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# National Judicial Institute
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/national-judicial-institute/
- Published: 1999-01-02T20:49:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-04-02T00:10:11.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

The **National Judicial Institute (NJI)** is a Canadian not-for-profit charitable organization based in Ottawa, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec.[\[1\]](#fn1)

## Organization

| Name                  | Position                                                                           | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Richard Wagner        | Chair of the Board of Governors[\[2\]](#fn2)                                       | Supreme Court of Canada, [Action Committee on Court Operations in Response to COVID-19](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Action-Committee-on-Court-Operations-in-Response-to-COVID-19)                           |
| Nicholas Kasirer      | Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors[\[3\]](#fn3)                                  | Supreme Court of Canada                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Margaret Biggs        | Board Member                                                                       | Queen's University                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| Melissa Gillespie     | Board Member                                                                       | Provincial Court of British Columbia                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| Jean-François Michaud | Board Member                                                                       | Superior Court of Quebec                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| Martel D. Popescul    | Board Member                                                                       | Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan                                                                                                                                                                                |
| J.C. Marc Richard     | Board Member                                                                       | Court of Appeal of New Brunswick                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| James Rybchuk         | Board Member                                                                       | Provincial Court of Saskatchewan                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| Marie-Eve Sylvestre   | Board Member                                                                       | University of Ottawa Faculty of Law                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Jeremy Webber         | Board Member                                                                       | University of Victoria Faculty of Law                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Frank Iacobucci       | Honorary Board Member                                                              | Supreme Court of Canada                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Stéphanie Bachand     | Secretary to the Board                                                             | Supreme Court of Canada                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| Beverley McLachlin    | Member of the Board of Governors (former)[\[4\]](#fn4)                             | [Cross-Jurisdictional Technical Advisory Group](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Cross-Jurisdictional-Technical-Advisory-Group), Supreme Court of Canada                                                         |
| Thomas Crabtree       | Chief Judicial Officer[\[5\]](#fn5)                                                | Supreme Court of British Columbia, Provincial Court of British Columbia                                                                                                                                               |
| Danielle May-Cuconato | Chief Executive Officer[\[5:1\]](#fn5)                                             | [International Organization for Judicial Training](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/International-Organization-for-Judicial-Training) (IOJT), Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) |
| Adèle Kent            | Executive Director (2014-2019) and Chief Judicial Officer (2019-2021)[\[6\]](#fn6) | [International Organization for Judicial Training](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/International-Organization-for-Judicial-Training) (IOJT), Court of King's Bench of Alberta                                   |
| Audrey Barrett        | Senior Advisor/Counsel[\[7\]](#fn7)                                                | [Action Committee on Court Operations in Response to COVID-19](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Action-Committee-on-Court-Operations-in-Response-to-COVID-19)                                                    |
| Mary Moreau           | Co-Chair, National Criminal Law Conference (former)[\[8\]](#fn8)                   | [Action Committee on Court Operations in Response to COVID-19](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Action-Committee-on-Court-Operations-in-Response-to-COVID-19), Supreme Court of Canada                           |

### Partners

NJI's partners include courts, the judiciary and other judicial education organizations, including:[\[9\]](#fn9)

- Alberta Court of Justice
- British Columbia Court of Appeal
- [Canadian Association of Provincial Court Judges](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Association-of-Provincial-Court-Judges) (CAPCJ)
- [Canadian Institute for Advanced Legal Studies](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Institute-for-Advanced-Legal-Studies) (CIALS)
- [Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Institute-for-the-Administration-of-Justice) (CIAJ)
- [Canadian Judicial Council](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Canadian-Judicial-Council) (CJC)
- Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada
- Court of Appeal for Ontario
- Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan
- Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories
- Court of Appeal of Alberta
- Court of Appeal of New Brunswick
- Court of Appeal of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Court of Appeal of Quebec
- Court of King's Bench for Saskatchewan
- Court of King's Bench of Alberta
- Court of King's Bench of Manitoba
- Court of King's Bench of New Brunswick
- Court of Quebec
- Federal Court of Appeal
- Federal Court of Canada
- Federation of Law Societies of Canada (FLSC)
- International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ)
- Manitoba Court of Appeal
- Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
- Nunavut Court of Justice
- [Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Office-of-the-Commissioner-for-Federal-Judicial-Affairs-Canada) (FJC)
- Ontario Court of Justice
- Ontario Superior Court of Justice
- Prince Edward Island Court of Appeal
- Provincial Court of British Columbia
- Provincial Court of Manitoba
- Provincial Court of New Brunswick
- Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Provincial Court of Nova Scotia
- Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island
- Provincial Court of Saskatchewan
- Superior Court of Quebec
- Supreme Court of British Columbia
- Supreme Court of Canada (SCC)
- Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Supreme Court of Nova Scotia
- Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island
- Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories
- Supreme Court of Yukon
- Tax Court of Canada
- Territorial Court of the Northwest Territories
- Territorial Court of Yukon

## External links

- [Website](https://www.nji-inm.ca/)

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1. *About the NJI.* National Judicial Institute. Retrieved February 26, 2025, from <https://www.nji-inm.ca/index.cfm/about/about-the-nji/> [↩︎](#fnref1)
2. *Message from the Right Honourable Richard Wagner, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada.* National Judicial Institute. Retrieved February 26, 2025, from <https://www.nji-inm.ca/index.cfm/about/message-from-the-right-honourable-richard-wagner-p-c-chief-justice-of-canada/> [↩︎](#fnref2)
3. *Board of Governors.* National Judicial Institute. Retrieved February 26, 2025, from <https://www.nji-inm.ca/index.cfm/about/board-of-governors/> [↩︎](#fnref3)
4. *The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., C.C.* (2025, February 25). Supreme Court of Canada. <https://www.scc-csc.ca/about-apropos/judges-juges/list-liste/beverley-mclachlin/> [↩︎](#fnref4)
5. *Message from the Chief Judicial Officer and the Chief Executive Officer.* National Judicial Institute. Retrieved February 26, 2025, from <https://www.nji-inm.ca/index.cfm/about/message-from-the-chief-judicial-officer-and-the-chief-executive-officer/> [↩︎](#fnref5) [↩︎](#fnref5:1)
6. *The NJI’s Judicial Leaders.* National Judicial Institute. Retrieved February 26, 2025, from <https://www.nji-inm.ca/index.cfm/about/the-njis-judicial-leaders/> [↩︎](#fnref6)
7. *Audrey Barrett.* LinkedIn. Retrieved February 25, 2025, from <https://www.linkedin.com/in/audrey-barrett-b0000687/> [↩︎](#fnref7)
8. *The Honourable Mary T. Moreau.* (2025, February 14). Supreme Court of Canada. <https://www.scc-csc.ca/about-apropos/judges-juges/list-liste/mary-t-moreau/> [↩︎](#fnref8)
9. *Judicial Education Partners.* National Judicial Institute. Retrieved February 26, 2025, from <https://www.nji-inm.ca/index.cfm/about/judicial-education-partners/> [↩︎](#fnref9)