The British Columbia Council of Administrative Tribunals (BCCAT) is a Canadian provincial non-profit organization based in Richmond, British Columbia.
History
Following the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, BCCAT moved all instruction for its courses online.[1]
On April 24, 2020, the British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General announced the creation of the Justice COVID-19 Response Group, with BCCAT as a member, "to support government response to the impact of restrictive public health measures on the justice system."[2] Then-president John Mayr represented BCCAT at the first meeting on April 27, and subsequent meetings on May 6 and July 6, 2020 (and possibly others).[3]
Organization
BCCAT is a member of the Justice COVID-19 Response Group.[2:1]
Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Shannon Beckett | Co-President (2025-2026)[4] | British Columbia Environmental Appeal Board (EAB), Office of the Representative for Children and Youth (RCYBC), British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT) |
| Meera Bennett | Co-President (2025-2026)[4:1] | British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General, Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT), Workers' Advisers Office (WAO), Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (CLEBC), Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) |
| Erin Frew | Vice President (2025-2026)[4:2] | Property Assessment Appeal Board (PAAB), Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB), United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), WorkSafeBC |
| Wendy Royle | Treasurer (2025-2026)[4:3] | British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC), British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC), Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada (MFDA), Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia, Real Estate Compensation Fund Corporation (RECFC) |
| Amber Prince | Secretary (2025-2026)[4:4] | British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT), Atira Women's Resource Society, West Coast LEAF, Amici Curiae Friendship Society |
| Andres Barker | Board Member (2025-2026)[4:5] | British Columbia Labour Relations Board, Health Employers Association of British Columbia |
| David Bird | Board Member (2025-2026)[4:6] | British Columbia Environmental Appeal Board, British Columbia Forest Appeals Commission, Oil and Gas Appeal Tribunal, Saskatchewan Workers' Compensation Board, British Columbia Ministry of Skills Development and Labour, Residential Tenancy Branch, British Columbia Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT) |
| Pinder Cheema | Board Member (2025-2026)[4:7] | British Columbia Prosecution Service (BCPS), Legal Aid BC, British Columbia Mental Health Review Board, Community Care and Assisted Living Appeal Board, Safety Standards Appeal Board, Law Society of British Columbia, The Law Centre, British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives, Patient Care Quality Review Board |
| Anna Fung | Board Member (2025-2026)[4:8] | British Columbia Utilities Commission, Terasen, Law Society of British Columbia, Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, Association of Chinese Canadian Professionals (ACCP), People's Law School, Vancouver Airport Authority, Vancouver Foundation, Law Foundation of British Columbia, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (CLEBC), Arts Club Theatre Society, British Columbia Unclaimed Property Society, UBC Alumni Association |
| Sherelle Goodwin | Board Member (2025-2026)[4:9] | Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT), Law Society of British Columbia, Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) |
| Johanna Goosen | Board Member (2025-2026)[4:10] | WorkSafeBC, Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (CLEBC) |
| Benjamin Naylor | Board Member (2025-2026)[4:11] | British Columbia Environmental Appeal Board, British Columbia Forest Appeals Commission, Energy Resource Appeal Tribunal |
| Christine Arnold | Instructor[5] | College of Veterinarians of British Columbia, Everyone Legal Clinic, Property Assessment Appeal Board (PAAB), UBC Sauder School of Business |
| Tonie Beharrell | Instructor[5:1] | British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT), Southern Butler Price |
| Zahra H. Jimale | Instructor[5:2] | Property Assessment Appeal Board (PAAB), WorkSafeBC |
| Valerie Le Blanc | Instructor[5:3] | University of Victoria Faculty of Law, BC Access to Justice Centre for Excellence (ACE), Peter A. Allard School of Law |
| Iain Macdonald | Instructor[5:4] | Workers' Compensation Review Board, Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT), British Columbia General Employees' Union (BCGEU), IBEW Local 213 |
| Mark Mancini | Instructor[5:5] | Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law, Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Centre for Constitutional Law and Legal Studies |
| Julie Mantini | Instructor[5:6] | Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT), Law Society of British Columbia Tribunal |
| Deirdre Rice | Instructor[5:7] | Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT), British Columbia Human Rights Commission, British Columbia Council of Human Rights, Department of Justice Canada, Ontario Human Rights Commission |
| Simmi Sandhu | Instructor[5:8] | United Nations Appeals Tribunal (UNAT), Asian Development Bank Administrative Tribunal (ADBAT), Health Professions Discipline Tribunal, Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT), Property Assessment Appeal Board (PAAB), Surface Rights Board of British Columbia, Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC), Public Guardian and Trustee of British Columbia (PGT), Employment Insurance Board of Referees |
| Shelina Shivji | Instructor[5:9] | British Columbia Ministry of Labour, British Columbia Labour Relations Board, British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT), Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT) |
| John Mayr | Past President (2019-2020)[6][4:12] | Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia, Justice COVID-19 Response Group |
| Emily Drown | Past President[6:1] | Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal (EEAT), Safety Standards Appeal Board, Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals (CCAT) |
| Debe Simpson | Vice President (2019-2020)[6:2] | Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT), Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal (EEAT), Property Assessment Review Panel (PARP), College of Veterinarians of British Columbia (CVBC), British Columbia Office of Housing and Construction Standards, WorkSafeBC, Mediate BC, Peter A. Allard School of Law, Simon Fraser University (SFU) |
| Pam Hansen | Treasurer (2020-2021)[7] | Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia, CGA-BC Educational Foundation |
| Paul Hansen | Treasurer (2019-2020)[6:3] | Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia (CPABC) |
| Ning Alcuitas-Imperial | Board Member (2022-2023)[8] | Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT), WorkSafeBC, Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT), British Columbia Mental Health Review Board |
| Jacqueline Beltgens | Board Member (2022-2023)[8:1] | Surface Rights Board of British Columbia |
| Brett Matthews | Board Member (2022-2023)[8:2] | British Columbia Labour Relations Board, Banister & Company, Hastings Labour Law Office |
| Catherine McCreary | Board Member (2020-2021)[9] | British Columbia Financial Services Tribunal, Build Better Boards, British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT), British Columbia Co-operative Association |
| Paul Singh | Board Member (2020-2021)[7:1] | British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT), Department of Justice Canada, Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC), British Columbia Mental Health Review Board, Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), British Columbia Review Board (BCRB), Canadian Bar Association (CBA) |
| Michael Doris | Board Member (2019-2020)[6:4] | Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal |
| Julie Gibson | Board Member (2019-2020)[6:5] | Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT), Law Students' Legal Advice Program, Student Legal Fund Society |
| Jennifer Glougie | Board Member (2019-2020)[6:6] | British Columbia Labour Relations Board (LRB), Banister & Company |
| Michelle Good | Board Member (2019-2020)[6:7] | Red Pheasant Cree Nation |
| Darrell LeHouillier | Board Member (2019-2020)[6:8] | Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal, WorkSafeBC, Workers' Advisers Office (WAO) |
| Linda Michaluk | Board Member (2019-2020)[6:9] | British Columbia Environmental Appeal Board (EAB), College of Applied Biologists (CAB), Association of Professional Biologists of British Columbia, District of North Saanich, British Columbia Forest Appeals Commission (FAC), Oil and Gas Appeal Tribunal, Law Society of British Columbia |
| Emily Ohler | Board Member (2019-2020)[6:10] | British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT), United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), Broadleap Solutions, United Nations Association in Canada - Vancouver Branch, Canadian Bar Association British Columbia Branch, University of British Columbia (UBC) |
| Kirsten Pedersen | Board Member (2019-2020)[6:11] | British Columbia Farm Industry Review Board (BCFIRB), British Columbia Ministry of Transportation |
| Michael Skinner | Board Member (2019-2020)[6:12] | Health Professions Review Board (HPRB), British Columbia Dispute Resolution Office (DRO), Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia (OIPC), Office of the British Columbia Ombudsperson |
| Shannon Salter | Vice President (2013-2018)[10] | Cross-Jurisdictional Technical Advisory Group, British Columbia Public Service |
| Lisa Hirose-Cameron | Instructor (former)[11] | WorkSafeBC, Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT) |
| Jessie Horner | Instructor (former)[12] | Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), Law Society of British Columbia, Saskatchewan Legal Aid Commission, West Coast Domestic Workers' Association (WCDWA), British Columbia Liquor Appeal Board, British Columbia Commercial Appeals Commission, Motion Picture Appeal Board, Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), Elizabeth Fry Society of Saskatchewan, Boys & Girls Clubs of Saskatoon |
| Sharon Cahill Kearney | Instructor (former)[12:1] | British Columbia Labour Relations Board, SOURCES Community Law Clinic, Law Society of British Columbia |
| Deanie Kolybabi | Instructor (former)[13] | Strategic Alliance of Broadcasters for Aboriginal Reflection (SABAR), Hospital Appeal Board of British Columbia |
| Cheryl Vickers | Instructor (former)[12:2] | Real Estate Institute of British Columbia, Property Assessment Appeal Board (PAAB), Surface Rights Board of British Columbia, Hospital Appeal Board of British Columbia (HAB), Office of the Registrar of Mortgage Brokers, Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT), Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia (CLEBC), Access to Justice BC |
External links
Course Schedule & Registration. BC Council of Administrative Tribunals. Retrieved August 9, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20200809163300/https://bccat.net/courses/course-schedule-registration/ ↩︎
Ministry of Attorney General. (2020, April 24). Provincial justice system advisory groups established. BC Gov News. https://web.archive.org/web/20230929215201/https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2020ag0032-000747 ↩︎ ↩︎
Agenda - Justice COVID-19 Response Group (at p.1 of disclosure package). (2020, April 27). British Columbia Ministry of Attorney General. https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/british-columbia-ministry-of-attorney-general-mag-2025-51944/ ↩︎
Board Members. BC Council of Administrative Tribunals. Retrieved March 15, 2026, from https://web.archive.org/web/20260315223905/https://bccat.net/about-bccat/board-members/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Instructor Biographies. BC Council of Administrative Tribunals. Retrieved March 16, 2026, from https://bccat.net/courses/instructor-biographies/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Board Members. British Columbia Council of Administrative Tribunals. Retrieved September 25, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20200925232204/https://bccat.net/about-bccat/board-members/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Board Members. BC Council of Administrative Tribunals. Retrieved September 25, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220925024535/https://bccat.net/about-bccat/board-members/ ↩︎ ↩︎
Board Members. BC Council of Administrative Tribunals. Retrieved September 24, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230924042809/https://bccat.net/about-bccat/board-members/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Board Members. BC Council of Administrative Tribunals. Retrieved October 18, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20211018111601/https://bccat.net/about-bccat/board-members/ ↩︎
Volunteering | Shannon Salter, KC. LinkedIn. Retrieved May 22, 2024, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-salter-kc-55522111/details/volunteering-experiences/ ↩︎
Instructor Biographies. BC Council of Administrative Tribunals. Retrieved November 25, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20201125183957/https://bccat.net/instructor-biographies/ ↩︎
Instructor Biographies. BC Council of Administrative Tribunals. Retrieved November 19, 2019, from https://web.archive.org/web/20191119095256/https://bccat.net/instructor-biographies/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Instructor Biographies. BC Council of Administrative Tribunals. Retrieved August 3, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210803062534/https://bccat.net/instructor-biographies/ ↩︎
