest issues of our time from war zones and natural disasters to the changing political climate around the world.
An Officer of the Order of Canada and Order of Ontario, LaFlamme is the recipient of 14 Canadian Screen Awards, including the Gordon Sinclair Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism, consecutive RTDNA awards as well as a Lifetime Achievement Award for journalism.
The internationally respected journalist was the first woman to anchor CTV National News, a role she held - as chief news anchor and senior editor - for over a decade.
A passionate advocate of democracy, LaFlamme is an ambassador for Journalists For Human Rights, Plan International Canada, volunteers for Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan and is a member of the board of Samara Centre for Democracy.
Audrey Macklin
Audrey Macklin is a Professor of Law and Chair in Human Rights at the University of Toronto. She researches, teaches and publishes in the field of migration, citizenship and refugee law, administrative law, and human rights. She was a Member of Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board (1994-96), and has also engaged in a wide range of human rights advocacy initiatives, including representing interveners at the Supreme Court of Canada. She is a Trudeau Fellow and a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Research (CIFAR) and a frequent media commentator in Canada and internationally.
Raji Mangat
Raji Mangat (she/her/hers) is a non-profit leader and practicing lawyer with 20 years of experience working to improve access to justice and enhance equity for underserved communities. She is currently the executive director of West Coast LEAF, a legal non-profit organization mandated to promote inclusive and intersectional gender justice through law reform, public legal education and litigation strategies. Outside of work, she serves on the boards of the Vancouver Public Library and Health Justice. She is an advisor to the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers - BC and serves on the national committee of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. Raji teaches a course on civil liberties and the Charter at the University of Victoria's Faculty of Law. A graduate of the University of British Columbia (Bachelor of Arts, 1993), Carleton University (Masters of Arts, 1999) and University of Victoria (Juris Doctor, 2003), Raji clerked for The Honourable Justice Frank Iacobucci at the Supreme Court of Canada (2003-2004). Raji was born and raised on Treaty 8 lands (Grande Prairie, Alberta), and currently resides on unceded Musqueam, Squamish and Tseil-Waututh homelands (Vancouver, BC).
Camille Nelson
Camille Nelson was appointed Dean of the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawai'I at Mānoa in 2020. She previously served as Dean of both American University Washington College of Law and Suffolk University Law School. Dean Nelson was also a Professor of Law at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, a Dean's Scholar in Residence and Visiting Professor of Law at Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, and a Professor of Law at Saint Louis University School of Law. While at Saint Louis, she was recognized as Professor of the Year and honored with a university Faculty Excellence Award. Dean Nelson earned a B.A. from the University of Toronto in Administration, a law degree from the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, and an LL.M. from Columbia Law School. Her career has been highlighted by excellent teaching, impactful scholarship, and awards for service and leadership in higher education. In her spare time, Dean Nelson enjoys traveling, culinary arts, dance, and playing tennis. She is committed to inclusive excellence in education so that more people are inspired to transform lives and communities through the rule of law and social justice.
Serge Rousselle
Serge Rousselle is a full professor at the Faculté de droit of l’Université de Moncton, where he has worked since 1992 and has held the roles of vice-dean and dean. He holds a BSocSci (summa cum laude) from the University of Ottawa, a Juris Doctor (summa cum laude) from the University of Ottawa, an LLM from the University of Cambridge and a DCL from McGill University. He is widely published in the areas of language law and Indigenous law. Through his career, he has led the Bureau des Amériques of the Agence universitaire de la francophonie, of the Centre international de la common law en français, of the Centre de traduction et de terminologie juridiques, and he has chaired the Association des juristes d’expression française du Nouveau-Brunswick (AJEFNB) and the Canadian Council of Law Deans. He has also been Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, Minister of the Environment and Local Government, and Attorney General of New Brunswick. He has received many awards, including the gold medal at the University of Ottawa, the France-Acadie Litterary Prize, and the jurist-of-the-year award from the AJEFNB, as well as having been named King’s Counsel a member of the Ordre des francophones d’Amérique.
Carl Stychin
Carl Stychin is Director of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and Professor of Law, in the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Professor Stychin is a graduate of the University of Alberta (BA, 1985), University of Toronto (JD, 1988), and Columbia Law School in the City of New York (LLM, 1992). He served as Law Clerk to Chief Justice Brian Dickson, Supreme Court of Canada (1989-1990). Professor Stychin began his academic career at Keele University in 1992, and moved to a Professorship at the University of Reading in 1998. While at Reading, he held various management roles: Head of the School of Law, Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Enterprise). He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws by the University in 2009. Professor Stychin served as Dean of The City Law School between 2012 and 2018. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Wendy Wong
Dr. Wendy H. Wong is Professor of Political Science and Principal’s Research Chair at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She was recently named “2024 Researcher of the Year” at UBC, Okanagan campus. She is an award-winning international relations scholar with expertise in global governance, human rights, civil society, and AI/Big Data. Her most recent book, We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age (MIT Press 2023), was named to Journal of Democracy’s “Favorite Books” of 2023 and was a finalist for the 2024 Lionel Gelber prize. Wong is the author of two other award-winning books on global civil society, dozens of academic articles and chapters, and contributes to outlets such as CBC, The Globe and Mail, and the Conversation. Previously, she was at the University of Toronto, where she was Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Governance and Civil Society.
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