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# Access to Justice BC
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/access-to-justice-bc/
- Published: 2026-02-25T23:57:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-25T23:57:30.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization, Organization, #toc, Canada
**Access to Justice BC** is a Canadian provincial legal organization based in British Columbia.
## Organization
Leadership and personnel is published on Access to Justice BC's website in current and archived form.[\[1\]](#fn1)[\[2\]](#fn2)
| Name | Position | Notes |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Robert J. Bauman | Chair[\[3\]](#fn3) | British Columbia Court of Appeal, [Access Pro Bono Society of British Columbia](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Access-Pro-Bono-Society-of-British-Columbia) |
| Gaelene Askeland | Leadership Group member | [BC First Nations Justice Council](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/BC-First-Nations-Justice-Council) |
| Donald Avison | Leadership Group member | Law Society of British Columbia |
| Mark Benton | Leadership Group member | [Legal Aid BC](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Legal-Aid-BC) |
| Johanne Blenkin | Leadership Group member | BC Access to Justice Centre for Excellence (ACE) |
| Kari Boyle | Leadership Group member | BC Family Justice Innovation Lab |
| Patricia Byrne | Leadership Group member | People's Law School |
| Vickie Cammack | Leadership Group member | \- |
| William Dick | Leadership Group member | Trial Lawyers Association of British Columbia, Murphy Battista |
| Aesha Faux | Leadership Group member | \- |
| Cristie Ford | Leadership Group member | Peter A. Allard School of Law, [Cross-Jurisdictional Technical Advisory Group](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Cross-Jurisdictional-Technical-Advisory-Group) |
| Richard Fyfe | Leadership Group member | British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General, [Action Committee on Court Operations in Response to COVID-19](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Action-Committee-on-Court-Operations-in-Response-to-COVID-19) |
| Melissa Gillespie | Leadership Group member | Provincial Court of British Columbia |
| Heather Holmes | Leadership Group member | Supreme Court of British Columbia |
| Diana Juricevic | Leadership Group member | [British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/British-Columbia-Human-Rights-Tribunal) (BCHRT), British Columbia Mental Health Review Board (BCMHRB), Circle of Chairs of British Columbia Administrative Tribunals |
| Elizabeth Kollias | Leadership Group member | BC Paralegal Association |
| Tish Lakes | Leadership Group member | Okanagan Advocacy & Resource Society |
| Robert Lapper | Leadership Group member | University of Victoria Faculty of Law |
| Ann Lee | Leadership Group member | Mediate BC |
| Jamie Maclaren | Leadership Group member | [Access Pro Bono Society of British Columbia](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Access-Pro-Bono-Society-of-British-Columbia) |
| Melanie Mahlman | Leadership Group member | First Nations Health Authority, First Nations Health Foundation, Victoria Hospitals Foundation |
| Todd McKendrick | Leadership Group member | Notary Foundation of British Columbia |
| Jennifer Muller | Leadership Group member | North Vancouver School District (NVSD) |
| Caroline Nevin | Leadership Group member | Courthouse Libraries BC |
| Josh Paterson | Leadership Group member | Law Foundation of British Columbia |
| Andrew Pilliar | Leadership Group member | Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law |
| Linda Russell | Leadership Group member | Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (CLEBC) |
| Shannon Salter | Leadership Group member (2020-2022)[\[4\]](#fn4) | [Cross-Jurisdictional Technical Advisory Group](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Cross-Jurisdictional-Technical-Advisory-Group), [British Columbia Public Service](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/British-Columbia-Public-Service) (BCPS) |
| Kurt Sandstrom | Leadership Group member | British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General |
| [Allan Seckel](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Allan-Seckel) | Leadership Group member (former)[\[5\]](#fn5) | [College of Complementary Health Professionals of British Columbia](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/College-of-Complementary-Health-Professionals-of-British-Columbia), [College of Health and Care Professionals of British Columbia](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/College-of-Health-and-Care-Professionals-of-British-Columbia), Doctors of BC |
| Kerry Simmons | Leadership Group member | Canadian Bar Association British Columbia Branch, [CBA Task Force on Justice Issues Arising from COVID-19](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/CBA-Task-Force-on-Justice-Issues-Arising-from-COVID-19) |
| Maja Tait | Leadership Group member | District of Sooke, Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) |
| Ardith Walken | Leadership Group member | \- |
| Jane Morley | Leadership Group support | \- |
| Cris Forrest | Engagement Committee member | British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General |
| Jason Kuzminski | Engagement Committee member | Law Society of British Columbia |
| Sally Rudolf | Engagement Committee member | British Columbia Court of Appeal |
| Tracy Wachmann | Engagement Committee member | Peter A. Allard School of Law, Thompson Rivers University, University of Victoria |
| Kate Gower | Engagement Committee support | Gower Modern Law |
| Lawrence Alexander | Measurement Working Group member | Gall Legge Grant Zwack |
| Paul Atterman | Measurement Working Group member | Social Security Tribunal |
| Karima Budwhani | Measurement Working Group member | Law Foundation of British Columbia |
| Brad Daisley | Measurement Working Group member | [Legal Aid BC](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Legal-Aid-BC) |
| Yvon Dandurand | Measurement Working Group member | University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) |
| Kelton Doraty | Measurement Working Group member | British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General |
| Grant Marchand | Measurement Working Group member | Provincial Court of British Columbia |
| Tim Roberts | Measurement Working Group member | Tim Roberts and Associates Consulting |
| Brenda Rose | Measurement Working Group member | Courthouse Libraries BC |
### Funding
Access to Justice BC is funded by Innoweave, the Law Foundation of British Columbia and the Notary Foundation of British Columbia.[\[6\]](#fn6)
## External links
- [Website](https://accesstojusticebc.ca/)
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1. *The A2JBC Story.* Access to Justice BC. Retrieved March 10, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref1)
2. *The A2JBC Story.* Access to Justice BC. Retrieved August 4, 2020, from [↩︎](#fnref2)
3. *Our People.* Access Pro Bono. Retrieved March 10, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref3)
4. *Volunteering | Shannon Salter, KC.* LinkedIn. Retrieved March 10, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref4)
5. *Jerry McHale & 2017 Speakers.* ADR Institute of British Columbia. Retrieved March 10, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref5)
6. *Home.* Access to Justice BC. Retrieved March 11, 2025, from [↩︎](#fnref6)