Biographies

Current Members

Professor Angela Campbell

Chairperson – Professor Campbell is a Full Professor of Law and the Interim Deputy Provost, Student Life & Learning at McGill University. Previously, she served for just under nine years as Associate Provost (Equity & Academic Policies) at McGill. In these leadership roles, Professor Campbell has led numerous initiatives – such as those related to equity and anti-racism, academic freedom, and mentorship and leadership – all of which are centred on inclusive, respectful, and accountable institutional culture. As a law professor, her areas of specialty include family law, health law, criminal justice, wills and estates, children and the law, and building equity, diversity and inclusion within higher education institutions. In 2024, she was awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal. She previously clerked for the Honourable Mr. Justice Frank Iacobucci at the Supreme Court of Canada.

Mr. Simon Coakeley

Vice-Chairperson – Mr. Coakeley is a seasoned, fully bilingual lawyer and government executive with almost 30 years of operational and policy-oriented experience in the federal government - most recently serving as the Executive Director of the Immigration and Refugee Board. He achieved success and earned great respect during his time in government thanks in large part to his experience in managing large organizations, working with central agencies, cooperating with parliamentary committees and conducting high-level negotiations. After retiring from the federal government, Mr. Coakeley was Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Federal Retirees from 2016-2021. Mr. Coakeley is currently the Management Advisory Board’s representative on the Progress Monitoring Committee, which has been formed by the Governments of Canada and Nova Scotia to oversee the progress in addressing the findings and recommendations from the Commission established to inquire into the April 2020 Mass Casualty event in Nova Scotia.

Ms. Ingrid Berkeley

Member – As a former Deputy Chief with 34 years in law enforcement and the first Black female Deputy Chief of police in Canada, Ms. Berkeley has a long history of serving the public interest. She reliably applies an equity lens to protect initiatives while implementing solutions to reduce systemic barriers to diversity and inclusion. A long-standing advocate of police-community relations, she consistently works to inspire municipal, provincial and national organizations to implement progressive and inclusive changes in their jurisdictions. Ms. Berkeley is a current member and past Co-Chair of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. She currently works as a Lay Adjudicator at the Law Society of Ontario.

Dr. Elaine Bernard

Member – An academic and labour educator, Dr. Bernard is currently a Wertheim Fellow at the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School. A former Executive Director of the Labour and Work Life Program and Trade Union Program at Harvard Law School, Dr. Bernard is the Facilitator for the Canadian Police Association Executive Leadership Program with the Telfer School of Management, at the University of Ottawa.

Mr. Edward Lennard Busch

Member – Semi-retired decorated Canadian Indigenous police officer with over 43 years experience, Mr. Busch continues to contribute to the community in a meaningful way. A member of Kahkewistahaw First Nation, he combines enthusiasm with an extensive policing background by providing an effective approach to meeting organizational needs. Mr. Busch has served 34 years in the RCMP, served as a Chief of Police in a Self-administered First Nations Police Service for over seven years and retired as a sworn officer in December 2021. Mr. Busch currently is the Executive Director of the First Nations Chiefs of Police Association. 

Ms. Audrey Campbell

Member – Ms. Campbell is a community advocate and advisor who has worked tirelessly to improve police and community relations through accountability, training, and the removal of systemic barriers. She is past President of the Jamaican Canadian Association and has co-chaired the Toronto Police Service's Police and Community Engagement Review. Ms. Campbell has been a trusted advisor to the last three Chiefs of the Toronto Police Service.

Ms. Lynn Chaplin

Member – As Chair, Vice Chair, and Member of the New Brunswick Police Commission, Ms. Chaplin offers relevant experience in the civilian oversight of police conduct. Ms. Chaplin worked thirty years in the Federal correctional field and retired as a Warden. She served for three years on the Parole Board of Canada, and brings lengthy and varied experience in leadership to the MAB.

Ms. Patricia Grier

Member – Careers at the executive level in both the public and private sector have provided Ms. Grier a diverse background in board governance, corporate services, and human and labour relations. She has wide experience working with government as a City Councillor for the City of Calgary and Vice-Chair of the Calgary Board of Education. Ms. Grier also worked as Chief of Staff & Corporate Secretary for Alberta Health Services, Vice-President Business Services for an oil and gas service company, and Vice-President Strategic Partnerships for the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation. 

Ms. Grier currently sits on the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission where she served as the Chair of the Governance & Human Resource Committee and the Business Development & Policy Committee.  Ms. Grier leads the Human Resources Standing Committee for the MAB. Ms. Grier also holds the designation of ICD.D from the Institute of Corporate Directors Rotman School of Management and specializes in hearing tribunals and administrative justice. 

Dr. Ghayda Hassan

Member – Dr. Hassan is a clinical psychologist and professor of clinical psychology at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Dr. Hassan is the co-holder of the UNESCO–PREV Co-Chair, a worldwide first, dedicated to addressing the prevention of radicalization and extremist violence. Dr. Hassan is also the director of the Canadian Practitioners' Network for the prevention of Radicalization and Extremist Violence (CPN-PREV), a senior researcher and clinical consultant at the Research and Action on Social Polarisations, as well as the chair of the Independent Advisory Committee for the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) and was the Co-Chair of the National Expert Committee on Countering Radicalization to Violence.

Mr. Stanley T. Lowe

Member – Mr. Lowe is a senior public service leader and retired lawyer with extensive experience in the fields of oversight of law enforcement and criminal justice. Mr. Lowe served for a decade as the Police Complaint Commissioner for British Columbia, an Independent Statutory Officer of the Legislature. He is also a past President of the Canadian Association of Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement. Mr. Lowe is known for his success in organizational transition management, in building and empowering high-performance teams and creating strong collaborative relationships with all stakeholders. He is a solution-oriented executive leader with expertise working across diverse governmental landscapes. Mr. Lowe leads the Reform, Accountability and Culture Standing Committee for the MAB. 

Mr. Douglas E. Moen

Member – A retired lawyer and former provincial public servant, Mr. Moen is an Executive in Residence of the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy and a member of the Saskatchewan Health Quality Council. A former Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General in Saskatchewan, as well as Deputy Minister to the Premier, Mr. Moen was the President of the Uniform Law Conference of Canada, a Commissioner with the Regina Crime Prevention Commission and helped establish the Saskatchewan Commission on First Nations and Métis Peoples and Justice Reform. Mr. Moen leads the Finance and Administration Standing Committee for the MAB. 

 

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